Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance - Technical Advisory Council (TAC) Meeting 17 December, 2025

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Voting Representative Attendance (Alphabetical by 1st name)

Premier Member Representatives

  • Brian Jarvis, Amazon Web Services Inc. [TAC Chair]
  • JP Lomas, QRL
  • Michael Maximilien, IBM
  • Nicklas Körtge, IBM Research Zurich
  • Norman Ashley, Cisco
  • Yarkin Doroz, NVIDIA

### Project Representatives

  • Matthias Kannwischer, TSR
  • Hanno Becker, PQCP

Non-Voting Representative Attendance

Member Companies

  • Andreas Schade, IBM
  • Joe Livingston, IBM
  • Pravek Sharma, University of Waterloo

LF Staff

  • Christina Harter
  • Hart Montgomery
  • Min Yu
  • Ry Jones

Other Attendees

  • Aditya Koranga, NgKore [TAC Vice Chair]
  • Sandip Dholakia

Meeting Agenda

  • Open GitHub issues
    • Any ideas for further Discord work - https://github.com/PQCA/TAC/issues/114
    • Proof of concept for LLM-driven social media posts - https://github.com/PQCA/TAC/issues/110
    • Any update on educational content - https://github.com/PQCA/TAC/issues/115
  • Blog post updates
    • CH: New Blog Post Submission from PQCP Mentee (hold on publishing until the New Year)
    • CH: Matthias - any update on the mlkem-native OpenType integration blog post?
  • Follow-ups on other action items
    • OQS: Any update regarding project metrics / LFX insights
    • PQCP: Mentorship timeline update
    • CBOMkit: Update on TSC setup items mentioned in last meeting’s notes

Discussion & Updates

Introduction of 1st Time Attendees

None.

RWPQC Talks

The meeting had light attendance due to the holiday season, with only a few participants including Brian, Christina, Hart, Sandip, Hanno and Aditya. They discussed the status of RWPQC talks, with Hart noting that Matthias might have been contacted but details were unclear. Hanno expressed interest in giving a talk if he attends RWPQC in Taiwan.

Discord Usage and Spam Management

The TAC discussed Discord usage across projects. Hanno raised concerns about spam in the Open Quantum Safe general chat. Brian and Hart discussed mitigation strategies, and a best practice which is to have the general channel - which will naturally attract more spam - but then spin off more narrowly-focused channels for more direct collaboration when needed which tend to have less spam.

The group agreed that Discord usage should remain project-specific, with PQCP cited as a positive example. The TAC reaffirmed support for project-managed Discord channels rather than a single centralized approach.

GitHub Social Media Automation Project

The team discussed a project to automate the creation of social media posts from GitHub repository activity, with Brian proposing a prototype that would use GitHub actions to generate content for review by a content review committee. Aditya expressed support for the idea, while Hart emphasized the importance of human review to prevent automatic posting. The discussion clarified that the project would focus on summarizing project activity from either meeting minutes or repository data, with the goal of producing both status reports and social media content.

PQC Training Program Development

The team discussed educational content development, with Hart reporting progress on a practical training program for PQC migrations targeting practicing developers, which will include a certification component. Hart mentioned a meeting with the LF Training and Education team scheduled for mid-January, with an expected update at the end of January.

Sandip offered to help with the training content development based on his background in cryptography and technical writing, and agreed to review the Google document and email Hart offline with his suggestions.

Blog Updates and Mentorship Planning

The team discussed several updates and follow-ups regarding blog posts and mentorship programs.

Christina announced that the review for a new blog post related to mldsa-native from a PQCP mentee remains open through next Monday, with planned publication on January 6, following the holidays.

The team also discussed the upcoming summer mentorship program timeline, with plans to open mentorship project proposals in early February and mentee applications in April.

Project Updates

  • OQS
    • No OQS representatives.
  • PQCP
    • Hanno provided updates on PQCP, noting progress on mlkem-native verification and functional correctness proofs for ARM and AVX2 assembly. Hanno also reported that PQCP had restructured their CI pipeline to reduce costs, with ongoing discussions with Ry about potential Amazon credits for open source projects.
  • CBOMkit
    • No CBOMkit representatives.

Next Steps / Action Items

Action Item Owner Status / Due Date
Prototype LLM-based social media post generation from meeting minutes or repo activity (with human review) Brian Ongoing; update as progress is made
Review PQCP mentee blog post draft and provide feedback Hanno Before publication
Meet with LF Training & Education team to advance PQC training materials and report back Hart January 28 TAC meeting
Review PQC training content draft and email feedback Sandip Before next meeting
Monitor CI costs (GitHub runners, EC2) and notify if AWS credits are needed Hanno & Matthias (PQCP) Ongoing
Add TAC chair election timeline and process to January 14 TAC agenda Christina Before January 14 meeting
Open mentor call for PQCA mentorship program project proposals Christina February 2, 2026

Adjourned: 7:42am PT.