WAIFI 2026: Call for Papers

The International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI 2026) will be held in Santander, Spain.

Workshop Goals

This workshop is a forum for mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, and physicists performing research on finite field arithmetic, interested in communicating the advances in the theory, applications, and implementations of finite fields. The workshop will help to bridge the gap between the mathematical theory of finite fields and their hardware/software implementations and technical applications, especially in cryptography and coding theory.

Main Workshop Themes

The topics of WAIFI 2026 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

Past Events

• WAIFI 2007
• WAIFI 2008
• WAIFI 2010
• WAIFI 2012
• WAIFI 2014
• WAIFI 2016
• WAIFI 2018
• WAIFI 2020
• WAIFI 2022
• WAIFI 2024

Proceedings

• LNCS WAIFI Proceedings