MASc Seminar Notice: Zero-Knowledge Proof-Enabled SAT Co-processor for Blockchain Systems

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Candidate: Vladyslav Yusiuk

Date: September 17, 2025

Time: 10:00am

Location: online

Supervisor: Derek Rayside

All are welcome!

Abstract:

As new applications for blockchain technology emerge, the capability to compute while preserving privacy secrets becomes extremely important. Verifying computations without data exposure using ZKPs is gaining mass adoption for Layer 2 solutions like ZK Rollups. There are general-purpose SAT solvers that perform logical operations such as DPLL and Chaff, however, their application in zero-knowledge systems is understudied.