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CALL FOR PAPERS: Central European Conference on Cryptology (CECC) 2023

The Central European Conference on Cryptology (CECC) is an annual conference,
focusing on all aspects of Cryptology. The conference will take
place at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria from July 3rd until July 6th, 2023.

The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers in all
aspects of cryptology, including but not limited to:
* cryptanalysis,
* cryptographic applications in information security,
* design of cryptographic systems,
* encryption schemes,
* general cryptographic protocols,
* post-quantum cryptography,
* pseudorandomness,
* signature schemes,
* cryptocurrencies, blockchain
* steganography.

Submissions must come in the form of a 2-4 page long extended
abstract. Submissions must describe novel original work of the
authors. Page limit for extended abstracts is strictly enforced, but
the bibliography is excluded from the limit.

Extended abstract should be submitted no later than March 22, 2023 to the 
Indico conference system,

https://conference2.aau.at/event/195/

by clicking on "Submit an Abstract"
Please note that you may have to create an account first, by clicking 
on "Create an Account" on the login page of Indico.

The submissions will be reviewed by the program committee and authors
will be informed about acceptance or rejection by April 27, 2023.
Authors of accepted extended abstracts should present their work at
the conference (or virtually, in case of a hybrid format).

Accepted extended abstracts of registered participants will be
published in conference abstract proceedings available to conference
participants.

Preliminary information about the conference is available at

https://secsys.lit-systems.jku.at/cecc2023/

Please share this paper call with your colleagues and PhD students.

Summary of important dates:
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* Abstract Submission opens: December 15, 2022
* Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2023
* Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2023
* Conference: July 3rd until July 6th, 2023

Best regards,
Stefan Rass and Clemens Heuberger