Secure multi-party computation (MPC) allows a set of parties to compute a function of their inputs while preserving input privacy and correctness. MPC has been an active area of research of cryptography for over 30 years. The last decade has witnessed significant interest and advances in the applied aspects of MPC. This workshop will bring together researchers in security and cryptography to discuss recent advances, challenges and research directions related to applied secure computation.
Secure multi-party computation (MPC) allows a set of parties to compute a function of their inputs while preserving input privacy and correctness. MPC has been an active area of research of cryptography for over 30 years. The last decade has witnessed significant interest and advances in the applied aspects of MPC. This workshop will bring together researchers in security and cryptography to discuss recent advances, challenges and research directions related to applied secure computation. The workshop will consist of invited keynote presentations, contributed presentations and round-table discussions on all aspects of applied secure computation.
Some topics of interest include:
- General-purpose secure computation
- Special-purpose secure computation
- Garbled circuits
- Private function evaluation
- Applications of secure computation
- Static circuit designs and compilers
- Implementation and deployment challenges
- New settings and security models
The workshop will include two discussion sessions on important topics related to applied MPC, including:
- The business case for MPC
- Theory vs. practice