ZK Hardware Acceleration with Dr. Ouyang from Snarkify at zkHacker House

​Abstract

​Dr. Ouyang will introduce the concept of ZK hardware acceleration and explore its applications and benefits. He will review the problems that ZK hardware acceleration solves and GPU/FPGA/ASIC based methods that are available. The workshop will end with a discussion about the state of the art of the ZK hardware industry, highlighting the latest developments and advancements in ZK hardware acceleration technology.

​About Dr. Ouyang

​​Jiannan Ouyang is a co-founder and CEO at Snarkify. He is a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a former research scientist at Facebook. He specializes in GPU/FPGA acceleration, operating systems, and virtualization.

​About Snarkify

​Snarkify is scaling ZK for the decentralized future. Snarkify's approach is centered around utilizing techniques such as arithmetic circuit optimization, recursive proof, proof aggregation and GPU/FPGA-based hardware acceleration to scale proof systems. Snarkify's objective is to provide developers with the necessary infrastructure and tools to easily and efficiently build, deploy, and scale next-generation ZKP applications.

​About zkHacker House

​1kx and Delendum are opening up a co-working space and free accommodation for builders working on zero-knowledge proof infrastructure and applications at ETH Denver. The hacker house will be an opportunity to find teammates, learn, and get feedback on your ideas from fellow ZKP enthusiasts and researchers in this area.

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