Purdue Crypto Reading Group

The Purdue Crypto(graphy) Reading Group focuses on exploring various topics in cryptography. We meet regularly to discuss classic results, recent advances, and open problems in the field. The goal is to foster a collaborative learning environment where participants can deepen their understanding of cryptography, exchange ideas, and stay up-to-date on cutting-edge research.

Meeting Time (Fall 2025)

We meet every Wednesday 3-4 PM at DSAI 1004.

Schedule

(The bolded resource indicates the primary reference for the talk.)

DateTopic / TitlePresenter
Sep 10th Traceable Secret Sharing and Multi-dealer secret sharing
Resources: [BPR24] [EBGHJ24]
Xiuyu Ye
Sep 17th Securing Data Integrity in Modern Overlay Networks: an Integrated Perspective from Theory to Practice
Resources: [LJGK25] [LJSK24] [LBNK24]
Zhongtang Luo
Sep 24th Game-Theoretically Fair Distributed Sampling
Resources: [TWS24]
Hamidreza Amini Khorasgani
Oct 1st (Research Talk) From Systems to Cryptography: ATop-Down Approach to Building Privacy-Preserving Systems
1:30-2:30, LWSN 3102
Christina Garman
Oct 2nd (Research Talk) Re-thinking Secure (Distributed) Cryptosystems: Breaking Away FromTradition For Real World Use
1:30-2:30, LWSN 3102
Aniket Kate
Oct 8th (Cancelled) Reverse Multiplication Friendly Embedding (RMFE)
Resources: [CCXY18], [BMN18], [CG22]
Jihun Hwang (Jimmy)
Oct 15th Strong Secret Sharing with Snitching
Resources: [BDFLM]
Colten Brunner
Oct 22nd Reverse Multiplication Friendly Embedding (RMFE)
Resources: [CCXY18], [BMN18], [CG22]
Jihun Hwang (Jimmy)
Oct 29th (First year Research seminar) Provable Trustworthy Machine Learning via Differential Trust
3:30-4:30, LWSN 1142
Hanshen Xiao
Nov 5th (CS-Colloquium) Private Information Retrieval in the Shufle Model
2:00-3:00, LWSN 3102
Yiping Ma
Nov 12th Oblivious Transfer Combiner
Resources: [HKNRR05]
Albert Yu
Nov 19th The Impact of Reversibility on Parallel Pebbling
Resources: [BHL25]
Blake Holman
Dec 3rd TBD
Resources: [TBD]
TBD
Dec 10th TBD
Resources: [TBD]
TBD