Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance - Technical Advisory Council (TAC) Meeting 13th August, 2025

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Voting Representative Attendance (Alphabetical by 1st name)

Premier and General Member Representatives

  • Brian Jarvis, Amazon Web Services Inc. [TAC Chair]
  • Norman Ashley, Cisco (Not attended)
  • JP Lomas, QRL (Not attended)
  • Yarkin Doroz, NVIDIA
  • Nicklas Körtge, IBM Research Zurich (Not attended)
  • Michael Maximilien, IBM (Not attended)

Project Representatives

  • Matthias Kannwischer, TSR

Non-Voting Representatives (Member Companies)

  • Andreas Schade, IBM
  • Joe Livingston, IBM (Not attended)
  • Pravek Sharma, University of Waterloo (Not attended)

LF Staff

  • Hart Montgomery
  • Balaji Ethirajulu (Not attended)

Other Attendees

  • Aditya Koranga, NgKore [TAC Vice Chair]
  • Sandip Dholakia, SAP
  • Akbar Tri
  • Debabrata Pattnayak

Meeting Agenda

Brian Jarvis presented the meeting agenda:

  • Welcome and introduction of any new attendees
  • Blogs published announcements
  • Follow-ups from previous meeting
    • OQS project lifecycle stage
    • PQCA website updates
    • Tooling WG project transition
  • Outreach committee meeting updates
  • Project status updates
    • OQS
    • PQCP
    • Tooling WG

PQCA Blog Posts

Follow-Ups

OQS Project Lifecycle Stage

  • Norman Ashley (not present) provided email update to TAC mailing list
  • OQS Technical Steering Committee held “lively and very productive conversation” on August 26th
  • Decision expected within the week with formal vote on OQS side
  • TAC will need to establish process for reviewing and validating project lifecycle assignments

PQCA Website Updates

  • Status: Website updates are in progress (Hart Montgomery)
  • TAC Roster: Updates to reflect current TAC membership are being implemented
  • Website Link Issues: Some technical challenges encountered with GitHub integration
  • Progress: Matthias confirmed his information is now visible on the website

Tooling WG Project Transition

  • Meeting Held: August 26th meeting with IBM team (5 attendees) and Hart Montgomery
  • Status: Ready to become a dedicated project
  • Blocker: Charter requires IBM Legal approval before proceeding
  • Timeline: Hart expressed optimism about approval given previous similar charter approvals
  • Next Steps: Formal TAC vote required once charter is approved
  • SAP Interest: Sandip D mentioned potential SAP involvement pending resolution of existing agreements

Outreach Committee Meeting Updates

  • Attendance: Hart Montgomery reported sparse attendance with no notable takeaways
  • Scheduling Challenge: Current time slot problematic for international attendees
    • Too late for Aditya (ends at 11:30 PM IST)
  • Proposed Solution: Hart suggested sending email to broader group for scheduling consensus

Project Status Updates

OQS (No representative present)

  • Updates provided via email by Norman Ashley
  • Working on lifecycle stage selection process
  • No additional updates available during meeting

PQCP (Reported by Matthias Kannwischer)

mlkem-native:

  • Merged additional ARM assembly code into AWS LC
  • Completed integration of ARM assembly
  • Next phase: x86 code integration (expected to take considerable time)

mldsa-native:

  • Completed constant time hardening
  • Performance improvements in progress
  • Integrating additional assembly code for state-of-the-art performance
  • Some work remaining

mlkem-rust-libcrux (renaming to rust-libcrux):

  • Expanding beyond mlkem to include additional algorithms
  • mldsa will be integrated as well
  • Upcoming release planned for next few weeks
  • Documentation in PQCP, but code and releases managed separately through crates

mlkem-libjade:

  • Development in separate repository with releases integrated into PQCP
  • Working on new release featuring:
    • Improved mlkem768
    • Newly added mlkem1024

slhdsa:

  • No progress updates available

Tooling WG (Reported by Andreas Schade)

New Releases Announced:

  • CBOMKit Service 2.1.10
  • CBOMKit-Action 2.10.1

Key Improvements:

  • Refactored common code into CBOMKit library
  • Eliminated code duplication between service and action components
  • Enhanced code modularity and customization capabilities

New Features in CBOM Kit Action:

  • Inclusion/exclusion controls for code scanning
  • Customizable language scanning options

Additional Discussion

Future Planning: Brian Jarvis suggested inviting Max for another retrospective session after completion of lifecycle document reviews, similar to beneficial previous session for first half of year reflection.

Action Items

Action Item Owner Status / Due Date
Send email regarding outreach committee meeting time alternatives Aditya Koranga Next week
Complete website TAC roster updates Hart Montgomery, Balaji, Ry In progress
Follow up on IBM Legal charter approval for Tooling WG Andreas Schade & Hart Montgomery Ongoing
Review OQS blog draft and provide feedback Content Review Committee Within 2 days

New Business

Nil.