Crypto 2026

August 17-20, 2026

Santa Barbara, USA

Call for Papers

General information

Crypto 2026 will take place in Santa Barbara, USA on August 17-20, 2026. Crypto 2026 is organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). The proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.

Original research papers are solicited for submission to Crypto 2026, the 46th Annual International Cryptology Conference. Submissions are welcomed on any cryptographic topic including but not limited to:

  • foundational theory and mathematics
  • the design, proposal, and analysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols
  • secure implementation and optimization in hardware or software
  • applied aspects of cryptography

Important dates

Feb 12, 2026

Submission deadline at 23:59 US Pacific time

Apr 7, 2026

First round notification

Apr 13, 2026

Rebuttal deadline

May 4, 2026

Final notification

Jun 8, 2026

Final versions due

Aug 17, 2026

Conference begins

Review process

Submissions must not substantially duplicate published work or work that has been submitted in parallel to any other journal or conference/workshop with published proceedings. Additionally, submissions may not be submitted to any other venue unless notified of rejection or withdrawn by the authors. Accepted submissions may not appear in any other conference or workshop that has proceedings.

The review process will consist of two rounds with a rebuttal phase. In the first round, the program committee will reject some submissions; the rest will proceed to the second round. At the end of the first round, the authors will be either notified of rejection, or invited to submit a response to questions from the program committee (if any). The authors' response will be used to make the final decision in the second round.

The double-blind review process will follow a modified conflict of interest policy; see submission instructions. The authors will be asked, at submission time, to help identify program committee members with potential conflicts of interest.

The program committee may choose one or more papers to receive awards for overall Best Paper or Best Paper Authored by Early Career Researchers.

Proceedings & presentations

The proceedings will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series and will be available online. Authors of accepted papers may choose to present their papers at the conference in person in Santa Barbara, or remotely and asynchronously by uploading a video presentation.

Stipends

Students whose papers have been accepted and who present their talks at the conference will have their registration waived. A limited number of stipends are available to those unable to obtain funding to attend the conference. Students, whose papers are accepted and who will present the paper themselves, are encouraged to apply if such assistance is needed. Requests for stipends should be sent to the general chair.

Program committee

Program co-chairs

crypto2026programchairs @ iacr dot org

General chair

crypto2026 @ iacr dot org