The 15th Workshop on Current Trends in Cryptology
(CTCrypt 2026)

June 1-6, 2026
Minsk, the Republic of Belarus

Submission is open

Organizers

Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation	Technical Committee for Standardization “Cryptography and security mechanisms” (TC 26)	National Technology Center for Digital Cryptography	Belarusian State University (BSU)

 

The scope of the Workshop

The scope of the Workshop includes:

• Design and analysis of cryptographic algorithms and protocols, including international standards
• Efficient implementation of cryptanalytic techniques
• Security evaluation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols
• Efficient implementation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols
• Mathematical aspects of cryptography
• Quantum cryptography and computing
• Postquantum cryptography
• Cryptography in IoT
• Cryptography and AI
• Cryptographic protection of biometric data
• Research in other actual and perspective cryptographic areas

 

Affiliated events (in Russian)

ТВА

 

Languages

Official languages: English and Russian 

Submissions and electronic proceedings languages: English and Russian

Slides language: English

 

Submission and Publication

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original research in the workshop topics, in electronic form (pdf format) via workshop submission server.

Submissions must be unpublished, not being under review for publication elsewhere, and provide sufficient information to judge their merits.

Submissions must be prepared in English or in Russian, and not exceed 15 pages (A4 format), prepared in LaTeX according to the template. Submissions should be anonymous with no names of authors and their affiliation given in the text of the article (this information is submitted through the submission server). Any additional information the authors want to provide for reviewers and Program committee members should be attached to the submission as Appendix.

Accepted papers will be published in electronic proceedings. Selected papers will be recommended for publication in the Russian journal “Matematicheskie Voprosy Kriptografii” (“Mathematical Aspects of Cryptography”). A paper included in the workshop program may be recommended for publication in the journal only if the authors report their results at the workshop.

The best papers on the topic of postquantum cryptography mathematical problems will be selected by the Program committee, and their authors will be granted the participate in the workshop without paying for accommodation and the registration fee.

 

Important Dates

Submission deadline: January 11, 2026
Authors notification: March 9, 2026

Deadline for upload of the final version of the accepted submission: April 6, 2026

Workshop dates: June 1-6, 2026

 

Steering Committee

Co-chairs

Aleksandr Shoitov – Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Russia
Vladimir Sachkov – Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Russia
Igor Kachalin – TC 26, National Technology Center for Digital Cryptography, Russia

Steering Committee Members

Andrey Zubkov – Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Vladimir Bogatyrev – Federal Educational and Methodical Association in System of Higher Education on Information Security, Russia
Alexey Ivanov – National Computer Incident Response and Coordination Center (NCIRCC), Russia
Dmitry Matyukhin – TC 26, Russia
Yuriy Kharin – Research Institute for Applied Problems of Mathematics and Informatics, Belarusian State University, Belarus

 

Program Committee

Co-chairs

Andrey Zubkov – Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Alexander Lapshin – Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Russia
Dmitry Matyukhin – TC 26, Russia
Yuriy Kharin – Research Institute for Applied Problems of Mathematics and Informatics, Belarusian State University, Belarus

Program Committee Members

Sergey Agievich – Research Institute for Applied Problems of Mathematics and Informatics, Belarusian State University, Belarus
Evgeny Alekseev – National Technology Center for Digital Cryptography, Russia
Alexander Burdelyov – Belarusian State University, Belarus
Sergey Checheta – Federal Educational and Methodical Association in System of Higher Education on Information Security, Russia
Alexander Cheremushkin – Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Russia
Ivan Chizhov – Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Reynier A. de la Cruz Jiménez – Institute of Cryptography, Cuba
Vladimir Fomichev – Security Code, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Peoples' Friendship University (RUDN), Russia
Anton Guselev – TC 26, Russia
Alisa Koreneva – Security Code, Financial University, Russia
Ekaterina Malygina – QApp, HSE, Russia
Grigory Marshalko – TC 26, Russia
Nikolay Nikonov – Non-profit organization "Fund for the Development of Secure Information Technologies" Lab, Russia
Andrey Pichkur – Garda Technologies, Russia
Vasily Shishkin –Kryptonite, Russia
Stanislav Smyshlyaev – CryptoPro, Russia
Alexey Tarasov – Federal Educational and Methodical Association in System of Higher Education on Information Security, Russia
Natalia Tokareva – Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Andrey Trishin – Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Russia
Alexey Urivskiy – InfoTeCS, Russia
Andrey Zyazin – Russian Technological University (MIREA), Russia