SCHOOL OVERVIEW
Numerous challenges arise in the move to cloud computing. In this school, we will study two of them in depth. The first topic is that of verifiable computation. This considers the problem of a client (or local computer) outsourcing computation to an external server (e.g., the cloud). In this setting, the client wishes to verify that the result of the computation carried out by the server is correct. However, the verification of this proof should be much faster than carrying out the computation from scratch. The research in this area has deep and beautiful theory, and has recently progressed to implementations and applications. The school will cover the entire spectrum of research on this topic.
The second topic considers different types of encryption methods that enable clients to encrypt data and carry out limited processing (e.g., search) while keeping it encrypted. These types of encryption are classically intended for use in the cloud, since data only needs to be decrypted once it is retrieved. The school will cover format-preserving and order-preserving encryption (and their weaknesses), and practical searchable encryption.
The school program includes approximately 21 hours of lectures and a half-day excursion.
The target audience for the school is graduate students and postdocs in cryptography (we will assume that participants have taken at least one university-level course in cryptography). However, all faculty, undergrads and professionals with the necessary background are welcome. The winter school is open to participants from all over the world; all talks will be in English.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Program Schedule: The detailed schedule for the winter school can be downloaded here(link is external).
Monday, January 4: Verifiable Computation
- Michael Walfish: Introduction and Overview of Verifiable Computation
- Yael Kalai: Short Proofs of Delegated Computation: Foundations and Feasibility 1
- Yael Kalai: Short Proofs of Delegated Computation: Foundations and Feasibility 2
- Yael Kalai: Short Proofs of Delegated Computation: Foundations and Feasibility 3
- Michael Walfish: Interactive Arguments with Processing
- Eran Tromer: SNARKs with Preprocessing
Tuesday, January 5: Verifiable Computation
- Michael Walfish: Interactive Proofs and Program Representations 1
- Eran Tromer: Program Representations 2
- Eran Tromer: SNARKs (without Preprocessing) and Their Applications
- Excursion
Wednesday, January 6: Verifiable Computation and Special Encryption
- Michael Walfish: Additional Applications and Summary of Verifiable Computation
- Alexandra Boldyreva: Introduction to Searchable Encryption (models and motivation)
- Mor Weiss: Format-Preserving Encryption 1
- Mor Weiss: Format-Preserving Encryption 2
- Mor Weiss: Format-Preserving Encryption 3
- Alexandra Boldyreva: Order-Preserving Encryption 1
- Alexandra Boldyreva: Order-Preserving Encryption 2
Thursday, January 7: Special Encryption
- Alexandra Boldyreva: Statistical Attacks on Deterministic and Order-Preserving Encryption
- Hugo Krawczyk: Probabilistic Searchable Symmetric Encryption
- Hugo Krawczyk: Practical Searchable Encryption on Large Datasets 1
- Hugo Krawczyk: Practical Searchable Encryption on Large Datasets 2
- Hugo Krawczyk: Practical Searchable Encryption on Large Datasets 3
- Benny Pinkas: Searchable Encryption using ORAM
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