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Presentation

Witness Encryption: Theory and Practice

January 16, 2025

Presenters

Sanjam Garg - University of California, Berkeley (USA)

Description

Abstract. In this talk, I will introduce the notion of Witness Encryption and discuss known general constructions. Next, I will discuss efficient special-purpose witness encryption schemes and their applications.

Joint work with Chongwon Cho, Nico Döttling, Sanjam Garg, Craig Gentry, Divya Gupta, Mohammad Hajiabadi, Yuval Ishai, Giulio Malavolta,Peihan Miao, Tamer Mour, Rafail Ostrovsky, Antigoni Polychroniadou, Amit Sahai, Akshayaram Srinivasan, and Brent Waters

Suggested readings: ia.cr/2013/258

Slide cover: STPPA7 witness encryption

Presented at

Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability (STPPA), Event #7 — January 16th, 2025, by video-conference

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Parent Project

See: Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography

Related Topics

Security and Privacy: cryptography

Created December 23, 2024, Updated April 28, 2025