Lecture Notes in Computer Science

NTT Research CIS Lab Director Wins Second IACR Test-of-Time Award for Paper on Oblivious Transfer

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper co-authored by Distinguished Scientist and Director of the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab Brent Waters has won an International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Test-of-Time (ToT) Award.

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper co-authored by Distinguished Scientist and Director of the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab Brent Waters has won an International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Test-of-Time (ToT) Award.
  • Waters and co-authors Chris Peikert and Vinod Vaikuntanathan delivered their paper, “A Framework for Efficient and Composable Oblivious Transfer,” at the Crypto 2008 conference.
  • A cryptography researcher with the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories (SIL) co-authored another paper for this year’s conference, being held August 19-24 in Santa Barbara.
  • The Test-of-Time Award-winning paper co-authored by Waters introduced a “dual-mode” cryptosystem framework for Oblivious Transfer protocols using a variety of assumptions.

NTT Research and NTT to Present 17 Papers at Eurocrypt 2023

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

NTT Research, Inc ., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that members of its Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab and of the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories (SIL) in Tokyo, Japan co-authored 17 papers that are being presented at Eurocrypt 2023 , one of three flagship conferences organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).

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  • NTT Research, Inc ., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that members of its Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab and of the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories (SIL) in Tokyo, Japan co-authored 17 papers that are being presented at Eurocrypt 2023 , one of three flagship conferences organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).
  • For details on all NTT Eurocrypt 2023 papers, see Appendix A below.
  • These papers are co-authored by NTT Research Senior Research Scientist Elette Boyle (who discussed an MPC-related topic of privacy-preserving aggregate statistics at Upgrade 2023 ), Senior Research Scientist Vipul Goyal, and Research Scientist Ilan Komargodski (who discussed related protocols in this Q&A ).
  • Eight affiliated events at Eurocrypt 2023 will take place at University College, Lyon, on April 22 and 23.

NTT Research and NTT Corporation Engage in Breakthrough Research at Crypto 2022

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

The Crypto 2022 program committee, comprised of more than 70 experts, accepted nearly 100 submissions this year.

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  • The Crypto 2022 program committee, comprised of more than 70 experts, accepted nearly 100 submissions this year.
  • It is exciting to see our CIS Lab and other parts of NTT engaged in so much cutting-edge research, NTT Research President and CEO Kazuhiro Gomi said.
  • NTT Research is part of NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider with an annual R&D budget of $3.6 billion.
  • NTT and the NTT logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION and/or its affiliates.

NTT Research and NTT Social Informatics Laboratories to Present Security Research Findings at Eurocrypt 2021

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Monday, October 18, 2021

NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that members of its Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab and of the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories co-authored 10 papers that are being presented at Eurocrypt 2021 , one of three flagship conferences organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).

Key Points: 
  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that members of its Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab and of the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories co-authored 10 papers that are being presented at Eurocrypt 2021 , one of three flagship conferences organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).
  • A program committee consisting of more than 60 academics evaluated the submissions to Eurocrypt 2021 and grouped the accepted papers into 13 session topics.
  • The NTT Social Informatics Laboratories is a project within NTT Research and Development.
  • Currently, three labs are housed at NTT Research facilities in Sunnyvale: the Physics & Informatics (PHI) Lab, the Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab, and the Medical & Health Informatics (MEI) Lab.

NTT Research CIS Lab to Showcase Research Breakthroughs at Crypto 2021

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Monday, August 16, 2021

NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that members of its Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab authored or co-authored 18 papers that are being delivered at Crypto 2021 , one of the leading international conferences on cryptologic research.

Key Points: 
  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that members of its Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab authored or co-authored 18 papers that are being delivered at Crypto 2021 , one of the leading international conferences on cryptologic research.
  • The proceedings of Crypto 2021, the 41st Annual International Cryptology Conference, will be published by Springer in its Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
  • NTT Research is one of two gold-level sponsors of this years event.
  • Directed by NTT Fellow, Tatsuaki Okamoto , the CIS Lab has assembled a team of world-class cryptographers over the past two years.