Experimenting with zero-knowledge proofs of training

S Garg, A Goel, S Jha, S Mahloujifar… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
How can a model owner prove they trained their model according to the correct
specification? More importantly, how can they do so while preserving the privacy of the …

Zero-knowledge proof meets machine learning in verifiability: A survey

Z Xing, Z Zhang, J Liu, Z Zhang, M Li, L Zhu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technology, the usage of machine
learning models is gradually becoming part of our daily lives. High-quality models rely not …

ZKROWNN: Zero Knowledge Right of Ownership for Neural Networks

N Sheybani, Z Ghodsi, R Kapila… - 2023 60th ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Training contemporary AI models requires investment in procuring learning data and
computing resources, making the models intellectual property of the owners. Popular model …

Zero-Knowledge Location Privacy via Accurate Floating Point SNARKs

J Ernstberger, C Zhang, L Ciprian, P Jovanovic… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces Zero-Knowledge Location Privacy (ZKLP), enabling users to prove to
third parties that they are within a specified geographical region while not disclosing their …

Conan: Distributed Proofs of Compliance for Anonymous Data Collection

M Zhou, E Shi, G Fanti - Cryptology ePrint Archive, 2023 - eprint.iacr.org
We consider how to design an anonymous data collection protocol that enforces compliance
rules. Imagine that each client contributes multiple data items (eg, votes, location crumbs, or …

Game of Coding: Beyond Trusted Majorities

HA Nodehi, VR Cadambe, MA Maddah-Ali - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Coding theory revolves around the incorporation of redundancy into transmitted symbols,
computation tasks, and stored data to guard against adversarial manipulation. However …

An Efficient and Extensible Zero-knowledge Proof Framework for Neural Networks

T Lu, H Wang, W Qu, Z Wang, J He, T Tao… - Cryptology ePrint …, 2024 - eprint.iacr.org
In recent years, cloud vendors have started to supply paid services for data analysis by
providing interfaces of their well-trained neural network models. However, customers lack …

Improved SNARK Frontend for Highly Repetitive Computations

S Sridhar, Y Zhang - Cryptology ePrint Archive, 2023 - eprint.iacr.org
Modern SNARK designs usually feature a frontend-backend paradigm: The frontend
compiles a user's program into some equivalent circuit representation, while the backend …

Evaluate and Guard the Wisdom of Crowds: Zero Knowledge Proofs for Crowdsourcing Truth Inference

X Liu, X Yang, X Zhang, X Yang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.00985, 2023 - arxiv.org
Due to the risks of correctness and security in outsourced cloud computing, we consider a
new paradigm called crowdsourcing: distribute tasks, receive answers and aggregate the …

[PDF][PDF] Scalable Zero-knowledge Proofs for Non-linear Functions in Machine Learning

M Hao, H Chen, H Li, C Weng, Y Zhang, H Yang… - usenix.org
Zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs have been recently explored for the integrity of machine
learning (ML) inference. However, these protocols suffer from high computational overhead …