OpenSSL at Waseda University: Seminar on Post-Quantum Cryptography
Nikolas Gauder Sat 18 Jul 2026 3:56PMPublicSeen by 26Hi everyone,
As part of OpenSSL's ongoing effort to strengthen engagement with the broader academic community and showcase the work being done within the project, we recently hosted an online seminar for students and researchers at Waseda University. We hope initiatives like this will encourage greater collaboration between academia and the OpenSSL community, creating more opportunities for knowledge exchange and joint research in the future.
On 11 July, Aditya Koranga, Paul Yang and I gave an online seminar for students and researchers from Professor Kazue Sako's and Professor Tatsuya Mori's labs at Waseda University.
We gave three talks:
Aditya — Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Is Critical for Digital Security Today
An introduction to the quantum threat, "harvest now, decrypt later," migration timelines, PQC support in OpenSSL and the importance of crypto-agility.Paul — Quantum-Resilient Confidential Computing
An overview of confidential computing and trusted execution environments, followed by a discussion of quantum-safe remote attestation, key provisioning and the role OpenSSL can play in the transition.Nikolas — Measuring Post-Quantum Cryptography in QUIC on the Internet
Results from Internet-scale QUIC measurements. Around 41% supported post-quantum key exchange, while none of the over 14 000 certificate chains examined used post-quantum signatures, showing that there is still plenty of work ahead.
The seminar was a good opportunity to connect current standards and OpenSSL development with academic research and real-world deployment data. We hope it can be the start of further exchanges with Waseda University and other academic institutions.
A recording will be made publicly available. I'll share the link here once it is ready!
Many thanks to Professor Sako, Professor Mori and their students for joining us, and to Leonid Posadskov for initiating and coordinating the collaboration. We look forward to many more opportunities to engage with the academic community and to bring more people to OpenSSL's academic community!
— Nikolas