Lightweight PQC Research

Here’s a list of ~12 recent papers (with authors + URLs) on lightweight / resource‐constrained post‐quantum cryptography (PQC) — useful if you’re diving deeper into the field.


# Authors Title & URL
1 Tao Liu, Gowri Ramachandran, Raja Jurdak “Post-Quantum Cryptography for Internet of Things: A Survey on Performance and Optimization” — arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17538 (arXiv)
2 Liyth H. Mahdi, Alharith A. Abdullah “Fortifying Future IoT Security: A Comprehensive Review on Lightweight Post-Quantum Cryptography” — Eng. Technol. Appl. Sci. Res., 2025. (Via ResearchGate) (ResearchGate)
3 Latif Akçay, Berna Örs Yalçın “Lightweight ASIP Design for Lattice-Based Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms” — Arab. J. Sci. Eng., 50(2) (2025) DOI:10.1007/s13369-024-08976-w (SpringerLink)
4 Byung-Jun Kim, Han-Gyeol Mun, Shinwoong Kim, JongMin Lee, Jae-yoon Sim “A 1.03 MOPS/W Lattice-based Post-quantum Cryptography Processor for IoT Devices” — JSTS. (Processor/hardware implementation) (jsts.org)
5 Kathryn Hines, Manohar Raavi, John-Michael Villenueve, Simeon Wuthier, Javier Moreno-Colin “Post-Quantum Cipher Power Analysis in Lightweight Devices” — WiSec ’22 (Poster) (NSF Public Access Repository)
6 Attila A. Yavuz, Saleh Darzi, Saif E. Nouma “Lightweight and Scalable Post-Quantum Authentication for Medical Internet of Things” — arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18674 (arXiv)
7 Suparna Kundu, Archisman Ghosh, Angshuman Karmakar, Shreyas Sen, Ingrid Verbauwhede “Rudraksh: A compact and lightweight post-quantum key-encapsulation mechanism” — arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13799 (arXiv)
8 (multiple authors) “A post-quantum lattice based lightweight authentication and code-based hybrid encryption scheme for resource-constrained IoT” — Comnet, 2022. (ACM Digital Library)
9 D. Xu, X. Wang, Y. Hao, Z. Zhang, Q. Hao, H. Jia, H. Dong, L. Zhang “Ring-ExpLWE: A High-Performance and Lightweight Post-Quantum Encryption Scheme for Resource-Constrained IoT Devices” — referenced via MDPI survey. (MDPI)
10 The authors of “A comprehensive and realistic performance evaluation of post-quantum cryptography algorithms in consumer IoT devices” “A comprehensive and realistic performance evaluation of post-quantum cryptography algorithms in relation to consumer IoT devices” — SciDirect, 2025. (ScienceDirect)
11 Authors of “A Lightweight BRLWE-based Post-Quantum Cryptosystem with Side…” “A lightweight BRLWE-based post-quantum cryptosystem with side-channel considerations” — ScienceDirect, 2024. (ScienceDirect)
12 Authors of “A Comprehensive Review on Lightweight Post-Quantum Cryptography” “A comprehensive review on lightweight post-quantum cryptography” — ETASR, 2024. DOI:10.48084/etasr.10141 (ETASR)