BFA 2026

The 11th International Workshop on

Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA)

September 7-11, 2026, Quality Hotel Sogndal, Sogndal

Organised by the Selmer Center

Change of venue: Please note that the venue for BFA 2026 has been moved to Sogndal, Norway due to concerns and uncertainty about the situation in the Middle East. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Submission: Please note that the submission deadline remains June 1, 2026. Extended abstracts can be submitted via easychair; please see “Submission” below for more information.

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 and related topics, to exchange ideas and interests in open problems, and to further explore their applications in cryptography, artificial intelligence, error correcting codes and communications.

Submission

We request previously unpublished results on all aspects of discrete structures, particularly on Boolean functions and their applications in cryptography, artificial intelligence, coding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, artificial intelligence, 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 a 4-5 page abstract that summarizes their work in PDF format before June 1, 2026.
 
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, 2026.
 
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.
 
Abstracts should be submitted electronically via easychair.

Important Dates

Submission deadline June 1, 2026
Acceptance notification July 1, 2026
Camera-ready submission August 1, 2026
Early registration deadline for physical participation July 15, 2026
Registration deadline for physical participation August 17, 2026
Video submission of presentations August 20, 2026
BFA 2026 September 7 – September 11, 2026

General Chairs

  • Lilya Budaghyan, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Nikolay Kaleyski, University of Bergen, Norway

Program Chairs

  • Claude Carlet, Université Paris 8, France, and University of Bergen, Norway
  • Oleksandr Kholosha, University of Bergen, Norway

Program Committee

  • Robert S. Coulter, University of Delaware, USA
  • Ayça Çeşmelioğlu, Ozyegin University, Turkey
  • Patrick Felke, Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany
  • Tor Helleseth, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Xiang-dong Hou, University of South Florida, USA
  • Lukas Kölsch, University of South Florida, USA
  • Lyudmyla Kovalchuk, Academy of Sciences, Ukraine, and University of Bergen, Norway
  • Philippe Langevin, University of Toulon, France
  • Chunlei Li, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Petr Lisonek, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Wilfried Meidl, FAMNIT, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
  • Sihem Mesnager, Universities of Paris VIII and Sorbonne University North, France
  • Pierrick Méaux, University of Luxemburg
  • Gábor Péter Nagy, University of Szeged, Bolyai Institute, Hungary
  • Svetla Nikova, KU Leuven, Belgium, and University of Bergen, Norway
  • Mohit Pal, ISI Kolkata, India
  • Daniel Panario, Carleton University, Canada
  • George Petrides, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Enrico Piccione, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
  • Stjepan Picek, Radboud University, the Netherlands, and University of Bergen, Norway, and University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ana Salagean, University of Loughborough, UK
  • Palash Sarkar, ISI Kolkata, India
  • Pantelimon Stanica, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA
  • Alev Topuzoğlu, Sabancı University, Turkey
  • Irene Villa, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Qiang Wang, Carleton University, Canada

Confirmed invited speakers

  • Yves Aubry, University of Toulon, France
  • Faruk Göloglu, Charles University, Czech Republic
  • António Malheiro, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Palash Sarkar, Indian Statistical Institute, India
  • Darrion Thornburgh, Vanderbilt University, USA