The IACR just published Volume 3, Issue 2 of the IACR Communications in Cryptology See cic.iacr.org/i/3/2. This issue consists of 41 papers.
Volume 3, Issue 2
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This is truly amazing.... openai.com/index/ten-ad... The use of AI in creating new science and developing mathematical proofs is improving on a week-by-week basis.
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OpenAI claim a proof that CPV is NP-hard for polynomial approximation factors. openai.com/index/ten-ad...
Well done UEFA... www.bbc.com/sport/footba... The World Cup is worth nothing without the European teams, and the European television rights.
Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through
Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.
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The IACR board has put forward a proposal to revamp the publishing of the general conference proceedings for Eurocrypt, Crypto, and Asiacrypt. iacr.org/hybridpropos... I would encourage members to engage in discussion about this on iacr.org/discuss
Concrete Hybrid Journal Proposal
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As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.
VEEERRRRY punchy statement by UEFA on the reversal of the American red-card suspension. And quite right, too. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
UEFA statement on the Balogun case
Statement on decision related to Folarin Balogun
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Your quarterly reminder to submit a paper to Communications in Cryptology... cic.iacr.org It is Diamond Open Access (readers and authors do not pay) and it contains all your new cool cryptographic research. Next deadline for submission is on July 27th
IACR Communications in Cryptology
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"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums. Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?
The list of accepted papers to SCN 2026 is available online: scn.unisa.it/scn26/index....
SCN 2026 – List of Accepted Papers
AuthorsTitleAnasuya Acharya, Carmit Hazay and Rahul SatishThe Landscape of Reusable GarblingFoteini Baldimtsi and Aayush YadavAtlantis: Lattice-based Anonymous Tokens with Private Metadata BitRober…
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Registration for SCN and the event for my "academic retirement" is now open... scn.unisa.it/scn26/index.... See you in Amalfi
SCN Registration
The registration fees cover the expenses for the organization of the conference and includes welcome cocktail on Sunday 13th, coffee breaks, social dinner. Accomodation and meals (with the exceptio…
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Going to Eurocrypt in Rome next week? Looking for something interesting to do on Monday evening? Look no further.... luma.com/zama-meetup-...
Parmigiano, Drinks and... Fully Homomorphic Encryption — Zama Meetup & Afterwork · Luma
This meetup is organized during Eurocrypt 2026 by the team at Zama. <!— Limited capacity, register early --> A Practical Application of FHE — Deep Dive into…
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Two weeks ago, Google published a paper proving in zero-knowledge that they had an efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm. Today, Trail of Bits can prove that we have an even better implementation which beats Google's on all metrics! 🫢 blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/17/w...
I'm looking for a PhD student to work with me on formal verification for cryptographic protocols. This is a 4-year position at VU Amsterdam, co-supervised with Kristina Sojakova. Send me an email if you want to know more!
Going to Eurocrypt this May in Rome? The Zama team will be presenting new research on Fully Homomorphic Encryption. Check out the talk by Amit Deo and Benoit Libert on Fully Asymmetric Anamorphic Homomorphic Encryption from LWE.
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Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley, the English economist best known for coining the term BRIC, has named Brexit as a 'colossal economic shock', and the reduce in productivity has been 'exaggerated by our rather odd decision to leave the EU.'
In a blatant act of provocation yesterday, Sadiq Khan allowed Christians to perform the Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square - a disgraceful show of dominance by a religion from the middle east.
Adi Shamir reading out the thank you I sent to the audience today at RSAC after the award of the RSA 2026 Conference Award for Excellence in Mathematics, which was jointly award to me and Yehuda Lindell. I could not be at the event today in San Francisco to receive the award in person alas.
Incredibly happy to announce that @zama-fhe.bsky.social is sponsoring FIVE full-cost scholarships for Lebanese students to attend Cedarcrypt. THANK YOU! Our CFP is open until April 10 for workshops, lectures, and research talks in applied crypto. Sponsors welcome. cedarcrypt.org
I have a Reviewer 2 joke but apparently it represents only an incremental advance on previous jokes, and so has been rejected.
Final day and we are going out swinging. Privacy tech, Bluetooth deep-dives, a bird's-eye view from Nadia Heninger, PKI dispatches, TLS war stories, and lightning talks. No one's leaving early. #realworldcrypto
RSAC 2026 Conference to Celebrate Pioneering Minds in Mathematics and Cryptography Awards #United_States #San_Francisco #RSAC_Conference #Mathematics #Cryptography
RSAC 2026 Conference to Celebrate Pioneering Minds in Mathematics and Cryptography Awards
The RSAC 2026 Conference will honor distinguished leaders in mathematics and cryptography, showcasing their contributions and groundbreaking research in cybersecurity.
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Super pleased to have been recognized with this award... www.rsaconference.com/library/pres... Yehuda and I join an amazing list of previous winners.
RSAC Set to Honor Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Awards, Inaugural Test of Time Awards at RSAC 2026 Conference
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