As is well known, the Paillier encryption system supports addition of two encrypted numbers and the scalar multiplication of a constant and an encrypted number. I learned recently one can compare two encrypted numbers and multiply two encrypted numbers in Paillier by making a trip to the private key holder. Let’s first look at comparison. … More Multiplication and Comparison Operations in Paillier
Congratulations to the ACSRI-led team for winning $50-million in funding from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to set up a new Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre in Australia. It’s great to see the Australian government putting resources into a key research area that is increasing in importance as the world becomes more and … More Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
Complex financial crimes are hard to detect primarily because data related to different pieces of the overall puzzle are usually distributed across a network of financial institutions, regulators, and law-enforcement agencies. The problem is also rapidly increasing in complexity because new platforms are emerging all the time that facilitate the transfer of value across a … More How to Quickly and Meaningfully Improve the Financial System’s Collective Ability to Detect Crimes
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My Irrational Life
Updates on my research and expository papers, discussion of open problems, and other maths-related topics. By Terence Tao
Mental Models 4 Life 