Event theme: Experimenting with implementations of PEC primitives
Featured topics: Private Set Intersection (PSI), Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP), Threshold BLS Signatures.
Structure: Welcome/introduction; two invited talks; break; one invited talk and a panel conversation
Date and time: September 18, 2025, 10:00–16:00 EDT (UTC -4)
Attendance: Open and free to the public, upon online registration
Format: Webinar (presenters can share video and audio; attendees can use text for questions and comments)
Host program: Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography (PEC) @ Cryptographic Technology Group, NIST
STPPA8 Tentative Schedule (details to be announced)
- 10:00: Welcome/Intro
- 10:20: Invited talk #1
- 11:10: Short break
- 11:20: Invited talk #2
- 12:10: Lunch break
- 13:00: Invited talk #3
- 13:50: Short break
- 14:00: Panel conversation
- 15:00: End
All times are displayed in local Maryland timezone: EDT = UTC-4 (EDT = Eastern Daylight Time; UTC = Coordinated Universal Time)
An additional talk may be added, case in which the event may end around 16:00
Details to be announced
STPPA8 is organized within the scope of the Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography program, within the Cryptographic Technology Group, Computer Security Division, Information Technology Laboratory at NIST
About STPPA: In the "Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability" series, the NIST privacy-enhancing cryptography (PEC) project hosts talks on various interconnected topics related to privacy and public auditability. A main goal of the STPPA series is to gather reference material about "PEC tools", which may facilitate future reflections on aspects of standardization and of development of recommendations/guidelines about advanced cryptography, namely for uses related to privacy and public auditability. Each event intends to convey basic technical background, incite curiosity, suggest research questions and discuss applications, with an emphasis on the role of cryptographic tools.
Code of conduct: Attending an STPPA event requires abiding to the Code of Conduct for NIST Conferences.
