Talks
Spring 2014

Quantum Obfuscation of Classical Circuits

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014, 4:30 pm5:00 pm

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Calvin Lab Auditorium

We consider the usual problem of circuit obfuscation: given some classical circuit C, can we prepare an obfuscated version which allows a user to simulate black-box access to C without learning anything else? Classically this problem is known to be impossible, even for relatively weak formulations. But it may still be possible to produce a quantum state which obfuscates C, even in the very strong sense that any measurement of that state can be simulated (up to computational indistinguishability) using black-box access to C.

I will describe a protocol for quantum obfuscation of classical circuits, whose security is open. Time permitting I will discuss some of the technical issues that come up in the analysis.