23-24 May 2024 @ Faculty Club, Leuven, Belgium
We present the Hardware Summit for Computing on Encrypted Data (COED) to be held on 23-24 May 2024, at the esteemed Faculty Club in Leuven, Belgium.
The aim of this event is to facilitate connections among industrial participants who share an interest in secure computation. There are many options to accelerate the complexity of such computation, such as Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP), and many target platforms: CPU, GPU, FPGA, ASIC, etc. We also see variations in acceleration of primitives (NTT/FFT, MSM, etc.).
In this event, we will delve into hardware accelerated computing of FHE, ZKP, and the compiler aspects of them. Our ultimate goal is to explore the application space accelerated computing enables.
Join us for insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and a forward-thinking exploration of the intersection between technology and privacy.
In addition to well chosen speakers and talks, there will be opportunities for participants to take the stage and give an elevator pitch for announcing their technologies. Networking opportunities will be accompanied with a delicious buffet and lunch from the Faculty Club.
Space is limited, and thus we will be reserving places for representatives of companies that can most benefit from attending the day.
Program
Detailed program will be announced soon. Confirmed talks are as follows:
- COSIC – Belfort Team
Michiel Van Beirendonck
Making FHE hardware-acceleration-friendly (and vice versa) - Google
Shruthi Gorantala and Asra Ali
HEIR: A unified compiler for FHE with extensible backends - Intel
Alexander Viand
Building & Standardizing an Ecosystem for Encrypted Computation with MLIR - Galois/Niobium
David Archer
Waiting for BASALISC: Silicon in the oven! - Intel
Ro Cammaroto
Intel HERACLES introduces a groundbreaking near-memory computer - Ingonyama
Omer Shlomovits
Hands-on TFHE acceleration using GPUs - Optalysys
Rob Todd / Nick New
Hardware Acceleration of FHE using the power of light: Introducing the Optalysys Explore Platform
Practicalities
Registration
If you are interested in joining this event, please fill in this registration form. We will notify as soon as possible you to confirm your application.
Registration fee: 100€
Organisers
Venue
Faculty Club in Leuven (a Unesco World Heritage)
Adress: Groot Begijnhof 14, 3000 Leuven
Travel to Leuven
We note that from Brussel Airport Zaventem (BRU — not to be confused with Brussels Charleroi) there is convenient train access between the airport and the city of Leuven itself. Most places in Leuven can be accessed from a walking distance from the train station, however buses and taxis are available at the station. We recommend buying train tickets via the SNCB app or on the website of SNCB.
Important remark: As the English and French translation of the city name is Louvain, you should be careful not to confuse Leuven with Louvain-La-Neuve where the university UCL is situated.