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Bill Buchanan
Qui doctrinam in manibus operariorum collocat
— who places knowledge in the hands of practitioners
— On the schedule —
Post-Quantum Cryptography: Evaluation, AI Threats and the Future
This talk will outline the key performance metrics for the migration to quantum-robust cryptography. This will present a range of performance and energy experiments on IoT devices. Along with this, it will outline: the migration of key application areas; PKI migration; AI-aided cracking of quantum-robust cryptography; and evolving NIST standards for digital signatures.
— Compositor's note —
William (Bill) J Buchanan OBE FRSE is a Professor of Cybersecurity and Applied Cryptography in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (SCEBE) at Edinburgh Napier University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), and a Principal Fellow of Advance HE. He works in areas of applied cryptography, blockchain and digital ID. Bill was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cybersecurity innovation, teaching and research - the first in the UK to be awarded this for cybersecurity. In 2024, he was elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). Bill has received many awards for his teaching, research, and innovation work, including being named the Scottish Cyber Evangelist of the Year in 2016 and 2024, and, in 2026, winning the special 10th-anniversary Security Veteran Award at the Computing Security Excellence Awards. Bill currently leads the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical, the Blockpass ID Lab, and the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Digital Trust and DLT.