The most relevant part to proof systems is air correcting codes, which is sort of a subfield with information theory. That underlies essentially all the underlying interactive oracle proofed PCPs and non cryptographic components that go into building stuff like SNARKs. So there's a lot more to bring from that field that we haven't been using yet. And I think this is a really good moment to introduce error correcting codes.
This week, host Anna Rose and Nico Mohnblatt chat with Ron Rothblum, Professor of Computer Science at Technion. They explore information theory and ZK, diving into the weeds on multiple topics including error correcting codes, FRI, FFTs, Reed-Solomon encoding, Fiat-Shamir and more.
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