11-14, 17:00–17:20 (Asia/Bangkok), Breakout 3
This short panel will explore the role of advanced programmable cryptography, beyond ZK and MPC, in d/acc. Programmable cryptographic primitives like functional encryption (FE), witness encryption (WE), and indistinguishability obfuscation (iO) have become theoretically feasible and even moving towards real-world practicality. This panel will explore how these primitives can be used to improve trust-minimized infrastructure and applications.
Wei is a research partner at 1kx, where he focuses on research and investment around crypto deep tech and infrastructure. Before joining 1kx, he was a research partner at Bain Capital Crypto and served as technical advisor to numerous crypto startups. Prior to his investment career, he has published over a dozen academic papers around Cryptography and blockchains. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of California San Diego.
CEO of Ligero Inc. and Associate Professor at Georgetown University. An expert in zero-knowledge proofs and secure multiparty computation, recipient of ICDE Influential Paper Award, CCS 2023 Distinguished Paper Award and Google Faculty Award. Muthu is a steering committee member of the ZK Standardization Effort.