ACM PQQS 2026 – ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security
ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS)
Conference dates: November 2-4, 2026
Location: San Jose, CA, USA
Format: Single-track conference (details TBD)
Announcement
ACM SIGSAC announces the inaugural ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS). PQQS is a new annual venue focused on research at the intersection of security, post-quantum cryptography, and quantum computing systems and infrastructures.
About PQQS
The transition to a quantum-capable computing landscape is underway, motivating urgent advances in
quantum-resilient security and practical post-quantum migration. PQQS aims to bring together researchers
and practitioners across theory, systems, implementations, and deployment.
Call for Papers (CFP)
The ACM Conference on Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security (PQQS) is a premier forum dedicated to research at the intersection of cybersecurity and quantum technologies. The conference covers both quantum-enabled security systems and post-quantum cryptographic migration, integrating theory, systems, deployment, and standardization perspectives. We invite submissions describing original research contributions, experience reports, and system artifacts relevant to post-quantum and quantum-based security.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
- Algorithmic foundations: lattice-based, code-based, multivariate, hash-based, isogeny-based constructions
- Security proofs and cryptanalysis of PQC schemes
- Post-quantum key exchange, signatures, and authenticated encryption
- Implementation security, side-channel resistance, and fault attacks
- Hybrid cryptographic protocols and backward compatibility
- Performance evaluation and optimization
- Secure deployment in networks, cloud, IoT, cellular systems, and critical infrastructure
- Migration strategies and cryptographic agility
- Threat modeling under harvest-now-decrypt-later adversaries
- Standardization and compliance (e.g., NIST PQC transition)
- Quantum-Based Security
- Quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum communication networks
- Security of quantum devices and hardware implementations
- Security of quantum compilers and quantum cloud platforms
- Verification and formal models for quantum protocols
- Quantum-secure network architectures
- Quantum randomness generation and certification
- Side-channel and implementation attacks on quantum systems
- Integration of classical and quantum cryptographic infrastructures
- Systems and Infrastructure Security in the Quantum Era
- Secure migration of large-scale distributed systems
- Post-quantum security in 5G/6G, edge, and satellite networks
- Quantum-safe PKI and identity management
- Blockchain and distributed ledger security in a post-quantum world
- Secure firmware, hardware accelerators, and trusted execution under PQ assumptions
- Cloud and data center cryptographic transition
- Applications, Policy, and Ecosystem Transition
- Security risk assessment and transition planning
- Economic and operational impacts of quantum migration
- Certification, compliance, and regulatory frameworks
- Government and industry migration case studies
- Tools, benchmarks, and experimental platforms
Submission site: TBD (HotCRP link will be posted here)
Proceedings: ACM Digital Library (pending standard ACM conference workflow)
Important Dates (AoE)
- Full/Short Paper Submission: June 15, 2026
- (Optional) Poster Paper Submission: July 15, 2026
- Acceptance Notification: Aug 02, 2026
- Camera-ready: Sep 02, 2026
- Conference: November 2-4, 2026
Organization
Steering / Founding Team
- Adi Akavia (University of Haifa)
- Elisa Bertino (Purdue University)
- Ashish Kundu (Cisco)
- Cristina Nita-Rotaru (Northeastern University)
- Attila Yavuz (University of South Florida)
- Moti Yung (Google & Columbia University)
- Jaideep Vaidya (Rutgers University)
General Chair(s)
- Elisa Bertino, Purdue University
Program Chair(s)
- Ashish Kundu, CISCO Research
- Reih Safavi-Naini, University of Calgary
Proposed Program Committee
- TBD
Registration
TBD
Venue & Travel
TBD
Sponsors
Interested in sponsoring PQQS? Please contact the organizers.
Sponsorship information: TBD
Policies
- PQQS follows the ACM Policy Against Harassment.
- Authors are expected to comply with all ACM publication policies including the ACM Policy on Authorship.
Contact
Email: TBD
(A conference email alias will be posted here.)