International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields (original) (raw)

Important Dates

Before the regular paper submission deadline, authors must submit the title, abstract, and keywords of their contribution. As abstracts will be reviewed under a double-blind process, only this information will be required.

• Abstract submission deadline: March 8th, 2026
• Submission deadline (EXTENDED): March 15th (23:59h AoE), 2026
• Acceptance notification: April 30th, 2026 April 7th, 2026 --> April 8th, 2026
• Workshop: June 3-5, 2026
• Final version due: July 20th, 2026 April 16th, 2026 --> April 11th, 2026
• Poster submission deadline: April 30th, 2026

Poster Session

We invite participants to submit posters with recent results, work in progress, or new ideas within the scope of WAIFI 2026.

• Please send a short abstract in PDF format, including title, authors, affiliations, and a brief description, to: Francisco Javier Soto.
• Deadline is April 30th, 2026.
• Please note that poster presentations will not be included in the conference proceedings.
• We will use the number of submissions received by the April 30th deadline and confirmed by May 10th, 2026 to plan the session.
• Authors should be present at their poster during the session.
• Recommended size: A0 (portrait).

Short Presentations

We open a call for short presentations, including ongoing research.

• A dedicated session will be reserved within the conference program, with individual presentation slots of 10-20 minutes, allocated according to demand.
• Submissions should be sent by March 31th, 2026, and acceptance notifications will be communicated by April 7th, 2026 --> April 8th, 2026.
• Authors should send their proposals directly to Lejla Batina and Ferruh Özbudak.
• Accepted short presentations will be included in the conference program, but they will not included in the conference proceedings.

Workshop Goals

This workshop is a forum of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and physicists performing research on finite field arithmetic, interested in communicating the advances in the theory, applications, and implementations of finite fields. The workshop will help to bridge the gap between the mathematical theory of finite fields and their hardware/software implementations and technical applications, specially in cryptography and coding theory.

WAIFI 2026 will be held in Santander, Spain

Main Workshop Themes

The topics of WAIFI 2026 include but are not limited to:

• Theory of finite field arithmetic:
  • Bases (canonical; normal; dual; etc.)
  • Polynomials (irreducible; primitive; permutation)
  • Boolean functions and special functions over finite fields
  • Algebraic curves over finite fields
  • Dynamical systems over finite fields
• Hardware & Software implementations:
  • Design & implementation of finite field processors
  • Design & implementation of arithmetic algorithms
  • Pseudorandom number generators
  • Hardware/software co-design
• Applications of finite fields in:
  • Cryptography (ciphers; PQC; etc)
  • Coding theory (AG codes; LDPC codes; etc)
  • Combinatorics (designs; arrays; etc)
  • Finite geometry

Proceedings

The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

LNCS: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.