We’re incredibly excited to congratulate our teammate Michel Abdalla on receiving the RSA Conference Test of Time Award. His work on the Oracle Diffie-Hellman Assumptions and DHIES (with Bellare and Rogaway) helped shape modern cryptographic thinking — and continues to stand the test of time. We’re proud to have Michel at [[alloc] init], pushing forward the development of powerful cryptographic constructions for real-world use on Bitcoin. Congrats, Michel! 🙌 🙌 🙌 🎉 🎉 🎉
Honored to receive the RSA Conference Test of Time Award for our paper on the Oracle Diffie-Hellman Assumptions and an analysis of DHIES, co-authored with Mihir Bellare and Phillip Rogaway. Originally developed in response to calls from standardization bodies, DHIES is now part of several standards, including IEEE P1363a, ANSI X9.63, and ISO 18033-2. This work dates back to my PhD years, and I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with—and learn from—Mihir and Phil. I also look back fondly on my time at UCSD, and the people I was fortunate to share it with: Anand Desai, Jee Hea An, Sara Miner More, Chanathip Namprempre, Bogdan Warinschi, and Alexandra Boldyreva. I’m looking forward to attending the award ceremony and grateful to Alloc Init Labs (https://www.allocinit.xyz) for supporting my trip. If you’ll be at RSAC and are interested in what we’re building at Alloc Init Labs, I’d be glad to connect and chat. https://lnkd.in/eeYtvRBH