Anna Lysyanskaya
@annalysyanskaya.bsky.social
www.cs.brown.edu/~anna
CS Prof @ Brown. Cryptography, especially privacy-preserving protocols, such as anonymous credentials. she/her
American, originally from Ukraine.
CS Prof @ Brown. Cryptography, especially privacy-preserving protocols, such as anonymous credentials. she/her
American, originally from Ukraine.
You are so lucky to be in DC; our capital city certainly delivers on this legal obligation! Go to Ruta. Only there they are called "varenyky." Enjoy!!!! www.rutadc.us/menu
MENU | Ruta Ukrainian Restaurant
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July 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You are so lucky to be in DC; our capital city certainly delivers on this legal obligation! Go to Ruta. Only there they are called "varenyky." Enjoy!!!! www.rutadc.us/menu
Some bone marrow vodka ice cream might help freeze your face in place? Your ice-cream loving fans can't stop talking about that ice cream flavor.
July 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Some bone marrow vodka ice cream might help freeze your face in place? Your ice-cream loving fans can't stop talking about that ice cream flavor.
What they've done here is, of course, illegal. The AAU and many universities (including Penn, Brown, MIT) are in litigation to stop (some of) what's happening. Your NSF termination is probably grounds for additional legal action. We -- you! -- will win!
April 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What they've done here is, of course, illegal. The AAU and many universities (including Penn, Brown, MIT) are in litigation to stop (some of) what's happening. Your NSF termination is probably grounds for additional legal action. We -- you! -- will win!
Harvard and Princeton only got into the fray once the WH said they were pulling their funding. Whereas some of us (including Brown and Hopkins) stuck our necks out back in February with the NIH overhead lawsuit, and, so far, we are winning. (It's only front-page when it's Harvard though.)
Hopkins joins lawsuit against NIH over "abrupt and sweeping" funding cuts
On Wednesday March 5, a federal judge issued a nationwide temporary injunction against the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) plan to reduce reimbursement for grant-related costs at universities an...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Harvard and Princeton only got into the fray once the WH said they were pulling their funding. Whereas some of us (including Brown and Hopkins) stuck our necks out back in February with the NIH overhead lawsuit, and, so far, we are winning. (It's only front-page when it's Harvard though.)
And so did Brown. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Brown, other universities sue Department of Energy over research funding cuts
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April 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And so did Brown. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Wow. He's the Chair of ACM SIGSAC, the SIG that organizes ACM CCS. That's kind of a big deal... www.sigsac.org
ACM SIGSAC
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March 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Wow. He's the Chair of ACM SIGSAC, the SIG that organizes ACM CCS. That's kind of a big deal... www.sigsac.org
First, let me be clear here that I’m speaking on my own behalf here. We try to do right by our members, and as a volunteer-run organization, we rely on all the help we can get. Everything is pretty much a function of those two inputs plus entropy. :)
March 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
First, let me be clear here that I’m speaking on my own behalf here. We try to do right by our members, and as a volunteer-run organization, we rely on all the help we can get. Everything is pretty much a function of those two inputs plus entropy. :)
Yes, it certainly calls for having an open mind for where to hold Crypto. Eight years ago we thought this would just be a four-year blip. That appears to have been wishful thinking.
March 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yes, it certainly calls for having an open mind for where to hold Crypto. Eight years ago we thought this would just be a four-year blip. That appears to have been wishful thinking.
Someone else has to volunteer and fast. These things take years of hard work to put together. (And visas aside it’s a good plan!) Although I’m upset too right now, there is no other option on the table. So this is likely the best we can do.
March 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Someone else has to volunteer and fast. These things take years of hard work to put together. (And visas aside it’s a good plan!) Although I’m upset too right now, there is no other option on the table. So this is likely the best we can do.
I know. :( It's not an easy call.
March 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I know. :( It's not an easy call.
The US lost my support for hosting IACR events many illegal (because of zero due process) and outrageous ICE detentions ago. And I thought the time would never come when I'd even entertain the thought of not going to Santa Barbara...
March 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The US lost my support for hosting IACR events many illegal (because of zero due process) and outrageous ICE detentions ago. And I thought the time would never come when I'd even entertain the thought of not going to Santa Barbara...