Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields
WAIFI 2024
www.waifi.org
Ottawa, Canada
June 10-12, 2024

Call for Papers
This workshop is a forum of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineersand physicists performing research on finite field arithmetic, interested in communicating the advances in the theory, applications, and implementations offinite fields. The workshop will help to bridge the gap between the mathematical theory of finite fields and their hardware/software implementations andtechnical applications, especially in cryptography and coding theory.
The topics of WAIFI 2024 include but are not limited to:

Theory of finite field arithmetic:◦ Bases (canonical; normal; dual; etc.)◦ Polynomials (irreducible; primitive; permutation)◦ Boolean functions and special functions over finite fields◦ Algebraic curves over finite fields◦ Dynamical systems over finite fields
Hardware & software implementations:◦ Design & implementation of finite field processors◦ Design & implementation of arithmetic algorithms◦ Pseudorandom number generators◦ Hardware/software co-design
Applications of finite fields in:◦ Cryptography (ciphers; PQC; etc)
◦ Coding theory (AG codes; LDPC codes; etc)
◦ Combinatorics (designs; arrays; etc)
◦ Finite geometry

Authors are invited to submit original research papers that has not been previously published or submitted, before
WAIFI’s notification date, for publication elsewhere. A detailed description of the electronic submission procedure
will appear on the WAIFI webpage. The submission should begin with a title, author list, a short abstract, and alist of keywords. The paper should be at most 16 pages, using at least 11-point font and reasonable margins.
◦ Submission deadline: March 18, 2024
◦ Acceptance notification: May 3, 2024
◦ Post-proceedings version due: July 7, 2024

The proceedings of WAIFI 2024 will be published in theSpringer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
series after the workshop as post-proceedings.

In order to be included in the proceedings, the authors of an accepted paper must guarantee to present their contribution at the workshop. More detailed information on instructions for authors, paper submission, technical program,accomodation, travel and registration will be posted on the Workshop web site: http://www.waifi.org
Invited speakers:◦ Marco Baldi, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy◦ Koray Karabina, National Research Council, Canada◦ Chloe Martindale, University of Bristol, England◦ Maria Montanucci, DTU, Denmark

Program Committee:◦ Claude Carlet, U. Paris VIII, France and Bergen, Norway◦ Wouter Castryck, KU Leuven, Belgium◦ Thomas Decru, KU Leuven and U. Libre Bruxelles, Belgium◦ Sylvain Duquesne, U. Rennes, France◦ Guang Gong, U. Waterloo, Canada◦ Anna-Lena Horlemann, U. St. Gallen, Switzerland◦ Sophie Huczynska, U. St. Andrews, Scotland◦ Thais Bardini Idalino, U. Federal Santa Catarina, Brazil◦ Jose Luis Imaña, U. Complutense Madrid, Spain◦ Jorge Jimenez Urroz, U. Politécnica Madrid, Spain◦ Angshuman Karmakar, IIT Kanpur, India◦ Elena Kirshanova, TII, UAE◦ Sihem Mesnager, U. Paris VIII, France◦ Lucia Moura, U. Ottawa, Canada◦ Alessandro Neri, U. Gent, Belgium◦ Svetla Nikova, KU Leuven, Belgium (Program co-Chair)◦ Daniel Panario, Carleton U., Canada (Program co-Chair)◦ Hilder Vitor Lima Pereira, Unicamp, Brazil◦ Håvard Raddum, U. Bergen, Norway◦ Francisco Rodriguez Henriquez, TII, UAE◦ Amin Sakzad, Monash U., Australia◦ David Thomson, Carleton U., Canada◦ Alev Topuzoğlu, Sabanci U., Turkey◦ Geertrui Van de Voorde, U. Canterbury, New Zealand◦ Qiang (Steven) Wang, Carleton U., Canada◦ Nusa Zidaric, U. Leiden, The Netherlands

General co-Chairs:◦ Daniel Panario, Carleton University, Canada◦ David Thomson, Carleton University, Canada◦ Qiang (Steven) Wang, Carleton University, Canada

Program co-Chairs:◦ Svetla Nikova, KU Leuven, Belgium◦ Daniel Panario, Carleton University, Canada