In this course, we explore code-based cryptography, starting from its unofficial birth with the McEliece cryptosystem, and arriving to modern-day schemes now under consideration at NIST to become new Post-Quantum standards. The course will include all relevant coding theory background.

Guest Lecture: Edoardo Persichetti is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Florida Atlantic University. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Auckland and completed his undergraduate and master’s studies at Sapienza University of Rome. His academic career includes faculty positions in the United States and a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Warsaw. His work is focused on mathematical research, with publications in peer-reviewed journals - Introduction to coding theory (linear codes, generator and parity-check matrices, error correction). - McEliece cryptosystem and its security foundations. - Variants and improvements of the McEliece scheme. - Code-based digital signatures and related primitives. - NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography standardization process and code-based candidates. - Advanced topics and current research directions.

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P.D.2-2 - Marzo