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Efficient Homomorphic Integer Computer from CKKS

Efficient Homomorphic Integer Computer from CKKS

A deep dive into the hardware design and implementation of HQC, a post-quantum cryptography scheme. The talk covers performance and security bottlenecks, detailing novel solutions for efficient polynomial multiplication by leveraging sparsity and constant-time methods for generating fixed-weight vectors to thwart side-channel attacks.

Government Agents: AI Agents vs Tough Regulations — Mark Myshatyn, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Government Agents: AI Agents vs Tough Regulations — Mark Myshatyn, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mark Mashottton of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) discusses the lab's 70-year history in applied AI, its current focus on using agentic AI to accelerate scientific discovery, and the critical architectural and governance principles required for successful AI collaboration within the high-stakes U.S. federal and national security landscape.