Horizon Europe · Digital, Industry and Space
Next-Generation QKD Systems
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Expected Outcome: This action will strengthen Europe's strategic autonomy in quantum-secure communications by advancing core QKD technologies and integration capabilities. Expected results include: Development and demonstration of next-generation QKD systems, with a focus on cost-effectiveness and integration, with specific measurable improvements in one of the following parameters or features: (i) key rate (>1 Mbps over metropolitan distances), (ii) operational coverage of a network at the regional scale, >300 km for fibre-based QKD, including e.g. twin field and free-space links also for non-wired segments and for redundancy, (iii) development and demonstration of advanced quantum cryptographic protocols beyond QKD with provable security advantage over classical cryptographic systems. Implementation of hybrid quantum-classical cryptographic frameworks combining QKD and post-quantum cry… more
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)Quantum Technologies (e.g. computing and communication)
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%75AYKUT KARAKAYA
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Overlapping papers: Quantum Secure Communication Between Service Provider and SIM (2022) · A survey on post-quantum based approaches for edge computing security (2024)
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%75BORA BUĞRA SEZER
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Overlapping papers: PP-PQB: Privacy-Preserving in Post-Quantum Blockchain-Based Systems: A Systematization of Knowledge (2025) · PPFLQB: A Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning enhanced Quantum-secure Blockchain layered framework (2025)
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%75MERYEM SOYSALDI ŞAHİN
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Information and Cryptography
Overlapping papers: A Novel Method for Polar Form of Any Degree of Multivariate Polynomials with Applications in IoT (2019) · A novel 3-pass identification scheme and signature scheme based on multivariate quadratic polynomials (2019)
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%72MUHAMMAD ZOHAIB
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata
Overlapping papers: A nano-design of a quantum-based arithmetic and logic unit for enhancing the efficiency of the future IoT applications (2025) · High-performance and low-power quantum-dot-based multiply–accumulate design for next-generation supercomputing platforms (2026)
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%71LATİF AKÇAY
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Overlapping papers: Comparison of RISC-V and transport triggered architectures for a post-quantum cryptography application (2021) · Lightweight ASIP Design for Lattice-Based Post-quantum Cryptography Algorithms (2025)
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%70TURGUT HANOYMAK
Research topics: Cryptography and Data Security · Coding theory and cryptography · Security in Wireless Sensor Networks
Overlapping papers: Fundamental Structure of Shor’s Quantum Algorithm for Factoring Integers (2019) · IND-CCA secure encryption based on a Zheng–Seberry scheme (2014)
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%70İHSAN YILMAZ
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Information and Cryptography
Overlapping papers: Nonlocal implementation of multi-qubit controlled unitary quantum gates with quantum channel (2021) · Secure Communication Based On Key Generation With Quantum Reinforcement Learning (2023)
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%69MOHANAD Y S ALAYEDI
Research topics: graph theory and CDMA systems · Coding theory and cryptography · Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Overlapping papers: A Cross-Layer Review of Intelligent, Secure, and Privacy-Preserving Internet of Vehicles (2026) · A performance investigation of SAC-OCDMA system based on a spectral efficient 2D cyclic shift code for next generation passive optical network (2021)
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%68ARTRIM KJAMILJI
Research topics: Cryptography and Data Security · Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Overlapping papers: Privacy-Preserving Zero-Sum-Path Evaluation of Decision Trees in Postquantum Industrial IoT (2024) · Secure Matrix Operations for Machine Learning Classifications Over Encrypted Data in Post Quantum Industrial IoT (2021)
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%68MURAT GÜZELTEPE
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Overlapping papers: ε-Quantum error correction codes over the ring RQ (2026) · Quantum Codes from Codes over the Ring Rq (2023)
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%65AMMAR DAŞKIN
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata · Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Overlapping papers: Quantum random state generation with predefined entanglement constraint (2014) · A Quantum Implementation Model for Artificial Neural Networks (2018)
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%65BİLAL ÖZTÜRK
Research topics: Advanced Technologies and Applied Computing · Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques · Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
Overlapping papers: Design of Quantum Communication Protocols in Quantum Cryptography (2023) · Quantum optics in visual sensors and adaptive optics by quantum vacillations of laser beams wave propagation apply in data mining (2023)
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%64BARIŞ ÇELİKTAŞ
Research topics: Cryptography and Data Security · Cloud Data Security Solutions · Information and Cyber Security
Overlapping papers: Evaluation of Password Hashing Competition Finalists: Performance, Security, Compliance Mapping, and Post-Quantum Readiness (2025) · From Policy to Practice: A Sector-Agnostic Operational Framework for Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition (2026)
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%64KÜBRA SEYHAN
Research topics: Cryptography and Data Security · Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption · Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
Overlapping papers: MLWR-2PAKA: A Hybrid Module Learning With Rounding-Based Authenticated Key Agreement Protocol for Two-Party Communication (2023) · A new lattice-based password authenticated key exchange scheme with anonymity and reusable key (2024)
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%64NIMA JAFARI NAVIMIPOUR
Shared topics: Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata
Overlapping papers: A New Nano-Design of an Efficient Synchronous Full-Adder/Subtractor Based on Quantum-Dots (2023) · A new lung cancer detection method based on the chest CT images using Federated Learning and blockchain systems (2023)
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%63FERDİ ALTINTAŞ
Shared topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Overlapping papers: Construction of a quantum Carnot refrigerator for general working substances (2025) · Dissipative dynamics of quantum correlations in the strong coupling regime (2013)
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%62BURHAN GÜLBAHAR
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Information and Cryptography
Overlapping papers: Strong simulation of tracking single photons with which-way-detectors in linear optics (2022) · Maximum-Likelihood Detection With QAOA for Massive MIMO and Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model With Local Field at Infinite Size (2024)
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%61HÜSEYİN BODUR
Shared topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography
Overlapping papers: A novel centralised e-payment protocol based on superdense coding (2026) · Distinguishing Humans from Automated Programs by a novel Audio based CAPTCHA (2015)
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%61MUHAMMAD SOHAIB JAMAL SOLAIJA
Research topics: Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies · Wireless Communication Security Techniques · Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
Overlapping papers: Towards a Unified Framework for Physical Layer Security in 5G and Beyond Networks (2022) · Multidimensional Index Modulation for 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks (2021)
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%61RASİM DERMEZ
Shared topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum Mechanics and Applications · Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Overlapping papers: Investigation of Quantum Entanglement through a Trapped Three Level Ion Accompanied with Beyond Lamb-Dicke Regime (2020) · Long-lived entangled qudits in a trapped three-level ion beyond the Lamb–Dicke limit (2009)
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%60BARIŞ BÜLENT KIRLAR
Research topics: Cryptography and Data Security · Coding theory and cryptography · Cryptography and Residue Arithmetic
Overlapping papers: Efficient Nyberg-Rueppel type of NTRU digital signature algorithm (2022) · New methods for public key cryptosystems based on XTR (2015)
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%60DİLARA GÜL KILIÇ
Shared topics: Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices · Quantum optics and atomic interactions · Quantum and electron transport phenomena · Quantum Information and Cryptography
Overlapping papers: Tailoring the optical properties of quantum ring irradiated by THz laser (2019) · Third-harmonic generation of a laser-driven quantum dot with impurity (2018)
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%60ZAHRA RANJBAR NAVAZI
Shared topics: Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
Overlapping papers: Hyaluronic Acid-Targeted Niosomes for Effective Breast Cancer Chemostarvation Therapy (2024) · MUC-1 aptamer conjugated InP/ZnS quantum dots/nanohydrogel fluorescent composite for mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in MCF-7 cells (2021)
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%59AHMAD SALMANOGHLI KHIAVI
Shared topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography
Overlapping papers: Blochnium-Based Josephson Junction Parametric Amplifiers: Superior Tunability and Linearity (2025) · Design of fully integrated 45 nm CMOS system-on-chip receiver for readout of transmon qubit (2025)
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%59AHMET CELAL CEM SAY
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Overlapping papers: QUANTUM COUNTER AUTOMATA (2012) · Time hierarchies for sublogarithmic-space quantum computation (2026)
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%59AHMET FARUK YAZICI
Shared topics: Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Overlapping papers: Tailoring Quantum Dot Shell Thickness and Polyethylenimine Interlayers for Optimization of Inverted Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes (2024) · Color Enrichment Solids of Spectrally Pure Colloidal Quantum Wells for Wide Color Span in Displays (2022)
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%59ALİ YILDIZ
Shared topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Overlapping papers: Deterministic transformations of three-qubit entangled pure states (2019) · Optimal distillation of quantum coherence with reduced waste of resources (2019)
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%59MEHMET ŞAHİN
Shared topics: Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Overlapping papers: Quantum dot and electron acceptor nano-heterojunction for photo-induced capacitive charge-transfer (2021) · Cadmium-Free and Efficient Type-II InP/ZnO/ZnS Quantum Dots and Their Application for LEDs (2021)
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%59REFİA AKSOY
Shared topics: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Overlapping papers: Cyclic codes over F_2x(F_2+vF_2) and binary quantum codes (2023) · Entanglement-assisted binary quantum codes from cyclic codes over F2x(F2+vF2) (2023)
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%59SADİ TURGUT
Shared topics: Quantum Information and Cryptography · Quantum and electron transport phenomena · Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Overlapping papers: Heat transfer operators associated with quantum operations (2011) · Witnessing pairing correlations in identical-particle systems (2021)
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