A CEP course on "Post Quantum Cryptography" has been conducted by Scientific Analysis Group (SAG), Delhi, during 28-30 November 2018. The objective of the course was to acquaint the participants in the field of Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).
Ms Anu Khosla, OS and Director SAG, in her inaugural keynote address deliberated upon the importance of Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC). During the inaugural session, she emphasized on the need of updating the skills on PQC techniques as the current public key cryptography will no longer be secure in post quantum era. Dr. Dhananjoy Dey, Scientist 'F', Course Director, summarized the content of the three days course and presented brief overview on classification of cryptography and briefly discussed five important families of PQC.
The topics covered during the course included: Code-based Cryptography, Multivariate Public-key Cryptography, Isogeny-based Cryptography, Lattice-based Cryptography and Hash-based Signature Schemes and their underlying hard problems in detail. Interactive talks were delivered by scientists from SAG and invited speakers from IISc Bangalore and Ashoka University Sonipat. A short demonstration of NewHope cryptosystem was presented. In total, forty-one participants from various DRDO labs, Army, Navy and Air force attended the course.
