Links

Cryptography

• IACR

• IACR preprint server

Teaching Materials

• A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography  (Boneh, Shoup)

Interesting Courses

• Elements of Decentralized Finance (Princeton)

• Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies (Stanford)

Zero-Knowledge

• ZKProof Standards

• Must-to-know background:

  • ZK MOOC 2023 

  • Moon math manual ("The MoonMath Manual is a resource for anyone interested in understanding and unlocking the potential of zk-SNARKs, from beginners to experts")

  • Proofs, Arguments, and Zero-Knowledge: book manuscript by Justin Thaler

Events 2024

Cryptography

• ZK Summit 11 (Athens; April 10, 2024)

• PKC 2024 (Taipei; April 15-17, 2024)

• ZKProof 6 (Berlin; May 22-24, 2024)

• Eurocrypt 2024 (Zürich; May 26-29, 2024)

• CIBE 2024 (Bertinoro; June 23-27, 2024) 

• Crypto 2024 (Santa Barbara; August 18-22, 2024)

• Foundations and Applications of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (Edinburgh; September 2-6, 2024)

Events 2023

Cryptography

• BIU Winter school on cryptography (topic: blockchain; February 20-23, 2023)

• Eurocrypt 2023 (April 23-27, 2023)

• PKC 2023 (April 7-10, 2023)

• CIBE 2023 (Cryptography in the blockchain era, May 28-June 1, 2023)

• Crypto 2023 (August 19-24, 2023)

• TCC 2023 (November 29-December 2, 2023)

• Asiacrypt 2023 (December 4-6,2023)

In Bergen

• Norway FinTech Festival (24-26.04.2023)

• CATMI 2023 (26-30.06.2023)

In Norway

• ISSAC 2023 (International Symposium on Symbolic & Algebraic Computation, Tromsø, 24-27.07.2023)

Estonia (Work-Related)

General Links

Groups and Departments (in Estonia)

• Cybernetica AS (research page)

• TalTech

  • Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security

  • Cryptography group, TalTech

    • Ahto Buldas (professor of cryptography)

Tartu

• University of Tartu, Department of Computer Science

  • Cryptography Group

    • Helger Lipmaa

  • Information Security Group

  • Applied Cryptography Group

  • Coding And Information Transmission Group,

• University of Tartu, Institute of Mathematics

• University of Tartu, Philosophy

  • Analüütilise filosoofia seminar

Norway (Work-Related)

Neighboring countries

• Nordicrypt

General Links

• COINS: Research School of Computer and Information Security

• Norwegian Cryptoseminar 

• Pure Mathematics in Norway

  • Meetings

  • Mørketidens Mattemøte 

• Khrono: Norwegian website about research news

• Norges Bank: Central Bank Digital Currency 

Groups and Departments (in Norway)

• Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (NTNU)

  • Cryptography group at IIK, NTNU

  • Information security group at IIK, NTNU

  • Applied Cryptology Lab (NaCL) at NTNU

• Department of Mathematical Sciences (NTNU)

Bergen

• Simula UiB (Bergen)

• NHH

  • Specialization in Technology and Innovation in Finance 

• University of Bergen

  • UiB Newsletter

  • Department of Informatics (the University of Bergen, the next building!)

    • The Selmer Center for secure computation

  • Department of Mathematics (the University of Bergen)