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Youssef El Housni

Cryptography engineer at ConsenSys (NYC, USA)

ConsenSys

Linea

I am a cryptography engineer at ConsenSys working on a zero-knowledge cryptography open-source ecosystem in Go (see gnark and gnark-crypto libraries) and building Linea, an EVM-equivalent Type-2 zkEVM. I completed my PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science at Ecole Polytechnique. I was fortunate enough to be advised by three supervisors throughout my PhD journey: François Morain, Aurore Guillevic and Daniel Augot.

My research focus on efficient proof systems based on algorithmic number theory. I am particularly interested in the theory and application of bilinear pairings and elliptic curves in SNARKs.

Interests

  • Cryptographic proof systems
  • elliptic-curve cryptography
  • pairing-based cryptography
  • privacy and scalability of blockchains

Education

  • PhD in Cryptography, 2019 - 2022

    Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France)

  • MEng in Electronics, 2014 - 2016

    ENSEIRB-MATMECA (Bordeaux, France)

  • BEng in Engineering Sciences, 2014

    ENSEIRB-MATMECA (Bordeaux, France)

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