Programme

Programme

Workshop time and location

Date: November 12, 2025 (Wednesday) to November 14, 2025 (Friday)

Location: IAG28, IA Building, International Academic Exchange Center, South Campus, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China

Note: The organizer will make flexible adjustments based on the actual progress.

Workshop Outline and Arrangements

The 1st Day (2025.11.12)
Time Topic Lecturer/Team Organization Speech Theme
8:00 – 8:50 am Registration
9:00 – 10:00 am Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Computing Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany Hilbert spaces, quantum states, qubits.
10:00 – 10:20 am Q&A
10:20 – 10:40 am Tea Break
10:40 – 11:40 am Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Computing Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany Quantum gates, superposition, entanglement, and measurement.
11:40 – 12:00 pm Q&A
12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 pm PQC Introduction and Motivation Professor Ding Jintai’s team Post-Quantum Migration Interdisciplinary Laboratory (PQC-X), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University The threat of quantum computing to modern public-key cryptography.Overview and design principles of post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
3:00 – 3:20 pm Q&A
3:20 – 3:40 pm Tea Break
3:40 – 4:40 pm PQC core technology: Lattice-based cryptography Professor Ding Jintai’s team Post-Quantum Migration Interdisciplinary Laboratory (PQC-X), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Theoretical basis of grid.Difficult problems such as LWE/NTRU and their applications in PQC.
4:40 – 5:00 pm Q&A
5:00 – 6:00 pm TBD.
6:30 PM Dinner
The 2nd Day (2025.11.13)
Time Topic Lecturer/Team Organization Speech Theme
8:00 – 8:50 am Registration
9:00 – 10:00 am Fundamental Quantum Algorithms Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany The Deutsch and Deutsch-Jozsa algorithms.
10:00 – 10:20 am Q&A
10:20 – 10:40 am Tea Break
10:40 – 11:40 am Fundamental Quantum Algorithms Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany Simon’s algorithm and its significance in cryptanalysis.
12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 pm PQC core technology: Multivariate-based Cryptography Professor Ding Jintai’s team Post-Quantum Migration Interdisciplinary Laboratory (PQC-X), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Multivariate cryptographic schemes.
3:00 – 3:20 pm Q&A
3:20 – 3:40 pm Tea Break
3:40 – 4:40 pm PQC core technology: Code-based Cryptography Professor Ding Jintai’s team Post-Quantum Migration Interdisciplinary Laboratory (PQC-X), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Code-based cryptography (such as McEliece).
4:40 – 5:00 pm Q&A
5:00 – 6:00 pm TBD.
6:30 PM Dinner
The 3rd Day (2025.11.14)
Time Topic Lecturer/Team Organization Speech Theme
8:00 – 8:50 am Registration
9:00 – 10:00 am Shor’s Factoring Algorithm Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany The Quantum Fourier Transform.
10:00 – 10:20 am Q&A
10:20 – 10:40 am Tea Break
10:40 – 11:40 am Shor’s Factoring Algorithm Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany Principles and steps of Shor’s algorithm and its disruptive impact on RSA.
11:40 – 12:00 pm Q&A
12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 pm Grover’s Search Algorithm and Applications Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany Principles and geometric interpretation of Grover’s algorithm.
3:00 – 3:20 pm Q&A
3:20 – 3:40 pm Tea Break
3:40 – 4:40 pm Grover’s Search Algorithm and Applications Prof. J. Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany Applications of quantum search and quantum counting techniques.
4:40 – 5:00 pm Q&A
5:00 – 6:00 pm TBD.
6:30 PM Dinner

Core references: The morning session on quantum algorithms will use Professor Johannes Buchmann ’s latest book, Introduction to Quantum Algorithms (AMS Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts 64, 2024), as the main reference.