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The names of the 26 candidates can be found at:

https://csrc.nist.gov/news/2019/pqc-standardization-process-...

"For the 2nd round candidates, NIST will allow the submission teams the option of providing updated specifications and implementations (i.e. “tweaks”). The deadline for these tweaks will be March 15, 2019. We originally planned that submission teams would have more time, however recent events out of our control have altered the timeline."

Anyone know what "recent events" refers to?

Maybe the federal shutdown?

https://www.secureworldexpo.com/industry-news/nist-governmen...

So the original plan was to announce this earlier then?

I believed they were supposed to be announced at RWC in early January. https://quantumcomputingreport.com/news/nist-to-announce-rou...

The federal shutdown affected the timeline as NIST employees were not allowed to work in January.

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