Ian Miers
@secparam
CS Prof. Security and applied cryptography. Wrote the first papers on zk proofs and SNARKs for blockchains. Founding scientist of Aleo, Bolt Labs, and Zcash.
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https://www.cs.umd.edu/~imiers/ 05-04-2012 05:34:56
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Great talk by citizen lab's Bill Marczak on mercenary spyware circumventing encrypted chat. Stark contrast between Apple's much hyped security against hypothetical quantum computers, and real iMessage exploits that pretend to be a fax machine message. #realworldcrypto
The UMD security group is hiring a postdoc. Want to work in applied cryptography and zk proofs with me or Gabe Kaptchuk? Or usable security, ai security, network security, pq crypto, or programing languages + security. Come to UMD and live in Washington, DC. obj.umiacs.umd.edu/cybersecurity/…
'Somebody should make a crypto Ashley Madison just called Zero Knowledge.
Zero Knowledge but Failed Commitment' -- John P Dickerson
Anyone implemented CQ / have performance numbers? Ariel Gabizon eprint.iacr.org/2022/1763.pdf