Paola de Perthuis
Researching on Cryptology at the Centrum Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Completing a postdoc in cryptology at the Centrum Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), I defended my PhD at the école normale supérieure (ENS) of Paris in 2024, advised by Pr. David Pointcheval. I was previously a Research Engineer in the Polynomial Systems (PolSys) team of the LIP6 Computer Science Department of Sorbonne université (Paris). I studied General Engineering and Data Science at the école Centrale of Lyon, after two years of classes préparatoires in Maths, Physics and Engineering. I have worked on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to produce cloud databases with Sidonie Lefebvre at the French National Aerospace Lab (ONERA) in Palaiseau, and on Data Mining an Processing with Didier Orel at Tamedia in Lausanne, namely working on the Paradise Papers in partnership with the ICIJ.
My research interests are focused on Asymmetric Cryptology, with works on Traceable Receipt-Free Encryption, Verifiable Computations on Homomorphic Ciphertexts, Functional Encryption, Registration-Based Encryption and Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms. I have also worked on Technical Specifications for post-quantum Cryptography at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) during my PhD on behalf of Cosmian.
Recent Publications
- AC:FKP23Cuckoo Commitments: Registration-Based Encryption and Key-Value Map Commitments for Large SpacesIn Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2023 - 29th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Guangzhou, China, December 4-8, 2023, Proceedings, Part V, 2023
- ESOR:BPP23
Teaching
2022-2023, S2 | Teaching Assistant for the Algebra and Arithmetics P2.LU3MA120 course directed by Sophie Chemla at Jussieu, for the UFR 929 teaching section of Sorbonne-Université, for third year Maths students. |
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2021-2022, S2 | Teaching Assistant for the Linear and Bilinear Algebra II P2.LU2MA122 course directed by Guillaume Maurin at Jussieu, for the UFR 929 teaching section of Sorbonne-Université, for second year Maths students. |
2021-2022, S1 | Teaching Assistant for the Topology and Differential Calculus I P1.LU2MA216 course directed by Ayman Moussa at Jussieu, for the UFR 929 teaching section of Sorbonne-Université, for second year Maths students. |
2020-2021, S2 | Teaching Assistant for the Theory of Formal Languages IF04M050 course directed by Jérôme Delobelle at Descartes, for the université de Paris, for second year Computer Science students. |
2019-2020, S2 | Teaching Assistant for the Numerical Algorithmics ANUM course (now MU4IN910) directed by Stef Graillat at Jussieu, for Sorbonne université, for fourth year Computer Science students in the sécurité, fiabilité et performance du numérique (SFPN) Computer Science Master. |
Reviewing
2024 | Subreviewer for PKC 2025, TCC 2025, CRYPTO 2024. |
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2023 | Subreviewer for Eurocrypt 2024, PKC 2024, Asiacrypt 2023, CCS 2023, and CRYPTO 2023. |
2022 | Subreviewer for Africacrypt 2022 and PKC 2023. |
Talks
Dec 9, 2024 | Post-Quantum Privacy for Traceable Receipt-Free Encryption [PP24] at the GRACE team of the LIX (Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France). |
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Mar 12, 2024 | Cuckoo Commitments [AC:FioKolPer23] at the UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). |
Mar 6, 2024 | Cuckoo Commitments [AC:FioKolPer23] at the Cryptology team of the CWI (Amsterdam). |
Jan 30, 2024 | Cuckoo Commitments [AC:FioKolPer23] at the Cybersecurity PEPR winter school. |
Jan 25, 2024 | Cuckoo Commitments [AC:FioKolPer23] at the Foundations of Cryptology team of the ETH Zürich. |
Oct 17, 2023 | Cuckoo Commitments [AC:FioKolPer23] at the Journées C2 in Najac. |
Oct 2, 2023 | Presenting Covercrypt [ESORICS:BrePerPoi23] at the French National Security Agency, ANSSI, ‘s team of cryptologists in Paris. |
Sep 27, 2023 | Presenting Covercrypt [ESORICS:BrePerPoi23] at ESORICS 2023 in the Hague. |
Jul 25, 2023 | Presenting Cryptographic access control by attributes — ongoing standards development at ETSI with Giovanni Bartolomeo at the NIST Special Topics on Privacy and Public Auditability 6th session. |
Jun 21, 2023 | Presenting MyOPE [SCN:INPP22] at the Jean Kuntzmann Laboratory Seminar in Grenoble. |
May 23, 2023 | Presenting Covercrypt [ESORICS:BrePerPoi23] at the ETSI CYBER group in Sophia-Antipolis. |
Apr 23, 2023 | Presenting Two-Client Inner-Product Functional Encryption with an Application to Money-Laundering Detection [CCS:PerPoi22] at Crossfyre 2023 in Lyon. |
Dec 13, 2022 | Presenting MyOPE [SCN:INPP22] at the PICOCRYPT Seminar of the IMDEA Software Institute in Madrid. |
Nov 9, 2022 | Presenting [CCS:PerPoi22] at ACM CCS 2022 in Los Angeles. |
Sep 12, 2022 | Presenting MyOPE [SCN:INPP22] at SCN 2022 in Amalfi. |
Apr 15, 2022 | Presenting MyOPE [SCN:INPP22] at the Journées C2 in Hendaye. |
Feb 17, 2022 | MyOPE [SCN:INPP22] at ALMASTY Seminar in Paris. |
Oct 13, 2021 | Presenting MyOPE [SCN:INPP22] at Protocol Labs’s Research Seminar. |
Please contact me through my email address.
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