Cryptographers from around the globe convened at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing this summer (July 2026) for a workshop titled “Cryptography 10 years Later: Obfuscation, Proof Syst…

I recently chatted with Nicole about her foray into quantum thermodynamics and quantum information. We discussed the future of the fields, her recent study results and their implications associated…

Scientists have grappled with the friction between quantum and statistical mechanics, ever since the birth of quantum mechanics a century ago. Quantum mechanical laws allow processes including time…

I spoke extensively to Srivastava about the motivation for the project, the overwhelming public reception and community engagement to First Proof as well as future goals that the team hopes to achi…

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Research in quantum complexity classes QMA and QCMA explores whether quantum proofs are superior to classical proofs. Progress shows quantum solutions can be more efficiently verified, leading to i…

The number pi emerges from one of the simplest, most symmetric shapes, yet it gives rise to endless complexity. This Pi Day, find out about some of the fascinating places pi pops up and the burning qu...

Thomas Rothvoss, a University of Washington computer scientist, received the inaugural Trevisan Prize for his significant contributions to approximation algorithms in optimization, particularly for…

Rachel Lin’s talk, “Expedition to Obfustopia,” at the Simons Institute examined indistinguishability obfuscation (IO) in cryptography. She highlighted the challenges in constructi…

Smartphone security now uses homomorphic encryption to label unknown calls as potential scams without accessing contact lists. This cryptographic tool allows computations on encrypted data, enhanci…

It is expected that any complex calculation performed on an error-prone quantum computer will result in an output in the form of a random quantum state. This random state itself is a probabilistic …

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

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In this age of identity theft and privacy invasion, could you order a bowl of chips online, without giving away your mother’s maiden name? Gathered in a local pub in Sydney, computer scientist Clém…

Entanglement is a complex, yet fundamental property of quantum mechanics where the fate of particles are intertwined with each other irrespective of the distance separating them. This quantum pheno…

Machine learning can help tighten constraints on the overarchingFor almost as long as humans have existed, we have been trying to make sense of the cosmos. What started as philosophical musing has, fo...

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Obfuscation is an immensely powerful tool that enables us to construct essentially any other cryptographic primitive one can dream of. This workshop will focus on recent progress in obfuscation, inclu...

Last year at a cryptography conference in the University of California, Santa Barbara, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, a computer scientist from MIT gave a talk on the hardness of factoring integers in the f…

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