The BRISONS
The BRISONS
The BRISONS, or BRitish ISOgeNy dayS, is a recurring meetup of cryptographers working on isogeny-based cryptography in and around The United Kingdom.
To register for an event or to get regular updates, please contact research@borisfouotsa.com, l.maino@bham.ac.uk or chloe.martindale@bristol.ac.uk.
The next event will happen on June 22nd, 2026 at The University of Manchester. Please register beforehand if you want to come.
Venue: Department of Computer Science, The University of Manchester.
Address: Kilburn Building, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL.
Workshop rooms: Atlas and Mercury, 1st floor on your right after exiting the lift.
Directions: Google maps
Organisers: Tako Boris Fouotsa and Trey Li, The University of Manchester.
Sponsor: Centre for Digital Trust and Society, The University of Manchester
| 10:00-10:25: | Coffee and networking at The Place Unicafe |
| 10:25-10:30: | Welcome in Atlas and Mercury |
| 10:30-11:00: | Talk 1 by Dania Lazzarini, ULB Belgium |
| Isogeny Computations in the Level-4 Mumford Model | |
| 11:00-11:30: | Talk 2 by Luciano Maino, University of Birmingham |
| Pushforward Problems and Applications | |
| 11:30-12:00: | Talk 3 by Raul Hernandez-Gonzalez, University of Virginia |
| Computing 2D Cyclic Isogenies: An Approach using Kani's Reducibility Criterion | |
| 12:00-13:30: | Lunch break at Kro Bar |
| 13:30-13:45: | Two discussion topics to be presented, breakout into two groups |
| 13:45-14:45: | Round 1 of research discussion |
| 14:45-15:30: | Coffee break at The Place Unicafe |
| 15:30-16:45: | Round 2 of research discussion |
| 16:45-17:00: | Closing remarks |
| 17:00-19:45: | Networking and Dinner at Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Portland St. |