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Post-Quantum Cryptography: Additional Digital Signature Schemes

Round 2 Additional Signatures

Official comments on the Second Round Candidates should be submitted using the "Submit Comment" link for the appropriate algorithm. Comments from the pqc-forum Google group subscribers will also be forwarded to the pqc-forum Google group list. We will periodically post and update the comments received to the appropriate algorithm.

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History of Round 2 Updates
 

Code-based Signatures

Algorithm Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
CROSS
Codes and Restricted Objects Signature
Scheme
Specification
Zip file

Website

Marco Baldi
Alessandro Barenghi
Sebastian Bitzer
Patrick Karl
Felice Manganiello
Alessio Pavoni
Gerardo Pelosi
Paolo Santini
Jonas Schupp
Freeman Slaughter
Antonia Wachter-Zeh
Violetta Weger

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LESS
Linear Equivalence
Signature Scheme
Specification
Zip file

Website

Marco Baldi
Alessandro Barenghi
Luke Beckwith
Jean-François Biasse
Andre Esser
Kris Gaj
Kamyar Mohajerani
Gerardo Pelosi
Edoardo Persichetti
Markku-Juhani O. Saarinen
Paolo Santini
Robert Wallace

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Isogeny Signatures

Algorithm Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
SQIsign Specification
Zip file

Website

Jorge Chavez-Saab
Maria Corte-Real Santos
Luca De Feo
Jonathan Komada Eriksen
Basil Hess
David Kohel
Antonin Leroux
Patrick Longa
Michael Meyer
Lorenz Panny
Sikhar Patranabis
Christophe Petit
Francisco Rodríguez Henríquez
Sina Schaeffler
Benjamin Wesolowski

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Lattice-based Signatures

Algorithm Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
HAWK Specification
Zip file

Website

Joppe W. Bos
Olivier Bronchain
Léo Ducas
Serge Fehr
Yu-Hsuan Huang
Thomas Pornin
Eamonn W. Postlethwaite
Thomas Prest
Ludo N. Pulles
Wessel van Woerden

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MPC-in-the-Head Signatures

Algorithm Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
Mirath
(merger of MIRA/MiRitH)
Specification
IP Statements
Zip file

Website

Nicolas Aragon
Magali Bardet
Loïc Bidoux
Jesús-Javier Chi-Domínguez
Victor Dyseryn
Thibauld Feneuil
Philippe Gaborit
Romaric Neveu
Matthieu Rivain
Jean-Pierre Tillich
Gora Adj
Luis Rivera-Zamarripa
Javier Verbel
Emanuele Bellini
Stefano Barbero
Andre Esser
Carlo Sanna
Floyd Zweydinger

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MQOM
MQ on my Mind
Specification
Zip file

Website

Thibauld Feneuil
Matthieu Rivain

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PERK Specification
Zip file

Website

Najwa Aaraj
Slim Bettaieb
Loïc Bidoux
Alessandro Budroni
Victor Dyseryn
Andre Esser
Philippe Gaborit
Mukul Kulkarni
Victor Mateu
Marco Palumbi
Lucas Perin
Jean-Pierre Tillich

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RYDE Specification
Zip file

Website

Nicolas Aragon
Magali Bardet
Loïc Bidoux
Jesús-Javier Chi-Domínguez
Victor Dyseryn
Thibauld Feneuil
Philippe Gaborit
Antoine Joux
Matthieu Rivain
Jean-Pierre Tillich
Adrien Vinçotte

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SDitH
Syndrome Decoding in the Head
Specification
Zip file

Website

Carlos Aguilar Melchor
Thibauld Feneuil
Nicolas Gama
Shay Gueron
James Howe
David Joseph
Antoine Joux
Edoardo Persichetti
Tovohery H. Randrianarisoa
Matthieu Rivain
Dongze Yue

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Multivariate Signatures

Algorithm Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
MAYO Specification
Zip file

Website

Ward Beullens
Fabio Campos
Sofía Celi
Basil Hess
Matthias J. Kannwischer

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QR-UOV

Specification
Zip file
Website

Hiroki Furue
Yasuhiko Ikematsu
Fumitaka Hoshino
Tsuyoshi Takagi
Kan Yasuda
Toshiyuki Miyazawa
Tsunekazu Saito
Akira Nagai

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SNOVA Specification
Zip file

Website

Lih-Chung Wang
Chun-Yen Chou
Jintai Ding
Yen-Liang Kuan
Ming-Siou Li
Bo-Shu Tseng
Po-En Tseng
Chia-Chun Wang

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UOV
Unbalanced Oil
and Vinegar
Specification
Zip file

Website

Ward Beullens
Ming-Shing Chen
Jintai Ding
Boru Gong
Matthias J. Kannwischer
Jacques Patarin
Bo-Yuan Peng
Dieter Schmidt
Cheng-Jhih Shih
Chengdong Tao
Bo-Yin Yang

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Symmetric-based Signatures

Algorithm Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
FAEST Specification
Zip file

Website

Carsten Baum
Lennart Braun
Cyprien Delpech de Saint Guilhem
Michael Klooß
Christian Majenz
Shibam Mukherjee
Emmanuela Orsini
Sebastian Ramacher
Christian Rechberger
Lawrence Roy
Peter Scholl

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Created August 29, 2022, Updated January 08, 2025