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| Date | Event |
| July 20-21, 2015 | First Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST |
| August 11, 2016 | (Draft) NIST IR 8114 is published. |
| October 17-18, 2016 | Second Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST |
| October 31, 2016 | End of public comment period to Draft NISTIR 8114 Public comments received (August 11 - October 31,2016) |
March 28, 2017 | NIST IR 8114, Report on Lightweight Cryptography is published. |
| April 26, 2017 | (Draft) Profiles for Lightweight cryptography standardization process is published. |
| June 16, 2017 | Public comments received (April 26 - June 16, 2017) |
| May 14, 2018 | (Draft) Submission Requirements and Evaluation Criteria for the Lightweight cryptography standardization process is published. |
| May 14, 2018 | Federal Register Notice is published. |
| June 28, 2018 | End of public comment period to the submission requirement. Public comments received (May 14-June 28, 2018). |
| August 27, 2018 | Federal Register Notice is published |
| August 27, 2018 | Submission Requirements and Evaluation Criteria for the Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published. |
| January 4, 2019 | Early submission deadline for early feedback |
| February 25, 2019 | Submission deadline |
| March 29, 2019 | Amendment Deadline |
| April 18, 2019 | Announcement of the Round 1 Candidates |
| August 30, 2019 | Announcement of Round 2 Candidates |
| October 7, 2019 | NIST IR 8268, Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published |
| November 4-6, 2019 | Third Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST |
| October 19-21, 2020 | Fourth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual) |
| March 29, 2021 | Announcement of Finalist Candidates |
| July 21, 2021 | NIST IR 8369, Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published. |
| May 9-11, 2022 | Fifth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual) |
| February 7, 2023 | Announcement: NIST Selects Ascon for Standardization |
| June 16, 2023 | NIST IR 8454, Status Report on the Final Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process is published |
| June 21-22, 2023 | Sixth Lightweight Cryptography Workshop (virtual) |
| November 8, 2024 | NIST SP 800-232 (initial public draft), Ascon-Based Lightweight Cryptography Standards for Constrained Devices: Authenticated Encryption, Hash, and Extendable Output Functions is published. |
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