Podcasts about elliptic curve cryptography

Dive into the fascinating world of elliptic curve cryptography with Mike Rosing, author of Elliptic Curve Cryptography for Developers. In this episode, we explore how elliptic curves power modern encryption, their practical applications for developers, and even Mike's unique experiences working with particle accelerators. Whether you're a developer, crypto enthusiast, or just curious about cutting-edge tech, this episode is packed with insights you won't want to miss!Timecodes:00:00 – Meet Mike Rosing and introduction to his book12:02 – Practical applications for developers: encryption, cryptocurrency, and more14:58 – Understanding a point on an elliptic curve (number field theory)21:25 – Cryptocurrency use case: elliptic curves in action30:05 – Mike's experience working with particle accelerators37:56 – Closing thoughts and discussionOn the show:

Episode 129I spoke with Kristin Lauter about:* Elliptic curve cryptography and homomorphic encryption* Standardizing cryptographic protocols* Machine Learning on encrypted data* Attacking post-quantum cryptography with AIEnjoy—and let me know what you think!Kristin is Senior Director of FAIR Labs North America (2022—present), based in Seattle. Her current research areas are AI4Crypto and Private AI. She joined FAIR (Facebook AI Research) in 2021, after 22 years at Microsoft Research (MSR). At MSR she was Partner Research Manager on the senior leadership team of MSR Redmond. Before joining Microsoft in 1999, she was Hildebrandt Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan (1996-1999). She is an Affiliate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington (2008—present). She received all her advanced degrees from the University of Chicago, BA (1990), MS (1991), PhD (1996) in Mathematics. She is best known for her work on Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Supersingular Isogeny Graphs in Cryptography, Homomorphic Encryption (SEALcrypto.org), Private AI, and AI4Crypto. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2015-2017 and on the Council of the American Mathematical Society from 2014-2017.Find me on Twitter for updates on new episodes, and reach me at editor@thegradient.pub for feedback, ideas, guest suggestions. I spend a lot of time on this podcast—if you like my work, you can support me on Patreon :) You can also support upkeep for the full Gradient team/project through a paid subscription on Substack!Subscribe to The Gradient Podcast: Apple Podcasts  | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSFollow The Gradient on TwitterOutline:* (00:00) Intro* (01:10) Llama 3 and encrypted data — where do we want to be?* (04:20) Tradeoffs: individual privacy vs. aggregated value in e.g. social media forums* (07:48) Kristin's shift in views on privacy* (09:40) Earlier work on elliptic curve cryptography — applications and theory* (10:50) Inspirations from algebra, number theory, and algebraic geometry* (15:40) On algebra vs. analysis and on clear thinking* (18:38) Elliptic curve cryptography and security, algorithms and concrete running time* (21:31) Cryptographic protocols and setting standards* (26:36) Supersingular isogeny graphs (and higher-dimensional supersingular isogeny graphs)* (32:26) Hard problems for cryptography and finding new problems* (36:42) Guaranteeing security for cryptographic protocols and mathematical foundations* (40:15) Private AI: Crypto-Nets / running neural nets on homomorphically encrypted data* (42:10) Polynomial approximations, activation functions, and expressivity* (44:32) Scaling up, Llama 2 inference on encrypted data* (46:10) Transitioning between MSR and FAIR, industry research* (52:45) An efficient algorithm for integer lattice reduction (AI4Crypto)* (56:23) Local minima, convergence and limit guarantees, scaling* (58:27) SALSA: Attacking Lattice Cryptography with Transformers* (58:38) Learning With Errors (LWE) vs. standard ML assumptions* (1:02:25) Powers of small primes and faster learning* (1:04:35) LWE and linear regression on a torus* (1:07:30) Secret recovery algorithms and transformer accuracy* (1:09:10) Interpretability / encoding information about secrets* (1:09:45) Future work / scaling up* (1:12:08) Reflections on working as a mathematician among technologistsLinks:* Kristin's Meta, Wikipedia, Google Scholar, and Twitter pages* Papers and sources mentioned/referenced:* The Advantages of Elliptic Curve Cryptography for Wireless Security (2004)* Cryptographic Hash Functions from Expander Graphs (2007, introducing Supersingular Isogeny Graphs)* Families of Ramanujan Graphs and Quaternion Algebras (2008 — the higher-dimensional analogues of Supersingular Isogeny Graphs)* Cryptographic Cloud Storage (2010)* Can homomorphic encryption be practical? (2011)* ML Confidential: Machine Learning on Encrypted Data (2012)* CryptoNets: Applying neural networks to encrypted data with high throughput and accuracy (2016)* A community effort to protect genomic data sharing, collaboration and outsourcing (2017)* The Homomorphic Encryption Standard (2022)* Private AI: Machine Learning on Encrypted Data (2022)* SALSA: Attacking Lattice Cryptography with Transformers (2022)* SalsaPicante: A Machine Learning Attack on LWE with Binary Secrets* SALSA VERDE: a machine learning attack on LWE with sparse small secrets* Salsa Fresca: Angular Embeddings and Pre-Training for ML Attacks on Learning With Errors* The cool and the cruel: separating hard parts of LWE secrets* An efficient algorithm for integer lattice reduction (2023) Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe

Today, we have the privilege of hosting Dr Sherry Shannon-Vanstone, a purpose-driven serial tech entrepreneur and trailblazer in information security. With a history of successful exits and key roles in Silicon Valley and the Toronto-Waterloo Tech corridor, Sherry has built high-performing teams and made an impact. Her journey includes being a cryptologic mathematician, VP Electronic Commerce at MasterCard, and pivotal roles in info security start-ups. Notably, she commercialised Elliptic Curve Cryptography, a cornerstone of mobile device security globally. Sherry's accolades include an Honorary Doctorate, the Leadership Excellence Award, and recognition as Woman of the Year in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. She founded Profound Impact, a data analytics firm, and currently serves on boards like CANARIE. Key Discussion Points Key moments that shaped Sherry's journey in information security and tech success. Sherry's role in commercialising Elliptic Curve Cryptography and its significance for global mobile security. The inspiration behind founding Profound Impact, and an AI-driven data analytics firm linking funding and researchers. How received honours influenced Sherry's leadership perspective, especially as a woman in tech. Essential strategies for  fostering innovation and collaboration within tech companies. The criteria for investing in startups and the role of angel investors in shaping the tech future. Engage With Our Global Community: ⁠Our Website⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠LinkedIn: Annie Gibbins⁠ ⁠LinkedIn: Women's Biz Global⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠WhatsApp Community⁠ ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womensbizglobal/message

In this week's episode, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) is joined by Nigel Smart (https://twitter.com/SmartCryptology), Professor at KU Leuven (https://www.kuleuven.be/english/kuleuven) and Chief Academic Officer at Zama (https://www.zama.ai/) to discuss the advancements in MPC over recent years. Nigel unpacks core components of MPC systems, including garbled circuits, secret sharing, and FHE. They discuss both systems-level applications like DKGs and Threshold Signature Schemes and actual real-world deployments. Throughout the episode, they also discuss how MPC and ZK differ, but how they can be used together to enhance each other's capabilities. Here's some additional links for this episode: 17 misconceptions about SNARKs (and why they hold us back by Justin Thaler (https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/17-misconceptions-about-snarks/) Nigel Smart's GitHub (https://nigelsmart.github.io/) Unbound Security GitHub (https://github.com/unboundsecurity) Unbound Security Twitter (https://twitter.com/unboundsecurity) MPC Alliance (https://www.mpcalliance.org/) What is a multi-party computation (MPC) wallet? (https://www.alchemy.com/overviews/mpc-wallet) Relevant ZK Podcast eps Trusted Setups & FHE * Episode 76: Sean Bowe on SNARKs, Trusted Setups & Elliptic Curve Cryptography (https://zeroknowledge.fm/76-2/) * Episode 124: Exploring FHE with Flavio Bergamaschi from IBM Research (https://zeroknowledge.fm/124-2/) * Episode 133: Trusted Setup Ceremonies Explored (https://zeroknowledge.fm/133-2/) * Episode 137: Trusted Setup Bonus: Tornado Cash (https://zeroknowledge.fm/137-2/) * Episode 248: Revisiting FHE with Rand Hindi from Zama (https://zeroknowledge.fm/248-2/) * Episode 270: FHE and ZKPs with Sunscreen's Ravital Solomon (https://zeroknowledge.fm/270-2/) MPC * Episode 90: MPC systems with Nigel Smart (https://zeroknowledge.fm/90-2/) * Episode 203: MPC and DAGs with Aleph Zero's Adam Gagol & Matthew Niemerg (https://zeroknowledge.fm/episode-203-mpc-and-dags-with-aleph-zeros-adam-gagol-matthew-niemerg/) Applications are now open to attend zkHack Istanbul - Nov 10-12! Apply here: https://www.zkistanbul.com/ (https://www.zkistanbul.com/) RISC Zero's (https://r0.link/ZKpodcast) out-of-the-box tooling allows developers to access the magic of ZK proofs from any chain without needing to learn custom languages or build custom zk circuits. Bonsai, RISC Zero's most anticipated product, allows developers to prove huge programs off-chain, roll them into one succinct proof, and verify anywhere with low amounts of gas. Visit https://r0.link/ZKpodcast (https://r0.link/ZKpodcast) to learn more and sign up today for the Bonsai waitlist. GnosisDAO (https://www.gnosis.io/) are searching for a VP of Technology who will provide technical leadership, foster innovation, and ensure the success of their technology. Check out the full job description and apply on the ZK Jobs Board jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/ (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/) If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on YouTube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/)

I have a secret. And you have a secret. And together, we can merge our secret into another secret. What I am outlining here is the beauty of the Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) method, and it is protecting your rights to privacy in the access that you have to this podcast. And what about trust? Well, there's a chance that the Web site that you are receiving this podcast from is using the ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) to verify that you can trust the site. And, so, in this podcast, I'm going to outline something that is pure mathematical beauty: the Elliptic Curve.  There are more information on ECC [here] and the text to this Podcast is [here].

Looking for a quick preview of EMVCo priorities and upcoming developments? Tune into this episode with Jonathan Main, Chair of EMVCo's Board of Managers, Arman Aygen, Director of Technology, and Oliver Manahan, Director of Engagement and Operations for their insights on:Evolving EMV®  Chip – Topics include EMV Contactless Kernel testing, Elliptic Curve Cryptography and post-quantum cryptography. Addressing changing payment preferences – Topics include mobile, wireless technologies and UWB.Promoting seamless and secure e-commerce payments – Topics include EMV 3DS v2.3.1 testing, evolving EMV Secure Remote Commerce (EMV SRC), EMV Payment Tokenisation use cases, and browser privacy requirements. Industry engagement and collaboration – Topics include activities with the FIDO Alliance, FiRA, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Merchant Advisory Group (MAG), and opportunities for industry participation.www.emvco.com │ EMV® Insights │ LinkedIn │ X │ An Introduction to EMVCo │ YouTube

In this week's episode, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Kobi Gurkan (https://twitter.com/kobigurk) chat with Carl (https://twitter.com/carlbeek) and Trent (https://twitter.com/trent_vanepps) from the Ethereum Foundation (https://ethereum.org/en/foundation/), covering many topics such as their work on the KZG Ceremony and how this is different from the previous trusted setups we have covered. The group takes a deep dive into trusted setups, discussing what they are for, how they have been run and how the setup is going so far. They also discuss Proto-Danksharding and EIP-4844 - a novel way to organize data logistics for Ethereum. Here are some additional links for this episode: KZG Ceremony (https://ceremony.ethereum.org/) Episode 76: Sean Bowe on SNARKs, Trusted Setups & Elliptic Curve Cryptography (https://zeroknowledge.fm/76-2/) Episode 133: Trusted Setup Ceremonies Explored (https://zeroknowledge.fm/133-2/) Episode 137: Trusted Setup Bonus: Tornado Cash (https://zeroknowledge.fm/137-2/) Proto-Danksharding EIP-4844 (https://www.eip4844.com/) Powers-of-Tau to the People: Decentralizing Setup Ceremonies by Nikolaenko, Ragsdale, Bonneau, Dan Boneh, 2022 (https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1592) Apply for zkSummit9 here: zkSummit9 Ticket Application (https://9lcje6jbgv1.typeform.com/to/FCoktPh9?typeform-source=www.zksummit.com). Aztec Network (https://aztec.network/) is building a next-generation encrypted blockchain powered by Ethereum (https://ethereum.org/en/). Aztec is now hiring engineers and cryptographers to build an execution layer enabling scale and privacy for crypto applications. Join the team making encrypted Ethereum a reality. Learn more by visiting: aztec.network/careers (https://aztec.network/careers/) Anoma's (https://anoma.net/) first fractal instance, Namada (https://namada.net/), is launching soon! Namada is a proof-of-stake L1 for interchain asset-agnostic privacy. Namada natively interoperates with fast-finality chains via IBC and with Ethereum via a trustless two-way bridge. Visit namada.net (https://namada.net/) for more information and join the community on Discord discord.gg/namada (https://discord.com/invite/namada). If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on Youtube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/) * Head to the ZK Community Forum (https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/) * Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://zeroknowledge.fm/gitcoin-grant-329-zkp-2)

In this episode of Talking Payments with EMVCo, we explore the role and history of EMV® Chip and chart its evolution into a technology now found in 12 billion payment cards worldwide. We hear from Michael Ward, Chair of the EMVCo Security Working Group, on how and why EMVCo is bringing Elliptic Curve Cryptography to chip-based payments; learn more about the EMV Contactless Kernel specification in development; and hear from Jonathan Main, Chair of the EMVCo Board of Managers, about the evaluation and approvals process that EMVCo oversees, including Level 1 and Level 2 testing. www.emvco.com │ EMV® Insights │ LinkedIn │ X │ An Introduction to EMVCo │ YouTube

This week on The Encrypted Economy, my guest is Nigel Smart, a Co-Founder of Unbound Security and Professor at the University of Leuven in Belgium. Nigel's reputation as a cryptography expert is well known, and our conversation delivered one of the most in-depth episodes we've had on the podcast to date. Nigel is a leading researcher on Elliptic-Curve Cryptography, and his current work at Unbound focuses on Multi-Party Computation, but don't be fooled into thinking those two topics are the only areas we covered. Nigel left no cryptographic stone untouched as we dove into everything from the foundations of encryption in transit, to the challenges of post-quantum cryptography. This is an episode that anyone involved in the areas of cryptography, privacy, or security absolutely cannot miss. If you liked my conversation with Nigel, be sure to subscribe to The Encrypted Economy for more great episodes covering the future of data protection. If there are other topics that you would like to see more of on the podcast, be sure to reach out and send us some feedback on any of our social media profiles.  Topics Covered Why Unbound Divorces Data Elliptic Curve Cryptography Post Quantum SecurityIntersecting Nigel's Work With Digital AssetsThe Obvious and Non-Obvious Use Cases for UnboundSecuring Data in Use as the Last Mile of SecurityDecentralization, Differential Privacy, and More in Unbound's SolutionsThe Unbound MPC Labs Resource List Nigel's LinkedIn Nigel's Website Unbound's Website My Article on Homomorphic Encryption CORE Key Management w/ Yehuda LindellBoston Wage Gap Study Elliptic Curve Cryptography RSA Cryptosystem Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Lattice Based Cryptography Isogeny Based Cryptography NIST Post Quantum Project ENISA Post Quantum Report WannaCry Ransomware Report Differential Privacy Kerberos Authentication Our Episode with Kurt Rohloff Unbound MPC Labs 

Elliptic-curve signatures have become a highly used cryptographic primitive in secure messaging, TLS as well as in cryptocurrencies due to their high speed benefits over more traditional signature schemes. However, virtually all signature schemes are known to be susceptible to misuse, especially when information about the nonce is leaked to an attacker. LadderLeak is a new attack that exploits side channels present in ECDSA, claiming to allow real-world breaking of ECDSA with less than a bit of nonce leakage. But what does “less than a bit” mean in this context? Is LadderLeak really that effective at breaking ECDSA, with so little information to go on? Joining us this episode are LadderLeak co-authors Akira Takahashi, Mehdi Tibouchi and Yuval Yarom to discuss these questions and more. Links and papers discussed in the show: * LadderLeak: Breaking ECDSA With Less Than One Bit Of Nonce Leakage (https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/615) Music composed by Toby Fox and performed by Sean Schafianski (https://seanschafianski.bandcamp.com/). Special Guests: Akira Takahashi, Mehdi Tibouchi, and Yuval Yarom.

In this week’s special episode, we flip the script and invite our friend Alexandra Heller to ask ZKPodcast co-hosts Anna & Fredrik some questions from the audience.. It’s a bit of a different format, so hope you will enjoy! Here are a few of the episodes we mention: -Chatting about consensus algorithms with Robert Habermeier (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/15) -Zooko talks Zcash on our 50th episode (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/50) -Sean Bowe on SNARKs, Trusted Setups & Elliptic Curve Cryptography (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/76) -A fireside chat with a couple Parity peeps (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/5) -Isogenies with Luca De Feo (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/117) -Statistical modeling of PoS systems with Tarun Chitra (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/61) -Introduction to ZKPs (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/21) And other podcasts we mention: -Bikeshed: https://www.bikeshed.fm -Distributed: https://distributed.blog/podcast/ -Extremities: https://anchor.fm/extremities -Accidental Tech: https://atp.fm -History of Rome: https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/ -Hardcore History: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ -Epicenter: https://epicenter.tv/ -Uncommon Core: https://uncommoncore.co/ Thanks to this week’s sponsor Aleo (https://aleo.org/) Aleo is the first platform for fully private applications. It uses blockchain and zero-knowledge cryptography to deliver a web experience that is both personal and private. With Aleo, developers can write private applications, without a background in blockchains or expertise in cryptography. Aleo has released Developer Preview I (https://developer.aleo.org/aleo/getting_started/overview/), an early peek at what the future of the web will look like. The release introduces a new programming language called Leo, a new community-driven package manager for Leo, and a new development environment or IDE called Aleo Studio (https://aleo.studio/). We recently had Howard Wu, a co-founder of Aleo, on the show for an interview - you can find that episode here (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/144). Learn more about Aleo at https://aleo.org/ Thanks again Aleo! If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA) Catch us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/zkpodcast) Give us feedback! https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2) Support us on the ZKPatreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t-add: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ z-add: zs1f8jjtkuqwvxy9h4q7grl6287hmpzyt4s55d392djx43wxxudwv20x7qgs74kp2h6e9k95lswst8

In this episode, we catch up with Sean Bowe (https://twitter.com/ebfull) and Daira Hopwood (https://twitter.com/feministPLT) from the Electric Coin Company (https://electriccoin.co/) to chat about Halo, a recursive proof composition that doesn't require a trusted setup. We cover the efficiency techniques used in Halo such as "nested amortization", how the protocol was developed, what some of the key findings are, and how it fits in with the other recent SNARK-based protocols. We touch on the following material: Sean Bowe on SNARKs, Trusted Setups & Elliptic Curve Cryptography (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/76) https://github.com/daira/tweedle Halo whitepaper (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1021.pdf) Endomorphism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endomorphism) Latest recursive SNARKitecture with Izaak Meckler from O(1)Labs (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/113) Exploring the Fractal transparent SNARK construction (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/114) If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA) Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2) Support us on the ZKPatreon (https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ

We explore the latest round of Windows vulnerabilities and Jim shares his journey adding OPNsense to his firewall family. Plus a look back at Apollo-era audio that's still relevant today with the surprising story of the Quindar tones.

Learn about the life and work of Kristin Lauter as described by a group of high schoolers attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Alana Drumgold, Lauren Flowers, Emily Huang, Tamarr Moore, and Ashleigh Sico. Check out the corresponding blog post about the Elliptic Curve Cryptography problem set these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2019/07/12/elliptic-curve-cryptography-3/ Many thanks to Girls Rock NC’s Teen AXN League for the amazing intro/outro song!

Simon hosts an update show with lots of great new features and capabilities! Chapters: Developer Tools 0:26 Storage 3:02 Compute 5:10 Database 10:31 Networking 13:41 Analytics 16:38 IoT 18:23 End User Computing 20:19 Machine Learning 21:12 Application Integration 24:02 Management and Governance 24:23 Migration 26:05 Security 26:56 Training and Certification 29:57 Blockchain 30:27 Quickstarts 31:06 Shownotes: Topic || Developer Tools Announcing AWS X-Ray Analytics – An Interactive approach to Trace Analysis | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws_x_ray_interactive_approach_analyze_traces/ Quickly Search for Resources across Services in the AWS Developer Tools Console | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/search-resources-across-services-developer-tools-console/ AWS Amplify Console adds support for Incoming Webhooks | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-amplify-console-adds-support-for-incoming-webhooks/ AWS Amplify launches an online community for fullstack serverless app developers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-amplify-launches-an-online-community-for-fullstack-serverless-app-developers/ AWS AppSync Now Enables More Visibility into Performance and Health of GraphQL Operations | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-appsync-now-enables-more-visibility-into-performance-and-hea/ AWS AppSync Now Supports Configuring Multiple Authorization Types for GraphQL APIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-appsync-now-supports-configuring-multiple-authorization-type/ Topic || Storage Amazon S3 Introduces S3 Batch Operations for Object Management | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/Amazon-S3-Introduces-S3-Batch-Operations-for-Object-Management/ AWS Snowball Edge adds block storage – Amazon Web Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-snowball-edge-adds-block-storage-for-edge-computing-workload/ Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Adds Support for File System Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-fsx-for-windows-file-server-adds-support-for-cloudwatch/ AWS Storage Gateway enhances access control for SMB shares to store and access objects in Amazon S3 buckets | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/AWS-Storage-Gateway-enhances-access-control-for-SMB-shares-to-access-objects-in-Amazon-s3/ Topic || Compute AWS Lambda adds support for Node.js v10 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws_lambda_adds_support_for_node_js_v10/ AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) supports IAM permissions and custom responses for Amazon API Gateway | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/aws_serverless_application_Model_support_IAM/ AWS Step Functions Adds Support for Workflow Execution Events | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-step-functions-adds-support-for-workflow-execution-events/ Amazon EC2 I3en instances, offering up to 60 TB of NVMe SSD instance storage, are now generally available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-ec2-i3en-instances-are-now-generally-available/ Now Create Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations Through AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/now-create-amazon-ec2-on-demand-capacity-reservations-through-aws-cloudformation/ Share encrypted AMIs across accounts to launch instances in a single step | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/share-encrypted-amis-across-accounts-to-launch-instances-in-a-single-step/ Launch encrypted EBS backed EC2 instances from unencrypted AMIs in a single step | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/launch-encrypted-ebs-backed-ec2-instances-from-unencrypted-amis-in-a-single-step/ Amazon EKS Releases Deep Learning Benchmarking Utility | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/-amazon-eks-releases-deep-learning-benchmarking-utility-/ Amazon EKS Adds Support for Public IP Addresses Within Cluster VPCs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-eks-adds-support-for-public-ip-addresses-within-cluster-v/ Amazon EKS Simplifies Kubernetes Cluster Authentication | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-eks-simplifies-kubernetes-cluster-authentication/ Amazon ECS Console support for ECS-optimized Amazon Linux 2 AMI and Amazon EC2 A1 instance family now available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-ecs-console-support-for-ecs-optimized-amazon-linux-2-ami-/ AWS Fargate PV1.3 now supports the Splunk log driver | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-fargate-pv1-3-now-supports-the-splunk-log-driver/ Topic || Databases Amazon Aurora Serverless Supports Capacity of 1 Unit and a New Scaling Option | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/amazon_aurora_serverless_now_supports_a_minimum_capacity_of_1_unit_and_a_new_scaling_option/ Aurora Global Database Expands Availability to 14 AWS Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/Aurora_Global_Database_Expands_Availability_to_14_AWS_Regions/ Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) now supports per-second billing | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-documentdb-now-supports-per-second-billing/ Performance Insights is Generally Available on Amazon Aurora MySQL 5.7 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/Performance-Insights-GA-Aurora-MySQL-57/ Performance Insights Supports Counter Metrics on Amazon RDS for Oracle | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/performance-insights-countermetrics-on-oracle/ Performance Insights Supports Amazon Aurora Global Database | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/performance-insights-global-datatabase/ Amazon ElastiCache for Redis adds support for Redis 5.0.4 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/elasticache-redis-5-0-4/ Amazon RDS for MySQL Supports Password Validation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-rds-for-mysql-supports-password-validation/ Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 11.2, 10.7, 9.6.12, 9.5.16, and 9.4.21 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-rds-postgresql-supports-minor-version-112/ Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports April Oracle Patch Set Updates (PSU) and Release Updates (RU) | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-rds-for-oracle-now-supports-april-oracle-patch-set-updates-psu-and-release-updates-ru/ Topic || Networking Elastic Fabric Adapter Is Now Generally Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/elastic-fabric-adapter-is-now-generally-available/ Migrate Your AWS Site-to-Site VPN Connections from a Virtual Private Gateway to an AWS Transit Gateway | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/migrate-your-aws-site-to-site-vpn-connections-from-a-virtual-private-gateway-to-an-aws-transit-gateway/ Announcing AWS Direct Connect Support for AWS Transit Gateway | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/announcing-aws-direct-connect-support-for-aws-transit-gateway/ Amazon CloudFront announces 11 new Edge locations in India, Japan, and the United States | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/cloudfront-11locations-7may2019/ Amazon VPC Endpoints Now Support Tagging for Gateway Endpoints, Interface Endpoints, and Endpoint Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-vpc-endpoints-now-support-tagging-for-gateway-endpoints-interface-endpoints-and-endpoint-services/ Topic || Analytics Amazon EMR announces Support for Multiple Master nodes to enable High Availability for EMR applications | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/amazon-emr-announces-support-for-multiple-master-nodes-to-enable-high-availability-for-EMR-applications/ Amazon EMR now supports Multiple Master nodes to enable High Availability for HBase clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-emr-now-supports-multiple-master-nodes-to-enable-high-availability-for-hbase-clusters/ Amazon EMR announces Support for Reconfiguring Applications on Running EMR Clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-emr-announces-support-for-reconfiguring-applications-on-running-emr-clusters/ Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics now allows you to assign AWS resource tags to your real-time applications | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon_kinesis_data_analytics_now_allows_you_to_assign_aws_resource_tags_to_your_real_time_applications/ AWS Glue crawlers now support existing Data Catalog tables as sources | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-glue-crawlers-now-support-existing-data-catalog-tables-as-sources/ Topic || IoT AWS IoT Analytics Now Supports Faster SQL Data Set Refresh Intervals | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-iot-analytics-now-supports-faster-sql-data-set-refresh-intervals/ AWS IoT Greengrass Adds Support for Python 3.7, Node v8.10.0, and Expands Support for Elliptic-Curve Cryptography | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-iot-greengrass-adds-support-python-3-7-node-v-8-10-0-and-expands-support-elliptic-curve-cryptography/ AWS Releases Additional Preconfigured Examples for FreeRTOS on Armv8-M | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-releases-additional-freertos-preconfigured-examples-armv8m/ AWS IoT Device Defender supports monitoring behavior of unregistered devices | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-iot-device-defender-supports-monitoring-behavior-of-unregistered-devices/ AWS IoT Analytics Now Supports Data Set Content Delivery to Amazon S3 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-iot-analytics-now-supports-data-set-content-delivery-to-amaz/ Topic || End User Computing Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds configurable timeouts for idle sessions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-appstream-2-0-adds-configurable-timeouts-for-idle-session/ Monitor Emails in Your Workmail Organization Using Cloudwatch Metrics and Logs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/monitor-emails-in-your-workmail-organization-using-cloudwatch-me/ You can now use custom chat bots with Amazon Chime | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/you-can-now-use-custom-chat-bots-with-amazon-chime/ Topic || Machine Learning Developers, start your engines! The AWS DeepRacer Virtual League kicks off today. | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/AWSDeepRacerVirtualLeague/ Amazon SageMaker announces new features to the built-in Object2Vec algorithm | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-sagemaker-announces-new-features-to-the-built-in-object2v/ Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Now Supports Automated Email Notifications for Manual Data Labeling | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-sagemaker-ground-truth-now-supports-automated-email-notif/ Amazon Translate Adds Support for Hindi, Farsi, Malay, and Norwegian | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon_translate_support_hindi_farsi_malay_norwegian/ Amazon Transcribe now supports Hindi and Indian-accented English | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-transcribe-supports-hindi-indian-accented-english/ Amazon Comprehend batch jobs now supports Amazon Virtual Private Cloud | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-comprehend-batch-jobs-now-supports-amazon-virtual-private-cloud/ New in AWS Deep Learning AMIs: PyTorch 1.1, Chainer 5.4, and CUDA 10 support for MXNet | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/new-in-aws-deep-learning-amis-pytorch-1-1-chainer-5-4-cuda10-for-mxnet/ Topic || Application Integration Amazon MQ Now Supports Resource-Level and Tag-Based Permissions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/amazon-mq-now-supports-resource-level-and-tag-based-permissions/ Amazon SNS Adds Support for Cost Allocation Tags | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-sns-adds-support-for-cost-allocation-tags/ Topic || Management and Governance Reservation Expiration Alerts Now Available in AWS Cost Explorer | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/reservation-expiration-alerts-now-available-in-aws-cost-explorer/ AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager Supports Microsoft Application Patching | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-systems-manager-patch-manager-supports-microsoft-application-patching/ AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate now supports Chef Automate 2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-opsworks-for-chef-automate-now-supports-chef-automate-2/ AWS Service Catalog Connector for ServiceNow supports CloudFormation StackSets | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/service-catalog-servicenow-connector-now-supports-stacksets/ Topic || Migration AWS Migration Hub EC2 Recommendations | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/aws-migration-hub-ec2-recommendations/ Topic || Security Amazon GuardDuty Adds Two New Threat Detections | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-guardduty-adds-two-new-threat-detections/ AWS Security Token Service (STS) now supports enabling the global STS endpoint to issue session tokens compatible with all AWS Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-security-token-service-sts-now-supports-enabling-the-global-sts-endpoint-to-issue-session-tokens-compatible-with-all-aws-regions/ AWS WAF Security Automations Now Supports Log Analysis | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-waf-security-automations-now-supports-log-analysis/ AWS Certificate Manager Private Certificate Authority Increases Certificate Limit To One Million | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/aws-certificate-manager-private-certificate-authority-increases-certificate-limit-to-one-million/ Amazon Cognito launches enhanced user password reset API for administrators | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-cognito-launches-enhanced-user-password-reset-api-for-administrators/ AWS Secrets Manager supports more client-side caching libraries to improve secrets availability and reduce cost | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/Secrets-Manager-Client-Side-Caching-Libraries-in-Python-NET-Go/ Create fine-grained session permissions using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) managed policies | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/session-permissions/ Topic || Training and Certification New VMware Cloud on AWS Navigate Track | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/vmware-navigate-track/ Topic || Blockchain Amazon Managed Blockchain What's New | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/04/introducing-amazon-managed-blockchain/ Topic || Quick Starts New Quick Start deploys SAP S/4HANA on AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/new-quick-start-deploys-sap-s4-hana-on-aws/

In this week’s episode, we welcome special guest Sean Bowe. Sean is an engineer at the Electric Coin Company (https://twitter.com/zcashco) and the author of the Sprout and Sapling Zcash trusted set ups and much of the underlying cryptography of the protocol. We had a chance to chat about his history, what got him into the topic, some of the joys & challenges to working with SNARKs, and what ideas are inspiring him. We also covered the story of Zcash and the Powers of Tau trusted set up, MPCs, the story of the bug, SONICs (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/099.pdf), ZEXE (https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/962), the BLS12-381 Elliptic Curve Construction (https://z.cash/blog/new-snark-curve/) Early on in the episode, we mention the Radiolab episode about the zcash trusted setup: https://archive.org/details/radiolabpodcast17cryptozcash_ceremony Questions from the audience: https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose/status/1122818062061797376 We also mention some of our previous ZK centric episodes that can be found here: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/zkseries Special thanks to this week's sponsor: Trail of Bits (https://www.trailofbits.com/) Trail of Bits is offering a service for young technology companies who could use expert security support, but aren't quite at a stage to hire their own team. The service includes staffing a #security channel to answer questions, review high risk PRs, and integrate the latest in continuous testing into your build pipeline. Visit www.trailofbits.com for help securing your product. If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram - https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA Support our Gitcoin Grant - https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ

Learn about the life and work of Ling Long as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Mukta Dharmapurikar, Anagha Jandhyala, Savanna Jones, and Ciara Renaud. Check out the corresponding blog post about the Elliptic Curve Cryptography problem set these campers solved at girlstalkmath.com/2018/07/02/elliptic-curve-cryptography-2/ Many thanks to Girls Rock NC’s Teen AXN League for the amazing intro/outro song!

Learn about the life and work of Jill Pipher as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of Maryland at College Park. By Courtney Kim, Nevaeh Montgomery, Sofia Popol, Iris Xue, and Naomi Wilson. Check out the corresponding blog post about the Elliptic Curve Cryptography problem set these campers solved at http://gtm.math.umd.edu/ecc.html Many thanks to Girls Rock NC’s Teen AXN League for the amazing intro/outro song! This podcast was produced by UMD undergraduate student Margaret Brown.