Organised at the beautiful Finse 1222 Hotel, the 2026 Finse Quantum World Cybersecurity Winter School follows in the tradition of previous Finse winter schools organised during the period 2008 - 2025.
The winter school is open for PhD students and Postdoc researchers in cybersecurity at Norwegian universities and research institutes. The registration is completed, there are no places available anymore.
PhD students get 3 study points (ECTS) for participation in the Winter School PhD Course.
Costs (accommodation and meals) for staying at the Finse 1222 Hotel are covered for all registered participants. Travel to and from Finse is not covered, and must be paid by each participant.
Travel to Finse is by train from Bergen or Oslo. Tickets can be bought from Vy.no or Entur.no. There are several train departures per day.
For timely arrival Sunday evening 19 April, we recommend the following trains:
- From Oslo, departure at 14:25h, arrival Finse at 18:42h.
- From Bergen, departure at 15:38h, arrival Finse at 18:04h
On Friday 24 April there are several trains to Oslo and Bergen. BaneNor previously announced work on the tracks so there was only one train in each direction on that day, but it seems that the work has been postponed.
| Program for the 2026 Finse Quantum World Cybersecurity Winter School | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 19 April 2026 | ||
| 19:00h | Arrival, check-in. Dinner at 19:30h | |
| Monday 20 April 2028 | ||
| 9:00h - 9:15h | Opening the Finse Cyber Security Winter School | Program Chair: Sondre Rønjom, NSM Organising Char: Audun Jøsang, UiO |
| 9:15h - 12:00h | Harald Hauglin, The Norwegian Metrology Service Jonas Lidal, NSM | Quantum sensing Quantum Sensing and National Security |
| 12:00h - 15:00h | Lunch break and free time for outdoor and discussions | |
| 15:00h - 18:00h | Greg Falco, Aerospace Adversary Lab, Cornell | Space Cybersecurity |
| Tuesday 21 April 2026 | ||
| 9:00h - 12:00h | Samuel Jaques, University of Waterloo | Quantum Algorithms and Cryptography (I) |
| 12:00h - 15:00h | Lunch break and free time for outdoor and discussions | |
| 15:00h - 18:00h | Martin Ekerå, KTH / Swedish NCSA | Quantum Algorithms and Cryptography (II) |
| Wednesday 22 April 2026 | ||
| 9:00h - 12:00h | NSM Martijn Stam, Simula UiB | A National PQ Strategy PQ Crypto Migration |
| 12:00h - 15:00h | Lunch break and free time for outdoor and discussions | |
| 15:00h - 18:00h | Bart Mennink, Maastricht University | Symmetric Cryptography |
| Thursday 23 April 2026 | ||
| 9:00h - 12:00h | Eirik Rosnes, Simula UiB | Quantum Coding Theory |
| 12:00h - 15:00h | Lunch break and free time for outdoor and discussions | |
| 15:00h - 18:00h | Tormod Sivertsen, FFI Kjell Andersen and Amund Askeland, Kripos | Cyber operations and related activities Cyber tracing and forensics |
| Friday 24 April 2026 | ||
| 9:00h - 10:00h | Geir Myrdahl Køien, USN | Cyberchallenges for the Telecom Sector |
| 10:00h - 10:30h | Check-out | |
| 10:30h - 12:00h | Janne Hagen, UiO/Gritera | Cyberchallenges for the Energy Sector |
| 12:00h | Lunch and departure | |
