FYI From: Brandao, Luis (IntlAssoc) <luis.brandao@nist.gov> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 2:20 PM To: pec-stppa <pec-stppa@nist.gov> Subject: NIST-PEC STPPA6: Efforts on FHE, ZKP, MPC, ABE, threshold signatures, and others Dear attendees (in bcc) of past STPPA events, The NIST-PEC Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability (STPPA) Event #6 will host, on 2023-July-25th, 09:30–15:00 EDT, six invited talks on various external efforts related to advanced cryptographic primitives (FHE, ZKP, MPC, ABE, threshold signatures, and others). The invited speakers will present perspectives of standardization or development of reference material by various initiatives, such as HomomorphicEncryption, ZKProof, MPCAlliance, ETSI, CFRG, and ISO. Attendance is open and free to the public, upon registration. Schedule and registration details: https://csrc.nist.gov/events/2023/stppa6 (Some details will be updated next week) In summary: * What: "Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability" (STPPA) — Event 6. * Date & time: 2023-July-25, 09:30am–15:00pm (Eastern Time) * Featured topics: Community Efforts on Advanced Cryptographic Techniques (MPC, FHE, ZKP, ABE, threshold signatures and others) * Format: Six invited talks and one panel conversation. Virtual. * Free registration (via Webex): https://nist-secure.webex.com/weblink/register/rc3496b9193c7d0ba0b9165e97283 4735 * Tweet: https://twitter.com/NISTcyber/status/1678435569284812802 * Host: Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography (PEC) Project @ Cryptographic Technology Group, NIST * Contact: pec-stppa@nist.gov <mailto:pec-stppa@nist.gov> * PEC-Forum: For future related announcements, join the "PEC-forum" mailing list: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/pec/email-list (Our apologies in case you receive multiple copies of this announcement) -- Luís Brandão NIST/Strativia: Foreign Guest Researcher at NIST (Contractor via Strativia)