QSI is a European project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie grant agreement n° 101072637.

QUANTUM-SAFE
INTERNET

WHAT IS QSI ABOUT?
Quantum-safe Internet aims at training a world-class cohort of Doctoral Candidates capable of taking the next essential steps in the highly demanding area of cybersecurity.
QSI has been designed with the following principal training objectives for our Doctoral Candidates:
  • To train them in relevant Quantum-Safe technologies.
  • To provide them with enhanced appreciation for implementing scientific results.
  • To secure their career prospects.
  • To enhance the competitiveness of the EU.
  • QSI at the Osaka World Expo 2025, Japan.
  • Science Art Contest Winners!
  • Our next Conference, Paris 2026.
  • Enjoy our last Stories of the Month.
  • Research Outcomes.
  • Members.

QSI at the Osaka World Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan.

QSI was present at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, as part of the thematic week ‘Peace, Human Security and Dignity’, held from August 8 to 12, at the EU Pavilion.
The project was represented by the PhD candidates Alessandro Marcomini and Vaisakh Mannalath from the University of Vigo, alongside the supervisors Alex B. Grilo (Sorbonne University, Paris) and Prof. Christian Majenz (Technical University of Denmark). In addition, QSI received support from its partners in Japan, Prof. Kiyoshi Tamaki (University of Toyama) and Koji Azuma (NTT).

We offered a scientific program and outreach activities, including:
  • Talks and presentations.
  • Audiovisual screenings showcasing the individual projects of the PhD candidates. See here.
  • Interactive workshops and engaging activities.

SCIENCE ART CONTEST WINNERS!

Participants were invited to submit works of art in any form, such as poetry, music, design, painting, sculpture or video, focusing on a scientific theme related to Quantum-Safe
Internet. All works were displayed at the QSI workshop held in Denmark, from 12 to 16 May 2025.

The first prize was awarded to Margarida Pereira for her spectacular painting, the description of her artwork is here.

The second prize went to Diana Cencer for her original and well-crafted video, available here.

Congratulations to both and thank you for participating!

The winning works of art were exhibited at Osaka World Expo 2025, Japan.

QSI Conference 2026, Paris.


In the spring of 2026, the final event of the MSCA Quantum-Safe Internet project will take place in Paris, organized by the University of Sorbonne. As part of the conference program, the last outreach activity to be carried out by the Doctoral Candidates will also be held.

We will keep you updated here !

Enjoy the latest Stories of the Month

  • July 2025: "Just Guess! Improved Algorithm for underdetermined MQ solving", by Massimo Ostuzzi.
  • August 2025: "When Eve wins by making Bog go quiet", by Loïc Millet.
  • September 2025: Coming soon. Stay tuned!

Results and Research Outcomes:

  • S. Juárez, A. Marcomini, M. Petrov, R. I. Woodward, T. J. Dowling, R. M. Stevenson, M. Curty, and D. Rusca, “On the Implementation Security of Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution using Optical Injection Locking”, (2025). Preprint can be found at: arXiv:2508.21763
  • A. B. Grilo, A. Yángüez, “Quantum pseudoresources imply cryptography” (2025). Preprint can be found at: arXiv: 2504.15025
  • J. Janneck, J. Meers, M. Ostuzzi, and D. Riepel “Snake Mackerel: An Isogeny-Based AKEM Leveraging Randomness Reuse”, 2025. Preprint can be found at: https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1474.pdf
  • B. Lopes da Costa, M. R. Bolaños, R. Chaves, C. Narduzzi, M. Avesani, D. Giacomo Marangon, A. Stanco, G. Vallone, P. Villoresi, Y. Omar, “Power-consumption Backdoor in Quantum Key Distribution”. Accepted for publication in Physical Review Applied: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11767
  • K. Vijayadharan, M. R. Bolaños, M. Avesani, G. Vallone, P. Villoresi, C. Agnesi, “A Sagnac-based arbitrary time-bin state encoder for quantum communication applications” (2025). Preprint can be found at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08971
  • J. Rey-Domínguez and M. Razavi, “Rethinking Quantum Repeaters: Balancing Scalability, Feasibility, and Interoperability” (2025). Pre-print can be found at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16310
  • K. Hövelmanns, A. Hülsing, C. Majenz, and F. Sisinni. (Un)-breakable curses – re-encryption step in the Fujisaki-Okamoto transform. Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2025/299. https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/299
  • V. Mannalath, V. Zapatero, M. Curty, “Sharp Finite Statistics for Quantum Key Distribution”, Physical Review Letters 135, 020803 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/l735-x48g
  • Á. Yángüez, T. A. Hahn, J. Kochanowski, “Efficient Quantum Measurements: Computational Max- and Measured Rényi Divergences and Applications”. Preprint can be found at: Arxiv:2509.21308.
  • A. B. Grilo, L. Hanouz, A. Marin “Security of a secret sharing protocol on the Qline” (2025). Preprint can be found at: arXiv:2504.19702v1

  • CONFERENCES:

  • J. Rey-Domínguez and Mohsen Razavi, “Quantum key distribution over an encoded repeater chain with sequential swapping”, International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC2025) at Nara, Japan, March 31st – April 2nd, 2025.
  • J. Rey-Domínguez and M. Razavi, “Hop-by-hop long-distance quantum key distribution with error detection”, poster in QCrypt 2025, Sanya, China, 25-29 August 2025.
  • V. Mannalath, V. Zapatero, M. Curty, “Sharp finite statistics for quantum key distribution”, 15th international conference on quantum cryptography (QCRYPT 2025), Sanya, Hainan, China, 25-29 August 2025.
  • A. Marcomini, A. Mizutani, F. Grünenfelder, M. Curty, K. Tamaki, “Security of loss-tolerant QKD with source and receiver imperfections”, 15th international conference on quantum cryptography (QCRYPT2025), Sanya, Hainan, China, 25-29 August 2025.
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QSI is a European project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie grant agreement n° 101072637.
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Lorena g. Curra; [email protected]
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