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In this paper, we create a single-use and full syntax zero-knowledge proof system, a.k.a zk-Fabric. Comparing with zk-SNARKS and another variant zero-knowledge proofing system, zkBOO and it's variant zkBOO++. We present multiple new…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Sheng Sun , Tong Wen

We present a secure and efficient string-matching platform leveraging zk-SNARKs (Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) to address the challenge of detecting sensitive information leakage while preserving data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Taoran Li , Taobo Liao

Multi Prover Interactive Proof systems (MIPs)were first presented in a cryptographic context, but ever since they were used in various fields. Understanding the power of MIPs in the quantum context raises many open problems, as there are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-26 Michael Ben-Or , Avinatan Hassidim , Haran Pilpel

We initiate the study of non-interactive zero-knowledge (NIZK) arguments for languages in QMA. Our first main result is the following: if Learning With Errors (LWE) is hard for quantum computers, then any language in QMA has an NIZK…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Andrea Coladangelo , Thomas Vidick , Tina Zhang

Delegating difficult computations to remote large computation facilities, with appropriate security guarantees, is a possible solution for the ever-growing needs of personal computing power. For delegated computation protocols to be usable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-24 Vedran Dunjko , Joseph F. Fitzsimons , Christopher Portmann , Renato Renner

The complexity class Quantum Statistical Zero-Knowledge ($\mathsf{QSZK}$), introduced by Watrous (FOCS 2002) and later refined in Watrous (SICOMP, 2009), has the best known upper bound $\mathsf{QIP(2)} \cap \text{co-}\mathsf{QIP(2)}$, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 François Le Gall , Yupan Liu , Qisheng Wang

Zero-knowledge proofs have always provided a clear solution when it comes to conveying information from a prover to a verifier or vice versa without revealing essential information about the process. Advancements in zero-knowledge have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Aritra Banerjee , Michael Clear , Hitesh Tewari

Decentralized learning (DL) is an emerging paradigm of collaborative machine learning that enables nodes in a network to train models collectively without sharing their raw data or relying on a central server. This paper introduces Zip-DL,…

In this article, we review several aspects of composability in the context of quantum cryptography. The first part is devoted to key distribution. We discuss the security criteria that a quantum key distribution protocol must fulfill to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-14 Joern Mueller-Quade , Renato Renner

A quantum key distribution (QKD) system must fulfill the requirement of universal composability to ensure that any cryptographic application (using the QKD system) is also secure. Furthermore, the theoretical proof responsible for security…

We study the implications of the existence of weak Zero-Knowledge (ZK) protocols for worst-case hard languages. These are protocols that have completeness, soundness, and zero-knowledge errors (denoted $\epsilon_c$, $\epsilon_s$, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Rohit Chatterjee , Yunqi Li , Prashant Nalini Vasudevan

We study the problem of distributed cooperative learning, where a group of agents seeks to agree on a set of hypotheses that best describes a sequence of private observations. In the scenario where the set of hypotheses is large, we propose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Mohammad Taha Toghani , César A. Uribe

Collision-resistant, cryptographic hash (CRH) functions have long been an integral part of providing security and privacy in modern systems. Certain constructions of zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) protocols aim to utilize CRH functions to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Anees Ahmed , Nojan Sheybani , Davi Moreno , Nges Brian Njungle , Tengkai Gong , Michel Kinsy , Farinaz Koushanfar

We propose a middleware solution designed to facilitate seamless integration of privacy using zero-knowledge proofs within various multi-chain protocols, encompassing domains such as DeFi, gaming, social networks, DAOs, e-commerce, and the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Amit Chaudhary

Commit Classification(CC) is an important task in software maintenance since it helps software developers classify code changes into different types according to their nature and purpose. This allows them to better understand how their…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Jiajun Tong , Xiaobin Rui

We provide a generic construction to turn any classical Zero-Knowledge (ZK) protocol into a composable (quantum) oblivious transfer (OT) protocol, mostly lifting the round-complexity properties and security guarantees…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Léo Colisson , Garazi Muguruza , Florian Speelman

In a recent seminal work, Bitansky and Shmueli (STOC '20) gave the first construction of a constant round zero-knowledge argument for NP secure against quantum attacks. However, their construction has several drawbacks compared to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Nai-Hui Chia , Kai-Min Chung , Takashi Yamakawa

We introduce Zero-Knowledge Location Privacy (ZKLP), enabling users to prove to third parties that they are within a specified geographical region while not disclosing their exact location. ZKLP supports varying levels of granularity,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Jens Ernstberger , Chengru Zhang , Luca Ciprian , Philipp Jovanovic , Sebastian Steinhorst

Developing efficient software and hardware has never been harder whether it is for a tiny IoT device or an Exascale supercomputer. Apart from the ever growing design and optimization complexity, there exist even more fundamental problems…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Grigori Fursin , Anton Lokhmotov , Dmitry Savenko , Eben Upton

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly utilized in domains such as finance, healthcare, and interpersonal relationships to provide advice tailored to user traits and contexts. However, this personalization often relies on sensitive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Hiroki Watanabe , Motonobu Uchikoshi