The group meets regularly from 12-1:30pm on Wednesdays in Klaus 3100.
The focus this term is on cryptographic results that involve some significant algorithmic ideas (broadly construed).
The schedule of speakers and topics is as follows:
| Date | Speaker(s) | Topic | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec | Sasha Boldyreva | Non-malleable hash functions | Boldyreva-Cash-Fischlin-Warinschi |
| 18 Nov | Steven Ehrlich | One-Time Programs | Goldwasser-Kalai-Rothblum |
| 11 Nov | Daniel Dadush | Thorp Shuffle | Morris-Rogaway-Stegers |
| 4 Nov | Adam O'Neill | Security of OAEP | Kiltz-O'Neill-Smith |
| 28 Oct | Chris Peikert | Bonsai Trees | Peikert |
| 21 Oct | None | (Eurocrypt deadline recovery) | |
| 14 Oct | None | (Eurocrypt deadline approaches) | |
| 7 Oct | Prateek Bhakta | Interactive Proofs for Lattice Problems | Goldreich-Goldwasser, Micciancio-Vadhan |
| 30 Sep | Steven Ehrlich / Ying Xiao | Random Selection with Adversarial Majority | Gradwohl-Vadhan-Zuckerman |
| 23 Sep | Nathan Chenette | Cryptanalysis of GGH and NTRU Signatures | Nguyen-Regev |
| 16 Sep | Adam O'Neill | IBEs Based on Quadratic Residuosity | Cocks, Boneh-Gentry-Hamburg |
| 9 Sep | David Cash | PhD Defense practice talk | |
| 2 Sep | Vadim Lyubashevsky | Encryption Based on Subset-Sum | Lyubashevsky-Palacio-Segev |
| 26 Aug | Chris Peikert | Learning Parities with Noise | Blum-Kalai-Wasserman |