International Association for Cryptologic Research

International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields. Cryptology is the science and practice of designing computation and communication systems which are secure in the presence of adversaries.

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Events

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Crypto 2021
15 - 19 August 2021
Santa Barbara, USA
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Eurocrypt 2021
17 - 21 October 2021
Zagreb, Croatia
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Photo: Mikael Kristenson

Asiacrypt 2021
5 - 9 December 2021
Singapore, Singapore
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Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
14 - 18 September 2020
Virtual Event, Anywhere on Earth
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Public Key Cryptography
10 - 13 May 2021
Edinburgh, UK
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Theory of Cryptography Conference
8 - 11 November 2021
Raleigh, United States
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Photo: by Kenny Paterson

Real World Crypto Symposium
10 - 12 January 2022
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Photo: John-Mark Smith

Fast Software Encryption 2022
20 - 25 March 2022
Athens, Greece
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News

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Announcement: PKC 2021 Conference May 10-13, 2021
Registration is free with IACR membership.

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Job Posting: 2x Postdoc Research Fellows on Symmetric-Key Cryptography
Cryptanalysis Taskforce @ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Job Posting: Assistant Professor (W1)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität

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Job Posting: Postdoctoral Researcher - Cryptography
Chaincode Labs

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Job Posting: PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Xkey, Paris

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Job Posting: Senior MPC Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) - Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Job Posting: Senior FHE Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) - Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Job Posting: Postdoc position on distributed computing aspects of blockchains
IMDEA Software Institute, Madrid, Spain

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Recent Awards

IACR Test of Time Award, CRYPTO 2006, New Proofs for NMAC and HMAC: Security Without Collision-Resistance

IACR Test of Time Award, EUROCRYPT 2006, A Provable-Security Treatment of the Key-Wrap Problem

IACR Test of Time Award, ASIACRYPT 2006, Simulation-Sound NIZK Proofs for a Practical Language and Constant Size Group Signatures

Best Paper Award, ASIACRYPT 2020, Finding Collisions in a Quantum World: Quantum Black-Box Separation of Collision-Resistance and One-Wayness

Best Paper Award, ASIACRYPT 2020, New results on Gimli: full-permutation distinguishers and improved collisions

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