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CAREER: Securing and Optimizing Quantum-Resilient Cryptography for Versatile Computing Arc — NSF Award to University of California

The rapidly advancing quantum computers challenge the cryptographic systems that are protecting today's digital infrastructure, including banking, healthcare, government services, and cloud platforms. As the new standardized post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms are slower and more complex than current cryptograp

Award titleCAREER: Securing and Optimizing Quantum-Resilient Cryptography for Versatile Computing Arc
Award ID2541979
AwardeeUniversity of California - Merced
CityMERCED
StateCA
Amount obligated$347,084
Principal investigatorQian Wang
ProgramSecure &Trustworthy Cyberspace
Start date07/01/2026
AbstractThe rapidly advancing quantum computers challenge the cryptographic systems that are protecting today's digital infrastructure, including banking, healthcare, government services, and cloud platforms. As the new standardized post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms are slower and more complex than current cryptographic methods, the deployment of PQC algorithms become challenging. This project improves both the performance and security of the new PQC algorithms, enabling their wide adoption in
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