Seminar on
Encrypted Computation
Spring 2020
Spring 2020
When: Sundays 9-11, Where: Check Point 280.
Instructor: Nir Bitansky.
About the seminar: The modern computing environment is very different than it used to be. Sensitive information that once existed only on local trusted machines — medical records, personal preferences, and our finances – is now stored and processed by various entities onew the web, who we often do not trust. To maintain privacy in this reality, a new array of cryptographic tools has been developed over the past decade allowing different forms of encrypted computation. This includes: fully-homomorphic encryption, attribute-based encryption, functional encryption, and program obfuscation. The seminar will cover some of these advances with special focus on the main open questions in the area.
Prerequisites: the seminar targets students who have taken the foundations of cryptography graduate course (0368.4162). If you haven't taken the course, and would still like to join the seminar contact Nir. Lecture notes from the course can be found here.
Requirements: Almost all lectures will be given by the students who will be required to:
We will post on the webpage slides/notes after the lectures. If you plan to give a whiteboard talk make sure to prepare readable notes (preferably in Latex).
Notes: