Talks

2024

zkAggregation in Linea

zkBelgrade - Belgrade, Serbia
Jun 2, 2024 12:00 AM Belgrade, Serbia
Slides

Discovering New Elliptic Curves (podcast)

zkPodcast Episode 324 (Antonio Sanso and myself)
May 15, 2024 12:00 AM online
Video

gnark and 2-chain aggregation for Linea

Proof Day NYC Edition - NYC, USA
Mar 29, 2024 12:00 AM NYC, USA
Slides Video

2023

Faster Montgomery multiplication and Multi-Scalar-Multiplication for SNARKs

CHES 2023 - Prague, Czech Republic
Sep 11, 2023 12:00 AM Prague, Czech Republic
Slides

Pairings in Rank-1 Constraint System

SIAM-AG23 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jul 12, 2023 12:00 AM Eindhoven, Netherlands
Slides Video

Pairings in Rank-1 Constraint System

ACNS 2023 - Kyoto, Japan
Jun 20, 2023 12:00 AM Kyoto, Japan
Slides

2022

The arithmetic of pairing-based proof systems

PhD defense - Palaiseau, France
Nov 18, 2022 12:00 AM Palaiseau, France
Slides

Optimizing cryptographic algorithms in gnark

Devcon 6 - Bogota, Colombia
Oct 13, 2022 12:00 AM Bogota, Colombia
Slides Video

Elliptic curves and zk-SNARKs

Rennes Crypto Seminar - Rennes, France
Sep 16, 2022 12:00 AM Rennes, France
Slides

Cofactor clearing and subgroup membership testing on pairing-friendly elliptic curves

Africacrypt 2022 - Fez, Morocco
Jul 20, 2022 12:00 AM Fez, Morocco
Slides

Families of SNARK-friendly 2-chains of elliptic curves

Eurocrypt 2022 - Trondheim, Norway
Jun 1, 2022 12:00 AM Trondheim, Norway
Slides Video

Elliptic curves and SNARKs

Aarhus Crypto Seminar - Aarhus, Denmark
May 11, 2022 12:00 AM Aarhus, Denmark
Slides

Pairings in R1CS

zkSummit 7 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 21, 2022 12:00 AM Amsterdam, Netherlands
Slides Video

Families of SNARK-friendly 2-chains of elliptic curves

Journées Codage et Cryptographie (JC2) - Hendaye, France
Apr 15, 2022 12:00 AM Hendaye, France
Slides

2021

On choosing suitable elliptic curves for zk-SNARK

Caramba seminar - Nancy, France
Feb 9, 2021 12:00 AM Nancy, France
Slides

zk-SNARK 101

GRACE Young Seminar (GT Oisillons) - Paris, France
Feb 5, 2021 12:00 AM Paris, France
Slides

2020

Optimized and secure pairing-friendly elliptic curve suitable for one layer proof composition

CANS2020 - Vienna, Austria
Dec 15, 2020 12:00 AM Vienna, Austria
Slides Video

Faster proof composition with the BW6-761 curve

EY Blockchain summit - NYC, USA
Jul 8, 2020 12:00 AM New York City, USA
Video

Optimized and secure pairing-friendly elliptic curve suitable for one layer proof composition

zkSummit 5 - Berlin, Germany
Mar 31, 2020 12:00 AM Berlin, Germany
Slides Video

2019

Nightfall - The Open Source Privacy Solution for Ethereum

Devcon 5 - Osaka, Japan
Oct 10, 2019 12:00 AM Osaka, Japan
Slides Video

Elliptic curves in cryptography

ZK-PAR 0x01 - Paris, France
Jul 4, 2019 12:00 AM ZK-PAR 0x01 - Paris, France
Slides Video