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Тема: "Zero-Knowledge Proofs: A Practical Introduction".

Zero-Knowledge (ZK) is a novel active subfield of cryptography that has introduced numerous solutions to privacy and scalability. Use cases of ZK include anonymous national passport verification, fighting disinformation by verifying photo authenticity, ensuring the integrity of generative AI, and scaling public blockchain infrastructure, among others. While useful, the technology is challenging to use and even more difficult to understand, as it requires a deep understanding of mathematics.
In this lecture, we give a technical yet practical overview of zero-knowledge protocols.

Namely, we:
🔹 Introduce the basic notions of ZK and define the security characteristics of ZK systems.
🔹Demonstrate them using the basic example of an interactive proof of knowledge of the modular square root.
🔹Provide a brief overview of modern ZK and ZK-SNARK (succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge) systems.
🔹Show domain-specific languages used for encoding ZK relations and the performance of real-world ZK systems.

Спікер:
Dmytro Zakharov — R&D Cryptography Engineer at Distributed Lab and MSc student in Mathematics at KSE.

🗓Дата та час: Пт, 21 листопада о 16:30
📍Місце: KSE-Феофанія (вул. Євгенії Мірошниченко 6/11), classroom 4 & Zoom
🔗Реєстрація: за посиланням