Keynote Speaker
| Speaker Name | Dr. Michael Steiner |
| Title of Talk | Searchable Encryption for the Real World: Theory and Practice |
Biography
Dr. Michael Steiner is a research staff member of the IBM India Research Lab and the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. He received a Diploma in computer science from the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland in 1992 and a Ph.D. in computer science from the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany in 2002. His interests cover secure and reliable systems as well as cryptography. At IBM, his work ranged from cryptographic protocol design & analysis, over security architectures & implementations to penetration testing in domains as varied as electronic commerce & payment systems, compliance management, web2.0, cloud and smart grid. He is co-author of more than 50 scientific publications and received seventeen patents with more under evaluation.
Talk description
In this talk, I will address the problem of performing private database queries, motivated by real-world requirements, e.g., of protecting sensitive data in the cloud or allowing law enforcement & intelligence agencies to privately yet accountably query third-party databases. I will discuss the technical difficulties which might lead to lower bounds and necessitates, e.g., the co-development of the cryptographic protocols with the overall system design. I will present corresponding practical solutions which provide real-world scalability and discuss interesting aspects of these solutions.