QSNS 2026

3rd Workshop on Quantum-Secure Networks and Systems

The third edition of QSNS workshop is a joint initiative of the QUBIP, PQ-React, PQ-NEXT, POSEIDON, QARC, and Q-FENCE projects, co-funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe framework programme on the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) of protocols, networks, and systems.
The development of quantum computers opens exciting new frontiers. At the same time, a cryptographically relevant quantum computer has the potential to break the foundations of current digital security. The global research and industry community is working on two complementary directions, (i) the definition of PQC algorithms, coordinated by NIST, and (ii) the transition of protocols, networks and systems to PQC.
The QSNS2026 workshop will address the most pressing cybersecurity challenges of the quantum era from an engineering perspective, with the aim of contributing to global efforts towards an agile, post-quantum or post-quantum/traditional hybrid and standards-based transition to PQC of the digital infrastructures we all use today.

Venue

QSNS2026 will be co-located with the 31st IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, June 23-26, 2026, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal.

Important Dates

Workshop Paper Submission: March 31st, 2026
Author Notification: April 15th, 2026
Author Registration: April 30th, 2026
Camera-Ready: April 30th, 2026
Workshop Event: June 23-26, 2026 (first or last day, to be defined)

The development of quantum computers opens exciting new frontiers. At the same time, a cryptographically relevant quantum computer has the potential to break the foundations of current digital security. The global research and industry community is working on two complementary directions, (i) the definition of PQC algorithms, coordinated by NIST, and (ii) the transition of protocols, networks and systems to PQC.
The QSNS2026 workshop will address the most pressing cybersecurity challenges of the quantum era from an engineering perspective, with the aim of contributing to global efforts towards an agile, post-quantum or post-quantum/traditional hybrid and standards-based transition to PQC of the digital infrastructures we all use today.

QSNS2026 encourages multidisciplinary perspectives and welcomes papers on topics that include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Design and/or analysis of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms
  • Evolution of standard network and communication protocols to achieve PQ security
  • Cryptographic agility in systems and protocols, to easily support different kinds of PQC algorithms
  • Design and implementation of hybrid cryptographic schemas (post-quantum / traditional)
  • Design and implementation of hybrid QKD / PQC solutions
  • System and application support for PQC
  • Hardware and/or software support for PQC

The QSNS2026 workshop organisers invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere.

Submitted papers must be no longer than six (6) pages, including references, and must follow the IEEE proceedings guidelines. IEEE provides Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. All accepted papers will be published as part of the IEEE ISCC 2026 Workshop Proceedings in the IEEE Digital Library.

Submissions should be uploaded to EDAS QSNS 2026 Workshop by the submission deadline. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the TPC. One author per accepted paper must attend the workshop event and register on the IEEE ISCC 2026 website.

Workshop Co-Chairs

Prof. Antonio Lioy, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Dr. Andrea Vesco, LINKS Foundation, Italy

Technical Program Committee

Piedad Brox, CSIC, Spain
Eros Camacho-Ruiz, CSIC, Spain
Francesco Carbone, LINKS Foundation, Italy
Ilias Cherkaoui, Walton Institute, Ireland
Alessio Claudio, LINKS Foundation, Italy
David Domingo Martín, INDRA, Spain
Mattin Elorza Forcada, Telefonica, Spain
Javier Faba, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Jesus Garcia, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Michail Alexandros Kourtis, NCSR Demokritos, Greece
Diego Lopez, Telefonica, Spain
Lukas Malina, FEEC, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Davide Margaria, LINKS Foundation, Italy
Antonio Pastor, Telefonica, Spain
Bianca Rampazzo, LINKS Foundation, Italy
Antonio Skarmeta Gomez, University of Murcia, Spain
Nikolay Tcholtchev, FOKUS Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany
Nicola Tuveri, Tampere University, Finland

Publicity Chair

Davide Margaria, LINKS Foundation, Italy

To Be Defined