Join us at the StarkWare Scholar Summit 2024, the must-attend side event at the Stanford Blockchain Conference. This is where a global community of researchers, engineers, and thought leaders comes together to explore the latest and greatest in blockchain tech.
This year’s lineup features some of the brightest minds in the field, speaking on their latest research:
- Avi Wigderson, 2023 Turing Award winner: explore “Proof systems – theory enabling practice” and see how theoretical concepts are transforming real-world applications.
- Madhu Sudan, 2002 Nevanlinna Prize, and 2015 Infosys Foundation prize winner: uncover “The Power of Algebra” and its impact on error-correcting codes and cryptographic protocols.
- Swastik Kopparty, recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the NSF CAREER Award: dive into “FRI and STARKs over all fields via an Elliptic Curve Fast Fourier Transform (ECFFT)” and discover the future of fast cryptographic proofs.
- Alessandro Chiesa, co-founder of the Zerocash protocol and StarkWare: get the lowdown on “STIR: Reed–Solomon Proximity Testing with Fewer Queries” and how it’s revolutionizing data integrity checks.
- Shubhangi Saraf, recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the NSF CAREER Award: learn about “Proximity gaps for Reed-Solomon codes and the soundness of FRI” to understand the robustness of these essential tools.
- Jim Posen, co-founder and CTO at Irreducible: delve into “FRI-Binius: Polynomial Commitments for Tiny Binary Fields” and discover innovations in polynomial commitment schemes.
- Mallesh Pai, Principal Researcher at Special Mechanisms Group: explore “New Directions in Transaction Fee Mechanism Design” and the future of fair and efficient blockchain transactions.
- Also speaking are Yael Kalai, ACM prize winner in Computing; Sreeram Kannan, founder of the EigenLayer project; and Eli Ben-Sasson, co-inventor of STARKs and co-founder/CEO of StarkWare. Specific topics will be announced soon.
The StarkWare Scholar Summit is your chance to connect with leading experts, ask burning questions, and get inspired by the latest advancements in blockchain research. So, mark your calendar, pack your curiosity, and get ready to geek out with us!
Limited places on a first come, first serve basis.