Ryann Cartor – University of Louisville

Martin M-102 405 S Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC, United States

Studying C∗: An Introduction to Multivariate Post-Quantum Cryptography This talk will provide an introduction to post-quantum cryptography, specifically multivariate cryptography. C∗ was the first massively multivariate cryptosystem presented, but has …

Brandon Goodell – Monero Research Labs

Martin M-101

Expensive Coffee: Exploiting Subgroup Cofactors for Fun and Profit The Monero cryptocurrency uses the elliptic curve group of Ed25519 for when constructing linkable ring signatures. The number of group elements …

2019 pREU

2019 REU

2019 ECRW

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Yongge Wang – UNC Charlotte

Byzantine Fault Tolerance as a blockchain finality gadget in Partially Connected Asynchronous Networks We review several popular solutions for the Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) problem and discuss some aspects that …

Richard R. Brooks – Clemson University

Martin M-103 Martin Hall M, Clemson, SC, United States

Blockchain:  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly The blockchain data structure achieved notoriety with Satoshi’s Bitcoin proposal. This data structure integrated many existing technologies to create immutable distributed ledgers. …