The 9th International Workshop on
Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA)
Dedicated to Prof. Claude Carlet’s 75th anniversary
September 9-13, 2024, Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, Croatia
Organised by the Selmer Center
| Important dates | Committees | Submission | Registration | Accommodation | Program |
Boolean functions and more generally all the discrete structures used in error-correcting coding, cryptography or communications, are highly active research areas. The workshop Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA) provides a forum for researchers who are working on discrete functions and structures, particularly on Boolean functions, to exchange ideas and interests in open problems, and to further explore their applications in cryptography, error correcting codes and communications.
| Submission deadline | May 15, 2024 |
| Acceptance notification | July 1, 2024 |
| Camera-ready submission | August 1, 2024 |
| Early registration deadline for physical participation | July 15, 2024 |
| Registration deadline for physical participation | August 17, 2024 |
| Video submission of presentations | August 20, 2024 |
| BFA 2024 | September 09 – September 13, 2024 |
General Chairs
- Lilya Budaghyan, University of Bergen, Norway
- Nikolay Kaleyski, University of Bergen, Norway
- Stjepan Picek, Radboud University, the Netherlands
Program Chairs
- Daniel Katz, California State University, Northridge, USA
- Sihem Mesnager, Université Paris 8, France
Program Committee
- Nurdagül Anbar, Sabancı University, MDBF, Turkey
- Christof Beierle, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- Marco Calderini, University of Trento, Italy
- Ondřej Čepek, Charles University in Prague, Czech
- Ayça Çesmelioglu, Ozyegin University, Turkey
- Robert S. Coulter, University of Delaware, USA
- Joan Daemen, Radboud University, the Netherlands
- Patrick Felke, Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany
- Faruk Göloglu, Charles University in Prague, Czech
- Daniel Katz, California State University, USA (co-chair)
- Chunlei Li, University of Bergen, Norway
- Wilfried Meidl, Sabanci Alpen-Adria-Universit Austria and Sabancı University Turkey
- Sihem Mesnager, Universities of Paris VIII and Sorbonne University North, France (Co-chair)
- Ferruh Özbudak, Sabanci University, Turkey
- Mohit Pal, University of Bergen, Norway
- Enes Pasalic, University of Primorska, Slovenia
- George Petrides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- Vincent Rijmen, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Massimiliano Sala, University of Trento, Italy
- Pantelimon Stanica, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA
- Irene Villa, University of Genoa, Italy
- Qiang Wang, Carleton University, Canada
Organizing Committee
- Enrico Piccione, University of Bergen, Norway
- Nadiia Ichanska, University of Bergen, Norway
- Samuele Andreoli, University of Bergen, Norway
Confirmed invited speakers
- Markus Grassl, University Gdansk
- Sylvain Guilley, TELECOM-ParisTech
- Tor Helleseth, University of Bergen, Norway
- Gregor Leander, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- Gábor Péter Nagy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Contributed presentations and tutorials
- Claude Carlet, University of Paris VIII, France and University of Bergen, Norway
- Stjepan Picek, Radboud University, the Netherlands
We request previously unpublished results on all aspects of discrete structures, particularly on Boolean functions and their applications in cryptography, coding theory, combinatorics, quantum computing, etc. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Foundational theory of Boolean functions and discrete structures
- Design, proposal, and analysis of cryptographically significant (vectorial) Boolean functions
- The study of applications of (vectorial) Boolean functions to cryptography, codes and other discrete structures
- Theory and construction of quantum Boolean functions
- Theory of finite fields and its applications in cryptography and coding theory
All participants who wish to contribute a 15-20 minute talk are invited to submit an abstract that summarizes their work in PDF format before May 15, 2024. The abstract should be between 4 and 5 pages, using at least 11-point font and reasonable margins. The abstracts should be submitted via Easychair.
The authors of the accepted abstracts will have a choice of presenting in person at the venue or online via Zoom. It is a requirement that videos with records of presentations are submitted by August 20, 2024.
The authors of accepted abstracts and the invited speakers will be invited to submit a full paper to appear (after a new round of reviewing) in a special issue in the journal: Cryptography and Communications: Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences. At least one author of each accepted abstract should register before August 17, 2024. Furthermore, we note that talks will be given physically whenever possible.
Registration for BFA 2024 is now open. It is possible to register for physical participation (according to the prices below), or for online participation (free of charge).
To register for physical participation, please fill out the physical participation registration form.
To register for online participation, please fill out the online participation registration form. The deadline for online registration is September 4. Please note that at least one of the authors of each presented paper must have registered before August 17, even if all authors are participating online. A Zoom link for online participation will be sent out to everyone who has registered shortly before the beginning of the workshop.
| Early registration — up to July 15 (student) | 5000 NOK (approx. 450 EUR) |
| Early registration — up to July 15 (regular) | 5500 NOK (approx. 500 EUR) |
| Late registration — from July 15 to August 17 (student) | 5500 NOK (approx. 500 EUR) |
| Late registration — from July 15 to August 17 (regular) | 6000 NOK (approx. 550 EUR) |
If you want to bring an accompanying person, you need to make a separate registration for them through the physical participation form. Please make sure to specify who the person is accompanying in the comments field. The prices are the following (up to August 17).
| Full package (lunches + welcome reception + banquet + excursion) | 4500 NOK (approx. 380 Euro) |
| Half-package (welcome reception + banquet + excursion) | 3000 NOK (approx. 260 Euro) |
| Excursion only | 1300 NOK (approx. 110 Euro) |
Participants will be able to book a room at a student dormitory. The dormitory is located within a short, 20 minute walk to the Inter-University Centre where the workshop takes place, and is the most convenient option for participants. The prices are as follows:
- Single bed room with breakfast: 85 EUR per night
- Double bed room with breakfast: 100 EUR per night (50 EUR per person)
You can book a room at the dormitory here (make sure that you are using the code “BFA2024” when booking).
Participants are of course also welcome to book private accommodation at an apartment or hotel. We estimate the price to be around 400 EUR for the duration of the conference in the case of private accommodation, and 800 EUR for a hotel. More details will be provided soon.
| MONDAY | |
|---|---|
| 09.25 – 09.30 | Welcoming to BFA 2024 |
| 09.30 – 10.20 | Tor Helleseth
Title TBA |
| 10.20 – 10.45 | Enes Pasalic, Samir Hodžic, Sadmir Kudin, Dilawar Abbas Khan
Secondary plateaued Boolean functions through addition of indicators |
| 10.45 – 11.05 | Break |
| 11.05 – 11.30 | Nurdagül Anbar, Tekgül Kalaycı, Wilfried Meidl, Ferruh Özbudak
Bent partitions and Maiorana-McFarland association schemes |
| 11.30 – 11.55 | Philippe Langevin, Alexandr Polujan
Some classification results on Maiorana-McFarland bent functions |
| 11.55 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | Gábor Péter Nagy
Title TBA |
| 14.50 – 15.15 | Daniele Bartoli, Mohit Pal, Pantelimon Stanica
A Conjecture on Permutation Trinomials |
| 15.15 – 15.35 | Break |
| 15.35 – 16.00 | Sartaj Ul Hasan, Ramandeep Kaur
Four new classes of permutation polynomials over Fq3 |
| 16.00 – 16.25 | Lukas Koelsch
A new invariant for quadratic vectorial Boolean functions |
| TUESDAY | |
| 09.30 – 10.20 | Gregor Leander
Title TBA |
| 10.20 – 10.45 | Jan Kristian Haugland, Tron Omland
Shift-invariant functions and almost liftings |
| 10.45 – 11.05 | Break |
| 11.05 – 11.30 | Deepak Kumar Dalai, Krishna Mallick, Pierrick Méaux
Weightwise Almost Perfectly Balanced Functions, Construction From A Permutation Group Action View |
| 11.30 – 11.55 | Deepak Kumar Dalai, Krishna Mallick
On the Direct Sum of Weightwise Almost Perfectly Balanced Boolean Functions |
| 11.55 – 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 – 15.05 | Claude Carlet
Title TBA |
| 15.05 – 15.30 | Marco Calderini, Alessio Caminata, Irene Villa
Using a CCZ-transformation in a multivariate scheme |
| 15.30 – 15.50 | Break |
| 15.50 – 16.15 | Claude Carlet, Xiang-Dong Hou
On Sum-Free Functions |
| 16.15 – 16.40 | Joan Daemen, Shahram Rasoolzadeh
Markov Eigenvalues |
| THURSDAY | |
| 09.30 – 10.20 | Markus Grassl
Title TBA |
| 10.20 – 10.45 | Samuele Andreoli, George Petrides
Further Existence Results of Decompositions of Permutation Polynomials |
| 10.45 – 11.05 | Break |
| 11.05 – 11.30 | Philippe Langevin, Valérie Gillot, Alexandr Polujan
On the normality of Boolean quartics |
| 11.30 – 11.55 | Ana Salagean, Nikolay Stoyanov Kaleyski, Ferruh Ozbudak
Testing generalized affine equivalence and applications to the classification of GAPN functions |
| 11.55 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 14.25 | Chunlei Li, Constanza Rieza, Pantelimon Stanica, Palash Sarkar
On the codebook design for NOMA schemes from bent functions |
| 14.25 – 14.50 | René Rodríguez-Aldama, Enes Pasalic, Fengrong Zhang, Yongzhuang Wei
Self-Orthogonal Minimal Codes From (Vectorial) p-ary Plateaued Functions |
| 14.50 – 15.15 | Ayca Cesmelioglu, Wilfried Meidl
Construction and equivalence for generalized boolean functions |
| 15.15 – 15.35 | Break |
| 15.35 – 16.00 | Maximilien Gadouleau, Luca Mariot, Federico Mazzone
On Maximal Families of Binary Polynomials with Pairwise Linear Common Factors |
| 16.00 – 16.25 | Vladimir Potapov
On the number of relevant variables for discrete functions |
| FRIDAY | |
| 09.30 – 10.20 | Sylvain Guilley
Title TBA |
| 10.20 – 10.45 | Nadiia Ichanska, Nikolay Kaleyski
Further Investigations on the QAM Method for Finding APN Functions |
| 10.45 – 11.05 | Break |
| 11.05 – 11.30 | Lyubomir Borissov, Yuri Borissov
Distinctness of the Lifted Kloosterman Sums on the Prime Field Fp, p > 3 |
| 11.30 – 11.55 | Augustine Musukwa, Massimiliano Sala
A Note on Vectorial Boolean Functions as Embeddings |
| 11.55 – 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 – 15.05 | Stjepan Picek
Tutorial on Boolean functions and AI – Part 1 |
| 15.05 – 15.25 | Break |
| 15.25 – 16.15 | Stjepan Picek
Tutorial on Boolean functions and AI – Part 2 |
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