Research

Engineering Sciences

Title :

Cryptographic proofs and accompanying data structures for privacy-preserving protocols in emerging applications cryptographic proofs and accompanying data structures for privacy-preserving protocols in emerging applications

Area of research :

Engineering Sciences

Focus area :

Cryptography

Principal Investigator :

Dr Chaya Ganesh, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Timeline Start Year :

2021

Contact info :

Associated Programme / Scheme :

Core Research Grant (CRG)

Details

Executive Summary :

A broad goal of the proposed project is to study proof systems in the context of pertinent applications like Blockchain and Machine Learning. In this project, new zero-knowledge proof systems will be developed focusing on the following: 1) Efficiency parameters (i) Succinctness of the proof (ii) Efficient verifier complexity(iii) Low overhead of the prover compared to native computation 2) Stronger security properties (i) Subversion-resistance (ii) Composable Security 3) Accompanying data structures that are co-designed with the techniques of the proof system leading to better efficiency of the overall proof system.

Total Budget (INR):

15,55,469

Organizations involved