We (Akira Takahashi, Elizabeth Crites, markulf kohlweiss, and myself) are organising a workshop on the Foundations and Applications of Zero-Knowledge Proofs at ICMS from September 2nd to 5th, and registration is open now! Check out: icms.org.uk/ZeroKnowledgeP…

Yay, seems like LWE is not so dead after all.

For now.

A highly recommended seminar presentation by Nils Fleischhacker 🥩🔪 describing extractable witness encryption for KZG commitments. Nils also shows the security proofs in detail. Thanks also Privacy & Scaling Explorations!

Presentation: youtube.com/watch?v=81Hq7I…
Paper: eprint.iacr.org/2024/264.pdf

Scott Aaronson on #eprint555
scottaaronson.blog/?p=7946

📢Travel fellowships available to attend the Summer Research Institute on Security and Privacy at EPFL!
Check the program here: suri.epfl.ch
and apply here: forms.gle/3CL6j6v648R5fr…

come listen to Patrick Traynor Oana Goga Reza Shokri Clémentine Maurice lucy qin Anwar Hithnawi

sobornost Pierre-Luc Daniel J. Bernstein There are alternative proposals for public key encryption which I discuss in that survey (including one I made). But I think it’s fair to say that none of them, isogenies included, has received enough study to have confidence in it.

please note the CHES 2024 call for tutorials and submit your proposal now!
ches.iacr.org/2024/callfortu…

New preprint just dropped 😄

Initial list of talks/contributions is now up on recapworkshop.online! Register for ReCAP :)

Poster made by our multi-talented co-organizer Leah Rosenbloom

Registration for TPMPC'24 organized by ENCRYPTO is open until May 12. Looking forward to welcome you in Darmstadt!

The Tor Project is seeking a User Research Coordinator with 4-7 years of related work experience to be a part of the #UX Team.

How to apply 👇
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Big data means big breaches
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The ICANN Grant Program is an exciting opportunity for eligible organizations across the globe to apply for funding for projects with the mission of helping ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. Deadline: May 24, 2024. icann.org/grant-program-…

Nils Fleischhacker 🥩🔪

Many people don't know this, but NIST actually stands for 'Not an International STandard'.

Nothing like being suddenly added to cryptography chats due to certain paper being public now ;)

This looks serious. Damn serious. Some lattice expert can say something about it?

eprint.iacr.org/2024/555