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A real interaction between two of my lab mates

Congrats to Emi Fukahori from my favourite #zurich #MAME coffee for making the world barista champions semi-finals milan.wcc.coffee/news/2021-worl…

Same here, but times have changed. Now I send those emails to my students.

On receiving a preprint of Cammy’s new book, my kids want to start a YouTube channel in which they unbox academic books instead of toys or gadgets. Bingo!

Congrats Venkat!

I just watched Amit do an amazing job explaining Zero Knowledge proofs using our classic examples! You should have a look, watch it with your kids, and don't miss Shang-Hua's cameo. wired.com/video/watch/5-…

Me: My book is out today! son: Let’s buy 100! Me: That would cost a lot son: But you’d get the money right? Me: A little son: So why did you write it then? Me: To be part of a scholarly conversation? [Blank looks] daughter, helpfully: It’s an accomplishment! [grateful relief]

On March 25 @ 9am UTC come join Rosario Gennaro, Chris Peikert, Dario Fiore & others discussing state-of-the-art vector commitments! Our Vector Commitment Research Day is designed to discuss important open problems revolving around vector commitments! cryptonet.vercel.app

St. Jerome’s study is looking crowded, cluttered and there’s a lion in it. Challenging work environment.

Come to our differential privacy summer school June 6-10 in Boston! Features an amazing line up: Dan Kifer, Dan Sheldon, Uri Stemmer, Steven Wu, Biniam Yakob, Rachel Cummings, Aloni Cohen! bostondataprivacy.github.io/summerschool/

Verifying my identity for Mirror sig:0xa2c894f0f9c309ee924fad7311f23a2181acdf9dc86c53e3cbb1cdd53d00be8354aa6a4b284f468c70e5ae8a7d8610765254996b589242ede5ac6681084d211c1b mirror.xyz

#hr97 highlights: How does that damn mathiew Matthew Tambiah compute cube roots of 9 digit numbers in his head!? Thrice tested, <15sec! Did Sapna Maheshwari find the loo in holworthy? Why did 55% of our class report unhappiness with their lives?

youtube.com/watch?v=snM1b3… My student Jack gives an amazing talk on our Eurocrypt’22 paper for sampling setup parameters for zkSnark and poly commitments.

Neu students reversed the attempt to measure their desk usage. pluralistic.net/2022/10/07/sen…

My preseason notes on CS faculty hiring: abhvio.us/posts/faculty-… #facultycsjobs

Northeastern's Khoury College of Computer Sciences of Computer Sciences is looking to hire 8(!!) tenure-track faculty this year! Areas of interest include: differential privacy, cryptography, quantum computing. See shorturl.at/afmst and/or reach out to me for more info. 1/?

Recap of our stay in Peter Zumthor's wooden house in Leis, Switzerland last year: abhvio.us/posts/oberhus/

My first opinion piece for WSJ, in praise of public libraries (against funding cuts). Oddly, most commentators seem to dislike libraries! Who knew? What the Medicis Could Teach Eric Adams - WSJ wsj.com/articles/what-…

I noticed Chamath Palihapitiya + crew had all the clues to short Credit Suisse a few weeks ago (when they offered him +190 basis points to play). Chamath Palihapitiya did you? abhvio.us/posts/credsui/

My new review on the Raphael architecture show in Vicenza (a gift link), 1/2 wsj.com/articles/rapha…