Best Fireside Crypto Podcasts (2025)

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Irish Funds Crypto Compliance Masterclass Webinar, in association with SIX (September 2025) 58:15

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Hi, it’s Ariana here from Irish Funds. Today we’re bringing you our latest podcast episode, featuring a recording from the Irish Funds Crypto Compliance Masterclass webinar, which took place on Tuesday, 9 September. This session was moderated by Ruth Fairclough of Irish Funds and included Nicola Sheridan of PwC Ireland, Stefano Chierici of SIX , an…

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World-leaders in Technology: Vint Cerf 2:07:25

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Vint is seen as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, and along with Robert Kahn, was award the ACM AM Turing Prize - the Nobel Prize of Computer Science - in 2004. Vint contributed to many areas in the creation of the Internet, including writing many RFCs (Requests For Comment) drafts, and in 1974 published the classic paper of "A Protocol …

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Panel Discussion: The Quantum clock countdown to Y2Q 35:04

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Panel Discussion: The Quantum clock countdown to Y2Q Peter Ferry, CEO Scottish Centre of Excellence in Digital Trust and DLT Amit Gupta, Founder and CEO ACubed.IT Mark Tehrani, Founder CyberSeQ Jan Willemson , Senior Researcher Cybernetica EstoniaBy Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

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Post Quantum Cryptography and Other Crypto with Daniel J Bernstein 57:59

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A chat in the International Conference on PQC and AI. Daniel is a world-renowned computer scientist, one of the most influential figures in modern cryptography and a pioneer in post-quantum security.https://luma.com/9lxiupu6https://luma.com/9lxiupu6https://luma.com/9lxiupu6By Prof Bill Buchanan

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Harnessing Acceleration: Transformative Innovations in ETFs - Panel Discussion (Annual Conference 2025) 37:15

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Today we’re bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference, which took place on the 21st of May in Dublin. This episode features a panel discussion titled “Harnessing Acceleration: Transformative Innovations in ETFs.” The panel was moderated by Ciarán Fitzpatrick of JP Morgan and includ…

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Cryptography Experts: Professor Martin Albrecht 53:01

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Martin Albrecht is a Professor of Cryptography at King's College London and a Principal Research Scientist at SandboxAQ. He works broadly across the field of cryptography. His work focuses on the analysis of deployed or soon-to-be deployed cryptographic solutions and he has responsibly disclosed severe vulnerabilities to various public and private …

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Gilles Brassard 1:58:03

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Gilles has been a full Professor at the Université de Montréal for more than 45 years. He laid the foundations of quantum cryptography at a time when no one could have predicted that the quantum information revolution would usher in a multi-billion-dollar industry, much less that the United Nations would proclaim 2025 to be the International Year o…

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Fireside Chat - Reframing Success: Conor Niland, Author & Former Tennis Professional (Annual Conference 2025) 27:59

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference, which took place on the 21st of May in Dublin. This episode features a Fireside chat with Conor Niland, Author & Former Tennis Professional interviewed by Morgan Dunne of McCann FitzGerald. In this chat, Conor Niland reflects …

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Ireland’s ETF Edge: A Conversation with Brian Higgins, Chair of the Irish Funds ETF Working Group 16:18

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In this second episode of our Strategic Priorities podcast series, Geraldine Brehony, Senior Manager in the Policy and Regulatory Team at Irish Funds, is joined by Brian Higgins, Chair of the Irish Funds ETF Working Group and Partner at Dillon Eustace, to explore Ireland’s evolution as the leading domicile for internationally distributed ETFs. They…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Christof Paar 1:24:25

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Christof is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum, Germany. He is also, a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and a Fellow of the IACR and IEEE. His research includes areas of light-weight cryptography, efficient cryptographic implementations, cryptographic Trojans and physical layer secu…

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Blockchain in Scotland 23:44

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By Prof Bill Buchanan

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Sustainable Security: Integrating ESG in Defence Funding - Panel Discussion (Annual Conference 2025) 40:20

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference, which took place on the 21st of May in Dublin. This episode features the panel discussion entitled “Sustainable Security: Integrating ESG in Defence Funding”, which was moderated by Lorena Dunne of A&L Goodbody and includes To…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Victor S Miller 1:25:32

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Victor is a Senior Research Scientist at Nexus Laboratories. He received his PhD in Mathematics from Harvard University in 1975, and was an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston from 1973 to 1978. Victor has since worked for the IBM Research Center, The Institute for Defence Analyses in Princeton, Meta Platforms and SRI Inte…

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Irish Government Address: Paschal Donohoe TD. Minister for Finance and President of the Eurogroup (Annual Conference 2025) 14:21

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference, which took place on the 21st of May in Dublin. This episode features a Keynote Address from Paschal Donohoe TD. Minister for Finance and President of the Eurogroup. In his address Paschal Donohoe highlights Ireland’s strong fu…

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Fireside Chat: Bruce Schneier 31:43

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A fireside chat from the International Conference on Digital Trust, AI and the Future. Bruce has created a wide range of cryptographic methods including Skein (hash function), Helix (stream cipher), Fortuna (random number generator), and Blowfish/Twofish/Threefish (block ciphers). Bruce has published 14 books, including best-sellers such as Data an…

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International Conference on Digital Trust, AI and the Future: Federico Charosky 38:15

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Federico Charosky, CEO Quroum CyberFederico is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with over 25 years of distinguished experience across the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. He specialises in cyber risk management, security operations, and incident response, Federico has dedicated his career to safeguarding organisations against the ever-evolv…

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International Conference in Digital Trust, AI and the Future: Colin Cook 31:39

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By Prof Bill Buchanan

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International Conference on Digital Trust, AI and the Future: Blockchain/DLT in Financial Services 36:36

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Chair: Stephen Ingledew OBE, Chair, Fintech Scotland Nishant Govil: MD, Innovation Adoption, BlackRock Kara Kennedy: Head of Digital Assets, JP Morgan Nick Jones: CEO Zumo. Dia Banerji: Imagine Ventures.By Prof Bill Buchanan

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International Conference on Digital Trust, AI and the Future: Blockchain/DLT in Business and Society 41:19

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Date: 24 June 2025 Chair: Peter Ferry, CEO, TRUST Centre of Excellence. Martin Doherty Hughes: Former MP, Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain. Martin Trotter: Regtech leader, BRS Grant Thornton Martin Halford: CTO SICCAR and Tech Steering Committee Accord Project Chris Tate: CEO Condatis.…

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Keynote Address: Central Bank of Ireland - Mary-Elizabeth McMunn, Deputy Governor, Department of Financial Regulation (Annual Conference 2025) 17:25

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Today we are bringing you the first episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference, which took place on the 21st of May in Dublin. This episode features a Keynote Address from Mary-Elizabeth McMunn, Deputy Governor of the Department of Financial Regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland. In her address Mary …

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Ralph C Merkle 1:37:57

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Ralph is a co-inventor of public-key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, created Merkle's Puzzles, the co-inventor of the Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem, and invented Merkle trees. He received his B.S. in computer science in 1974 from UC Berkeley and a PhD. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1979. More rece…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Rosario Gennaro 1:39:19

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Rosario Gennaro is a Professor of Computer Science at City University of New York (CUNY) and a Director for the Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS). 1996, he received his PhD from MIT and was a researcher at the IBM T.J.Watson Research Center until 2012. Rosario's most recent work includes privacy and anonymity in elec…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Tal Rabin 52:43

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Tal is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a Manager at AWS. Previously, she was the head of research at the Algorand Foundation and head of the cryptography research at IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Centre. In 2014, she was defined as one of the 22 most powerful women engineers by Business Insider…

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Strategic Priorities in Focus - Strengthening Ireland’s Private Assets Offering: A Conversation with Nicholas Blake-Knox, Chair of Irish Funds Council 19:59

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In this podcast episode, Nicholas Blake-Knox, Irish Funds Chairperson catches up with Conor Kilroy at Irish Funds on the growing importance of private assets and why enhancing the current Irish private assets regime is critical to the continued growth of the funds and asset management industry in Ireland. Nick is a partner with Walkers and head of …

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Vinod Vaikuntanathan 1:22:04

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Vinod is a professor of computer science at MIT and a principal investigator in the IT Computer Science and AI Lab. He completed his Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2003, and his PhD in 2009 from MIT. His main supervisor was Shafi Goldwasser. Vinod is seen as a world leader in the area of cryptography, especially…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Srini Devadas 1:30:34

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Srini Devadas an Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His current research interests are in applied cryptography, computer security and computer architecture. Srini was awarded an a master's and a PhD degree in electrical engineer…

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World-leaders in Cybersecurity: Don Smith 1:11:33

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Don Smith leads the CTU Threat Research group at Secureworks. His career starting with the creation of dns in 2005, and which was acquired by SecureWorks in 2009. He has extensive knowledge in cybersecurity and is seen as a world-leader in the field. Don is also the industry co-chair of the Strategic Cyber Industry Group in the National Cybercrime …

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Jonathan Katz 1:01:14

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Jonathan was a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. He is now a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google, with a core focus on cryptography and cybersecurity. Jonathan received his BS degree in mathematics and chemistry from MIT in 1996, and, in 2002, completed a PhD in computer science from Columbia Unive…

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Innovators in Cryptography and Blockchain: Maciej Zurawski 1:13:38

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Maciej Zurawski is technology entrepreneur and blockchain specialist with over 25 years of experience in commercial software development, R&D and business leadership. He is currently the CEO at Redeem Technologies, and serves as the Executive Director of Blockchain Scotland - the principal industry association advancing commercial blockchain adopti…

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Innovators in Cryptography and Blockchain: Greg McLardie 1:01:15

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Greg McLardie has 30 years of executive experience in the USA, Australia, Japan, China and now the UK with the likes of Procter & Gamble and EY. He co-created Two Hands and has been operating for over 5 years in Australia and China, with Forbes Magazine publishing a three-page feature on its unique blockchain application in the food industry. With …

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Moti Yung 1:31:18

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Moti is a Security and Privacy Research Scientist with Google and an Adjunct Research Faculty member at the Computer Science Dep of Columbia University. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1988. In 2010 he gave the IACR Distinguished Lecture and has also been the recipient of the 2014 ACM’s SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation award, the 2014 …

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Innovators in Cryptography and Blockchain: Jamie Gilchrist 43:16

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Jamie is the CTO at Umazi, the Head of Research at DataFair.ai and co-founder and CEO of Tunestamp.By Prof Bill Buchanan

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Aggelos Kiayias 1:15:01

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Aggelos Kiayias is a professor at the University of Edinburgh and the chief science officer at Input Output Global (formerly IOHK). He received his PhD in 2002 from City University of New York. He is chair in cyber security and privacy, and director of the Blockchain Technology Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh. In 2021, Aggelos was elected…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Anna Lysyanskaya 1:40:34

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Anna is a Professor of Computer Science at Brown University. Her research spans many areas of advanced cryptography including with digital signatures, group signatures, blind signatures, e-cash and anonymous digital credentials. She was originally from Ukraine, and undertook her masters degree at MIT in 1999, and then went onto a PhD in 2002 in the…

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Business Leaders Considerations - Panel Discussion (UK Symposium 2024) 32:09

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds 11th Annual UK Symposium, which took place on November 21st in London. This episode features the panel discussion entitled “Business Leaders Considerations – Identifying Investment Opportunities in a Complex Geopolitical Environment”, which was moderated by …

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Apple Steps Back Their Security 9:17

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The fallback for law enforcement agencies has always been the place where files are stored, and all the best encryption within end-to-end communications will not stop unencrypted files at rest from being examined. But when the user encrypts data into the Cloud and where they hold their own keys, that’s when the nightmare begins for them. The rise o…

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Samsung S25 Goes PQC 7:49

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/hcdk3u2R5Mo Yesterday, I gave two short presentations on PQC (Post Quantum Cryptography), and next week, I’m in London to give a more focused talk on the subject. And so, it’s great to see that Samsung is driving forward the adoption of PQC methods in their new S25 smartphone. There are two companies that have a core focus…

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The Regulatory Landscape 2025 - Panel Discussion (UK Symposium 2024) 34:11

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series ofrecordings from the Irish Funds 11th Annual UK Symposium, which took place on November 21st in London. This episode features a panel discussion entitled “TheRegulatory Landscape 2025” which was Moderated by Declan Casey of Irish Funds and includes Nike Trost of the Financial Conduct Authori…

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Leaders in Digital Trust/Blockchain: Aysegul Sensoy 53:05

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Aysegul Sensoy has over 20 years of management experience with blockchain, emerging technologies, fintech, business development, marketing and sales. She is currently the chair of the Istanbul Blockchain Women Association and CIS Regional Manager of Fuze Finance. She received her bachelor's degree in economics from Istanbul University and her maste…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Amit Sahai 1:01:11

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Amit is a professor of computer science at UCLA and is the director of the Center for Encrypted Functionalities. Amit has been cited in his research work over 63,000 times and has an h-index of 91. In 2000, he graduated with a PhD from MIT and then moved to Princeton. In 2004, he then moved to UCLA. Over the years, he has made so many great advance…

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Economics Outlook, 2025 and Beyond - Christian Schulz, Citi (UK Symposium 2024) 15:41

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds 11th Annual UK Symposium, which took place on November 21st in London. This episode features a presentation entitled “Economics Outlook, 2025 and Beyond” which was given by Christian Schulz, Deputy Chief European Economist at Citi. During this presentation, …

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Bart Preneel 1:13:13

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Bart is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering department at KU Leuven in Belgium. He co-invented the Miyaguchi (Meya-Goochy)–Preneel scheme and which converts a block cipher into a hash function. Bart is also one of the co-inventors of the RIPEMD-160 hashing method, and which is used in Bitcoin addresses. He also co-designed the stream ciphers …

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Driving Growth – The Evolution and Future of ETFs - Panel Discussion (UK Symposium 2024) 31:56

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds 11th Annual UK Symposium, which took place on November 21st in London. This episode features the panel discussion entitled " Driving Growth – The Evolution and Future of ETFs", which was moderated by Hazel Doyle of K&L Gates, and includes Derek Fulton of Fir…

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Robert Gardner, CEO & Co-Founder, Rebalance Earth, Keynote Address: The Asset we live on - Why investing in Nature is business critical (UK Symposium 2024) 21:47

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Today we are bringing you the next episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds 11th Annual UK Symposium, which took place on November 21st in London. This episode features a Keynote Address from Robert Gardner, CEO & Co-Founder, Rebalance Earth. In his address, Robert discusses why investing in nature is business critical and how we ca…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Ivan Damgard 53:20

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Ivan Damgard is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is the co-inventor of the Merkle-Damgard construction, and which was used in MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-2. In 2020, he received the Test of Time Award for a paper entitled "A Generalisation, a Simplification and Some Applications of Paillier's Probabilisti…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Chris Peikert 1:11:18

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Chris is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Michigan. He completed his PhD in 2006 at the MIT Computer Science and AI Laboratory under the mentorship of Silvio Micali. He received a Test of Time award at Crypto 2008 for a paper entitled "A Framework for Efficient and Composable Oblivious Transfer" an…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Clifford Cocks 56:10

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Clifford Cocks is a British mathematician and cryptographer. While working at GCHQ, he invented public key encryption, and which predates the work of the RSA and Diffie-Hellman methods. He studied mathematics as an undergraduate at Kings College, Cambridge, and then joined the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) at GCHQ in 1973. After …

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Bill Buchanan Chats With Debbie Reynolds (The Data Diva) 52:32

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Bill Buchanan Chats With Debbie Reynolds (The Data Diva). Debbie's podcast is here: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/podcastBy Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Vadim Lyubashevsky 1:11:18

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Vadim Lyubashevsky is a cryptographer at IBM Research Europe in Zurich. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 2008. His core research focus is around lattice-based methods, and especially in areas of practical lattice encryption, digital signatures and privacy-preserving primitives. Along with Chris Peiker and Oded Reg…

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World-leaders in Cryptography: Matthew Green 59:03

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Matthew is a cryptographer and academic at Johns Hopkins University and has designed and analyzed cryptographic systems used in wireless networks, payment systems and digital content protection platforms. A key focus of his work is in the promotion of user privacy. He has an extensive following on X/Twitter (140K followers) and his blog covers impo…