{"id":600396,"date":"2019-08-13T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=600396"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:56:19","slug":"private-ai-bootcamp","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/private-ai-bootcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Private AI Bootcamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/campusbuilding.com\/b\/microsoft-building-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft, Building 41\/Townsend<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration and applications are now closed<\/strong>. <strong>Contact us:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Private AI Bootcamp<\/strong> offered by Microsoft Research (MSR) focuses on tutorials of building privacy-preserving machine learning services and applications with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/homomorphic-encryption\/\">homomorphic encryption<\/a> (HE). Around 30 PhD students will be invited to gather at the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond on Dec 2nd \u2013 4th, 2019. The program contents are specifically designed for training. Participants will master the use of HE, the Microsoft SEAL library, and the methodology behind building privacy-preserving machine learning solutions. As a project as well as a competition, students will work in teams, design and pitch a novel technology built upon what they have learnt during the bootcamp, and receive feedback and scores from experts. There is a secret prize for the winning team. There are also social events where all participants will have a chance to meet and network with other PhD students and experts from MSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus on building applications with FHE and using development tools.<\/li>\n<li>Trainings offered by top researchers in the field and developers of Microsoft SEAL.<\/li>\n<li>Work in groups and pitch your innovation to invited Microsoft researchers and expert university faculty members serving as judges. The winning group will be announced and pitch to industrial representatives in the following workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required action items<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attendees are required to arrive 12\/1 and depart after 5pm on 12\/4. If you are not able to stay for the duration of the event, please email <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> with your reasoning and we will review.<\/li>\n<li>Please email <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> a single one minute self-introduction slide, saved in PDF format, for final acceptance into this workshop. Please use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Private-AI_Spotlight-Slide_Template.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">template<\/a> as a guide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Competition rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>All participants form teams of 3-4 members. Each team will pitch a novel project or idea related to privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) powered by Homomorphic Encryption (HE), based on what they have learned during the bootcamp. For example, it can be an IoT device, an extension to a software, a cloud-based service, etc. Don\u2019t be shy on imagination. Groups are assigned in consideration of diversity in research background.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Four researchers from Microsoft Research will serve as judges, ask questions, provide feedback, and score every team. Be prepared for tough questions related to security, practicality, foreseeable challenges, competitive solutions, business impact, etc. This is a harder presentation than the usual tech pitch from young start-ups, since our judges do understand technical details.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The pitch should cover the design of a prototype. It is encouraged but not required to present a live demo or a proof-of-concept (POC). Implementing a POC can reveal unexpected technical difficulties that might have been overlooked by you but caught by the judges.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The scoring is based on four pillars: novelty, feasibility, security, and impact. There is a finer partitioning of scores for each pillar. As a team, a perfect pitch has an original idea that truly solves a privacy problem in people\u2019s life, is realizable by your design, is constructed bulletproof for the protection that you claim to provide with, and offers game-changing features that alternative solutions do not.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location. We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/legal\/compliance\/default.aspx\">Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience at the venue must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please report any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity to venue staff, the event host or owner, or event staff. Microsoft reserves the right to refuse admittance to or remove any person from company-sponsored events at any time in its sole discretion.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a\n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/app.convercent.com\/en-us\/Anonymous\/IssueIntake\/LandingPage\/65d3b907-0933-e611-8105-000d3ab03673\"\n\t\tclass=\"button cta-link\"\n\t\tdata-bi-type=\"button\"\n\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Report a concern\"\n\t\tdata-bi-tN=\"shortcodes\/msr-button\"\n\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tReport a concern\t<\/a>\n\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Monday, December 2<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Welcome Keynote<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:30 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Keynote<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Sreekanth Kannepalli, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Group assignments & Intro Slides<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM-11:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Privacy Preserving Machine Learning in Security: A Real-world Example and Challenges<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Arun Gururajan<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:15 AM&#8211;12:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Intro to Homomorphic Encryption<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Microsoft SEAL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Kim Laine, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20133:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Introduction to CKKS<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Yongsoo Song, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:15 PM\u20133:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:30 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Techniques in PPML<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Hao Chen<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM\u20135:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition Rules Q&A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">6:00 PM\u20138:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Dinner at Purple Caf\u00e9 in Bellevue, WA<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 35px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Tuesday, December 3<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lifting The Lid on ML<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Steve Rowe, Eric Olson<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:45 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building Applications with Microsoft SEAL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:45 AM&#8211;11:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:00 AM\u201311:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorming Session<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Q&A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Problem, Solution, and Advatage; Q&A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Address Common Issues<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:30 PM\u20132:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:45 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Feasibility & Realization of Your Idea<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:45 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Describe Ideas in Two Pages<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM&#8211;5:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Check Ideas with Mentors<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 35px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Wednesday, December 4<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast and social<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Review competition rules<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Road Blockers; Q&A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:45 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Imagine Competitors andS Strategies; Q&A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:45 AM\u201311:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:00 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Prepare for presentation or demo<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition: Teams 1-4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:30 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition: Teams 5-8<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:45 PM\u20134:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:00 PM\u20135:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Winner announcement and wrap-up<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622587 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hao-Chen_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Hao Chen\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Hao Chen<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-694\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-694\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-693\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-693\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-694\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoche\/\">Hao Chen<\/a> is a researcher at MSR Redmond working in the cryptography group. His research focuses on constructions, applications and cryptanalysis of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) schemes. He obtained a PhD degree in mathematics in 2016 from University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Wei-Dai_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Wei Dai\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Wei Dai<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-696\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-696\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-695\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-695\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-696\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weidai\/\">Wei Dai<\/a> is a senior research SDE in the Cryptography and Privacy Research group at Microsoft Research. His research interests are cryptography, privacy, and high-performance computing, with a focus on homomorphic encryption and hardware acceleration. He received a PhD degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2019 and a BS degree from Fudan University in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622584 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Arun-Gururajan_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Arun Gururajan\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Arun Gururajan<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-698\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-698\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-697\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-697\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-698\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Arun Gururajan is currently a principal data scientist working on Machine Learning for cybersecurity applications at Microsoft. His MS (2003) and PhD (2008) focused on developing computer vision algorithms for industrial and biomedical applications. Arun has published several peer reviewed articles in leading journals and conferences and has filed multiple patents. He has served as an invited faculty for the European Commission\u2019s Vision and Robotics program and has lectured extensively within and outside the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622596 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sreekanth-Kannepalli_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Sreekanth Kannepalli\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Sreekanth Kannepalli<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-700\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-700\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-699\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-699\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-700\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vkanne\/\">Sreekanth Kannepalli<\/a> is the head of engineering for Foundry99, a startup incubation group within Microsoft Research. He manages product development and engineering for various startup like efforts in Microsoft Research. One of his focus is around privacy in AI and application Homomorphic Encryption, and related technologies, to real-life scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622590 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kim-Laine_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Laine\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Kim Laine<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-702\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-702\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-701\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-701\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-702\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kilai\/\">Kim Laine<\/a> is a senior researcher in the Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond. He holds a PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley and has been working at MSR for the past four years on applied cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. Kim leads the development of the homomorphic encryption library \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/microsoft-seal\/\">Microsoft SEAL<\/a>\u201d and is one of the co-organizers of the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/HomomorphicEncryption.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HomomorphicEncryption.org<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> standardization effort for homomorphic encryption.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622593 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kristin-Lauter_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Kristin Lauter\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Kristin Lauter<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-704\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-704\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-703\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-703\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-704\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/klauter\/\">Kristin Lauter<\/a> is a mathematician and cryptographer whose research areas are number theory, algebraic geometry, and applications to cryptography. She is particularly known for her work on homomorphic encryption, elliptic curve cryptography, and for introducing supersingular isogeny graphs as a hard problem into cryptography. She is a Principal Researcher and Partner Research Manager of the Cryptography and Privacy Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2015 \u20132017. She has published more than 100 papers and holds more than 50 patents.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624591 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eric-Olson_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Olson\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Eric Olson<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-706\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-706\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-705\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-705\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-706\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Eric is a Data Science Lead on the Developer Platform team within Azure Cosine (Core OS and Intelligent Edge) group. His current team focuses on providing business insights to inform new product decisions by using A\/B experimentation, user research, machine learning and statistics to better understand the needs and behaviors of developers. During his 19 years at Microsoft, he has worked on many areas of the mail client, the web browser and developer platform teams in various roles including Test Engineer, Test Lead, Program Manager and Data Scientist. Eric holds a BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering and previously worked in chemical process research & development. For fun, Eric enjoys cooking, especially baking, travelling, learning new languages and music.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624588 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Rowe\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125.jpg 1989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><strong>Steve Rowe<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-708\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-708\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-707\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-707\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-708\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Steve is a Data Science\/Engineering Manager in the Core Data team in Cosine (Core OS & Intelligent Edge) team. His current focus utilizing data telemetry to understand the state of the Windows ecosystem and identify areas that need attention. He has been in the data space for 5 years. He has been at Microsoft 22 years, also working on multimedia and developer APIs. Steve holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622602 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yongsoo-Song_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Yongsoo Song\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Yongsoo Song<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-710\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-710\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-709\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-709\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-710\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yoso\/\">Yongsoo Song<\/a> is a senior researcher in the Cryptography Research Group at Microsoft Research Redmond. His research focus is on security, privacy, and advanced cryptography. Currently he is interested in design, optimization, and applications of cryptographic primitives for secure computation including Homomorphic Encryption. He obtained BS and PhD degrees in mathematical sciences from Seoul National University, Korea, in 2012 and 2018, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego prior to joining Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hotel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The event hotel is the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyatt.com\/en-US\/hotel\/washington\/hyatt-regency-bellevue-on-seattles-eastside\/belle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyatt Bellevue<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in Bellevue, WA<\/li>\n<li>Check in December 1, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Check out December 5, 2019<\/li>\n<li>For any hotel needs, please contact the hotel directly at (425) 698-4244 and reference booking number: 27085288.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Offsite dinner<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will be hosting an offsite dinner at the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.purplecafe.com\/purple-bellevue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple Caf\u00e9<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in Bellevue on Monday, December 2nd. Please ensure you are on the bus back to the hotel after the event has concluded and arrange for ride shares or a group walk to the dinner. Dinner is walking distance from the hotel \u2013 about a <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/binged.it\/33B6ISE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9-minute walk<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Dinner begins promptly at 6 PM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ground transportation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has arranged for a bus service, MTR Western, to pick-up and drop-off attendees during the three days of the bootcamp.<\/p>\n<p>Pick-up location: Please exit the building through the <i>Evergreen Foyer to NE 10th Street<\/i>, where the buses will be waiting for attendees \u2013 see below image. If you have any problems finding the pick-up spot, please ask any of the front desk associates and they will guide you out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-622521 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of the Hyatt Bellevue Hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue.jpg 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Travel times will be provided per the schedule below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, December 2nd:\n<ul>\n<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\n<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel for guest needs prior to dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, December 3rd:\n<ul>\n<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\n<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, December 4th:\n<ul>\n<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\n<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Workshop location<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/campusbuilding.com\/b\/microsoft-building-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Building 41<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n15571 NE 31st St, Redmond, WA 98052<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dress code<\/strong>: Please dress casually and comfortably. You do not have to wear a coat or tie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emergency contacts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For any travel logistic needs, please contact <a href=\"mailto:msgratis@microsoft.com\">msgratis@microsoft.com<\/a> or call 425-897-7450 (option 3, then option 1). Let the travel agent know that you have booked your &#8216;gratis&#8217; trip through MS Research with your booking ID #. Calls can only be completed during normal business hours: Monday &#8211; Friday, 7 AM &#8211; 6 PM (Pacific Standard Time)<\/li>\n<li>For any logistic emergencies, please contact Jinoos Safavian at (425) 705-0785 or <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> if you have an emergency while you are in Redmond.<\/li>\n<li>Please send any event questions to <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following reports are published in the book \u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-77287-1?sap-outbound-id=F8E9D714B62A79BB412FE772E2DD3174719BE736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protecting Privacy through Homomorphic Encryption<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Team 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Outsourced Translation for Medical Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HappyKidz: Privacy Preserving Phone Usage Tracking<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">i-SEAL2: Identifying Spam Email with SEAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Privacy_preserving_detection_of_depression_and_suicidal_intent_from_speech_data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRIORIS: Enabling Secure Detection of Suicidal Ideation from Speech using Homomorphic Encryption<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gimme That Model! A Trusted ML Model Trading Protocol<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEalth: Privately Computing on Shared Healthcare Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Movie Recommendations for Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy-Preserving Prescription Drug Management Using Fully Homomorphic Encryption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Research Private AI Bootcamp focused on how to build privacy-preserving machine learning services and applications with homomorphic encryption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":498056,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2019-12-02","msr_enddate":"2019-12-04","msr_location":"Redmond, Washington, USA","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13556,13558],"msr-region":[197900],"msr-event-type":[197944],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-600396","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-research-area-security-privacy-cryptography","msr-region-north-america","msr-event-type-hosted-by-microsoft","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Private AI Bootcamp\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\",\"image\":{\"id\":498056,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Area_IconHeader_Sys_Security_1920x720.png\",\"alt\":\"\"},\"imageType\":\"full-bleed\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"About\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/campusbuilding.com\/b\/microsoft-building-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft, Building 41\/Townsend<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration and applications are now closed<\/strong>. <strong>Contact us:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Private AI Bootcamp<\/strong> offered by Microsoft Research (MSR) focuses on tutorials of building privacy-preserving machine learning services and applications with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/homomorphic-encryption\/\">homomorphic encryption<\/a> (HE). Around 30 PhD students will be invited to gather at the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond on Dec 2nd \u2013 4th, 2019. The program contents are specifically designed for training. Participants will master the use of HE, the Microsoft SEAL library, and the methodology behind building privacy-preserving machine learning solutions. As a project as well as a competition, students will work in teams, design and pitch a novel technology built upon what they have learnt during the bootcamp, and receive feedback and scores from experts. There is a secret prize for the winning team. There are also social events where all participants will have a chance to meet and network with other PhD students and experts from MSR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus on building applications with FHE and using development tools.<\/li>\n<li>Trainings offered by top researchers in the field and developers of Microsoft SEAL.<\/li>\n<li>Work in groups and pitch your innovation to invited Microsoft researchers and expert university faculty members serving as judges. The winning group will be announced and pitch to industrial representatives in the following workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required action items<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attendees are required to arrive 12\/1 and depart after 5pm on 12\/4. If you are not able to stay for the duration of the event, please email <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> with your reasoning and we will review.<\/li>\n<li>Please email <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> a single one minute self-introduction slide, saved in PDF format, for final acceptance into this workshop. Please use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Private-AI_Spotlight-Slide_Template.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">template<\/a> as a guide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Competition rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>All participants form teams of 3-4 members. Each team will pitch a novel project or idea related to privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) powered by Homomorphic Encryption (HE), based on what they have learned during the bootcamp. For example, it can be an IoT device, an extension to a software, a cloud-based service, etc. Don\u2019t be shy on imagination. Groups are assigned in consideration of diversity in research background.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Four researchers from Microsoft Research will serve as judges, ask questions, provide feedback, and score every team. Be prepared for tough questions related to security, practicality, foreseeable challenges, competitive solutions, business impact, etc. This is a harder presentation than the usual tech pitch from young start-ups, since our judges do understand technical details.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The pitch should cover the design of a prototype. It is encouraged but not required to present a live demo or a proof-of-concept (POC). Implementing a POC can reveal unexpected technical difficulties that might have been overlooked by you but caught by the judges.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The scoring is based on four pillars: novelty, feasibility, security, and impact. There is a finer partitioning of scores for each pillar. As a team, a perfect pitch has an original idea that truly solves a privacy problem in people\u2019s life, is realizable by your design, is constructed bulletproof for the protection that you claim to provide with, and offers game-changing features that alternative solutions do not.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location. We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/legal\/compliance\/default.aspx\">Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience at the venue must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please report any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity to venue staff, the event host or owner, or event staff. Microsoft reserves the right to refuse admittance to or remove any person from company-sponsored events at any time in its sole discretion.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a\n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/app.convercent.com\/en-us\/Anonymous\/IssueIntake\/LandingPage\/65d3b907-0933-e611-8105-000d3ab03673\"\n\t\tclass=\"button cta-link\"\n\t\tdata-bi-type=\"button\"\n\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Report a concern\"\n\t\tdata-bi-tN=\"shortcodes\/msr-button\"\n\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tReport a concern\t<\/a>\n\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Agenda\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h2>Monday, December 2<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Welcome Keynote<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:30 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Keynote<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Sreekanth Kannepalli, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Group assignments &amp; Intro Slides<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM-11:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Privacy Preserving Machine Learning in Security: A Real-world Example and Challenges<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Arun Gururajan<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:15 AM&#8211;12:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Intro to Homomorphic Encryption<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai, Microsoft Research<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid 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#000000\">Competition Rules Q&amp;A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">6:00 PM\u20138:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Dinner at Purple Caf\u00e9 in Bellevue, WA<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 35px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Tuesday, December 3<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lifting The Lid on ML<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Steve Rowe, Eric Olson<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:45 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building Applications with Microsoft SEAL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:45 AM&#8211;11:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:00 AM\u201311:30 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorming Session<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Q&amp;A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Problem, Solution, and Advatage; Q&amp;A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Address Common Issues<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:30 PM\u20132:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:45 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Feasibility &amp; Realization of Your Idea<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:45 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Describe Ideas in Two Pages<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM&#8211;5:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Check Ideas with Mentors<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 35px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Wednesday, December 4<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast and social<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Review competition rules<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Road Blockers; Q&amp;A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:45 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Imagine Competitors andS Strategies; Q&amp;A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:45 AM\u201311:00 AM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:00 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Prepare for presentation or demo<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition: Teams 1-4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:30 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition: Teams 5-8<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:45 PM\u20134:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:00 PM\u20135:00 PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Winner announcement and wrap-up<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Speakers\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622587 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hao-Chen_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Hao Chen\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Hao Chen<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand 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class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-694\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-694\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-693\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-693\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-694\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoche\/\">Hao Chen<\/a> is a researcher at MSR Redmond working in the cryptography group. His research focuses on constructions, applications and cryptanalysis of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) schemes. He obtained a PhD degree in mathematics in 2016 from University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Wei-Dai_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Wei Dai\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Wei Dai<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-696\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-696\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-695\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-695\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-696\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weidai\/\">Wei Dai<\/a> is a senior research SDE in the Cryptography and Privacy Research group at Microsoft Research. His research interests are cryptography, privacy, and high-performance computing, with a focus on homomorphic encryption and hardware acceleration. He received a PhD degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2019 and a BS degree from Fudan University in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622584 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Arun-Gururajan_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Arun Gururajan\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Arun Gururajan<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-698\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-698\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-697\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-697\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-698\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Arun Gururajan is currently a principal data scientist working on Machine Learning for cybersecurity applications at Microsoft. His MS (2003) and PhD (2008) focused on developing computer vision algorithms for industrial and biomedical applications. Arun has published several peer reviewed articles in leading journals and conferences and has filed multiple patents. He has served as an invited faculty for the European Commission\u2019s Vision and Robotics program and has lectured extensively within and outside the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622596 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sreekanth-Kannepalli_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Sreekanth Kannepalli\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Sreekanth Kannepalli<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-700\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-700\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-699\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-699\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-700\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vkanne\/\">Sreekanth Kannepalli<\/a> is the head of engineering for Foundry99, a startup incubation group within Microsoft Research. He manages product development and engineering for various startup like efforts in Microsoft Research. One of his focus is around privacy in AI and application Homomorphic Encryption, and related technologies, to real-life scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622590 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kim-Laine_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Laine\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Kim Laine<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-702\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-702\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-701\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-701\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-702\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kilai\/\">Kim Laine<\/a> is a senior researcher in the Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond. He holds a PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley and has been working at MSR for the past four years on applied cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. Kim leads the development of the homomorphic encryption library \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/microsoft-seal\/\">Microsoft SEAL<\/a>\u201d and is one of the co-organizers of the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/HomomorphicEncryption.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HomomorphicEncryption.org<\/a> standardization effort for homomorphic encryption.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622593 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kristin-Lauter_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Kristin Lauter\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Kristin Lauter<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-704\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-704\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-703\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-703\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-704\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/klauter\/\">Kristin Lauter<\/a> is a mathematician and cryptographer whose research areas are number theory, algebraic geometry, and applications to cryptography. She is particularly known for her work on homomorphic encryption, elliptic curve cryptography, and for introducing supersingular isogeny graphs as a hard problem into cryptography. She is a Principal Researcher and Partner Research Manager of the Cryptography and Privacy Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2015 \u20132017. She has published more than 100 papers and holds more than 50 patents.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624591 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eric-Olson_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Olson\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Eric Olson<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-706\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-706\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-705\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-705\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-706\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Eric is a Data Science Lead on the Developer Platform team within Azure Cosine (Core OS and Intelligent Edge) group. His current team focuses on providing business insights to inform new product decisions by using A\/B experimentation, user research, machine learning and statistics to better understand the needs and behaviors of developers. During his 19 years at Microsoft, he has worked on many areas of the mail client, the web browser and developer platform teams in various roles including Test Engineer, Test Lead, Program Manager and Data Scientist. Eric holds a BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering and previously worked in chemical process research &amp; development. For fun, Eric enjoys cooking, especially baking, travelling, learning new languages and music.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624588 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Rowe\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125.jpg 1989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><strong>Steve Rowe<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-708\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-708\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-707\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-707\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-708\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Steve is a Data Science\/Engineering Manager in the Core Data team in Cosine (Core OS &amp; Intelligent Edge) team. His current focus utilizing data telemetry to understand the state of the Windows ecosystem and identify areas that need attention. He has been in the data space for 5 years. He has been at Microsoft 22 years, also working on multimedia and developer APIs. Steve holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622602 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yongsoo-Song_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Yongsoo Song\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Yongsoo Song<\/strong><br \/>\nMicrosoft Research Redmond<br \/>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-710\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-710\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-709\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-709\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-710\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yoso\/\">Yongsoo Song<\/a> is a senior researcher in the Cryptography Research Group at Microsoft Research Redmond. His research focus is on security, privacy, and advanced cryptography. Currently he is interested in design, optimization, and applications of cryptographic primitives for secure computation including Homomorphic Encryption. He obtained BS and PhD degrees in mathematical sciences from Seoul National University, Korea, in 2012 and 2018, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego prior to joining Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Details u0026 logistics\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Hotel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The event hotel is the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyatt.com\/en-US\/hotel\/washington\/hyatt-regency-bellevue-on-seattles-eastside\/belle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyatt Bellevue<\/a> in Bellevue, WA<\/li>\n<li>Check in December 1, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Check out December 5, 2019<\/li>\n<li>For any hotel needs, please contact the hotel directly at (425) 698-4244 and reference booking number: 27085288.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Offsite dinner<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will be hosting an offsite dinner at the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.purplecafe.com\/purple-bellevue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple Caf\u00e9<\/a> in Bellevue on Monday, December 2nd. Please ensure you are on the bus back to the hotel after the event has concluded and arrange for ride shares or a group walk to the dinner. Dinner is walking distance from the hotel \u2013 about a <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/binged.it\/33B6ISE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9-minute walk<\/a>. Dinner begins promptly at 6 PM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ground transportation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has arranged for a bus service, MTR Western, to pick-up and drop-off attendees during the three days of the bootcamp.<\/p>\n<p>Pick-up location: Please exit the building through the <i>Evergreen Foyer to NE 10th Street<\/i>, where the buses will be waiting for attendees \u2013 see below image. If you have any problems finding the pick-up spot, please ask any of the front desk associates and they will guide you out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-622521 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of the Hyatt Bellevue Hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue.jpg 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Travel times will be provided per the schedule below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, December 2nd:\n<ul>\n<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\n<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel for guest needs prior to dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, December 3rd:\n<ul>\n<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\n<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, December 4th:\n<ul>\n<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\n<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\n<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Workshop location<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/campusbuilding.com\/b\/microsoft-building-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Building 41<\/a><br \/>\n15571 NE 31st St, Redmond, WA 98052<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dress code<\/strong>: Please dress casually and comfortably. You do not have to wear a coat or tie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emergency contacts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For any travel logistic needs, please contact <a href=\"mailto:msgratis@microsoft.com\">msgratis@microsoft.com<\/a> or call 425-897-7450 (option 3, then option 1). Let the travel agent know that you have booked your &#8216;gratis&#8217; trip through MS Research with your booking ID #. Calls can only be completed during normal business hours: Monday &#8211; Friday, 7 AM &#8211; 6 PM (Pacific Standard Time)<\/li>\n<li>For any logistic emergencies, please contact Jinoos Safavian at (425) 705-0785 or <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> if you have an emergency while you are in Redmond.<\/li>\n<li>Please send any event questions to <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Tech Reports\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p>The following reports are published in the book \u201c<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-77287-1?sap-outbound-id=F8E9D714B62A79BB412FE772E2DD3174719BE736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protecting Privacy through Homomorphic Encryption<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Team 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Outsourced Translation for Medical Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HappyKidz: Privacy Preserving Phone Usage Tracking<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">i-SEAL2: Identifying Spam Email with SEAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Privacy_preserving_detection_of_depression_and_suicidal_intent_from_speech_data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRIORIS: Enabling Secure Detection of Suicidal Ideation from Speech using Homomorphic Encryption<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gimme That Model! A Trusted ML Model Trading Protocol<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEalth: Privately Computing on Shared Healthcare Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Movie Recommendations for Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Team 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy-Preserving Prescription Drug Management Using Fully Homomorphic Encryption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tabs -->","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"The <strong>Private AI Bootcamp<\/strong> offered by Microsoft Research (MSR) focuses on tutorials of building privacy-preserving machine learning services and applications with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/homomorphic-encryption\/\">homomorphic encryption<\/a> (HE). Around 30 PhD students will be invited to gather at the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond on Dec 2nd \u2013 4th, 2019. The program contents are specifically designed for training. Participants will master the use of HE, the Microsoft SEAL library, and the methodology behind building privacy-preserving machine learning solutions. As a project as well as a competition, students will work in teams, design and pitch a novel technology built upon what they have learnt during the bootcamp, and receive feedback and scores from experts. There is a secret prize for the winning team. There are also social events where all participants will have a chance to meet and network with other PhD students and experts from MSR.\r\n\r\n<strong>Highlights<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Focus on building applications with FHE and using development tools.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Trainings offered by top researchers in the field and developers of Microsoft SEAL.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Work in groups and pitch your innovation to invited Microsoft researchers and expert university faculty members serving as judges. The winning group will be announced and pitch to industrial representatives in the following workshop.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Required action items<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Attendees are required to arrive 12\/1 and depart after 5pm on 12\/4. If you are not able to stay for the duration of the event, please email <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> with your reasoning and we will review.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Please email <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> a single one minute self-introduction slide, saved in PDF format, for final acceptance into this workshop. Please use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Private-AI_Spotlight-Slide_Template.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">template<\/a> as a guide.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Competition rules<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<div>All participants form teams of 3-4 members. Each team will pitch a novel project or idea related to privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) powered by Homomorphic Encryption (HE), based on what they have learned during the bootcamp. For example, it can be an IoT device, an extension to a software, a cloud-based service, etc. Don\u2019t be shy on imagination. Groups are assigned in consideration of diversity in research background.<\/div><\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<div>Four researchers from Microsoft Research will serve as judges, ask questions, provide feedback, and score every team. Be prepared for tough questions related to security, practicality, foreseeable challenges, competitive solutions, business impact, etc. This is a harder presentation than the usual tech pitch from young start-ups, since our judges do understand technical details.<\/div><\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<div>The pitch should cover the design of a prototype. It is encouraged but not required to present a live demo or a proof-of-concept (POC). Implementing a POC can reveal unexpected technical difficulties that might have been overlooked by you but caught by the judges.<\/div><\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<div>The scoring is based on four pillars: novelty, feasibility, security, and impact. There is a finer partitioning of scores for each pillar. As a team, a perfect pitch has an original idea that truly solves a privacy problem in people\u2019s life, is realizable by your design, is constructed bulletproof for the protection that you claim to provide with, and offers game-changing features that alternative solutions do not.<\/div><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h3>\r\nMicrosoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location. We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/legal\/compliance\/default.aspx\">Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience at the venue must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please report any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity to venue staff, the event host or owner, or event staff. Microsoft reserves the right to refuse admittance to or remove any person from company-sponsored events at any time in its sole discretion.\r\n\r\n[msr-button text=\"Report a concern\" url=\"https:\/\/app.convercent.com\/en-us\/Anonymous\/IssueIntake\/LandingPage\/65d3b907-0933-e611-8105-000d3ab03673\" new-window=\"true\" ]"},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"<h2>Monday, December 2<\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:30 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Welcome Keynote<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:30 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Keynote<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Sreekanth Kannepalli, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Group assignments &amp; Intro Slides<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:30 AM-11:15 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Privacy Preserving Machine Learning in Security: A Real-world Example and Challenges<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Arun Gururajan<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:15 AM--12:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Intro to Homomorphic Encryption<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Microsoft SEAL<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Kim Laine, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20133:15 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Introduction to CKKS<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Yongsoo Song, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:15 PM\u20133:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:30 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Techniques in PPML<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Hao Chen<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM\u20135:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition Rules Q&amp;A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">6:00 PM\u20138:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Dinner at Purple Caf\u00e9 in Bellevue, WA<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div style=\"height: 35px\"><\/div>\r\n<h2>Tuesday, December 3<\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lifting The Lid on ML<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Steve Rowe, Eric Olson<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:45 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Building Applications with Microsoft SEAL<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Wei Dai<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:45 AM--11:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:00 AM\u201311:30 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorming Session<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Q&amp;A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Problem, Solution, and Advatage; Q&amp;A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:00 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Address Common Issues<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:30 PM\u20132:45 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:45 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Feasibility &amp; Realization of Your Idea<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:45 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Describe Ideas in Two Pages<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:30 PM--5:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Check Ideas with Mentors<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div style=\"height: 35px\"><\/div>\r\n<h2>Wednesday, December 4<\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;padding: 8px;text-align: left;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Session <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><strong> Location <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">8:00 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Breakfast and social<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:00 AM\u20139:15 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Review competition rules<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">9:15 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Brainstorm on Road Blockers; Q&amp;A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:00 AM\u201310:45 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Imagine Competitors andS Strategies; Q&amp;A<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">10:45 AM\u201311:00 AM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">11:00 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Prepare for presentation or demo<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Lunch<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">1:00 PM\u20132:15 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition: Teams 1-4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:15 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">2:30 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Competition: Teams 5-8<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">3:45 PM\u20134:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Break<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 27%;padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">4:00 PM\u20135:00 PM<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">Winner announcement and wrap-up<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border-bottom: 1px solid #000000\">41\/Townsend<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>"},{"id":2,"name":"Speakers","content":"<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622587 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hao-Chen_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Hao Chen\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Hao Chen<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoche\/\">Hao Chen<\/a> is a researcher at MSR Redmond working in the cryptography group. His research focuses on constructions, applications and cryptanalysis of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) schemes. He obtained a PhD degree in mathematics in 2016 from University of Washington.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622599 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Wei-Dai_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Wei Dai\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Wei Dai<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/weidai\/\">Wei Dai<\/a> is a senior research SDE in the Cryptography and Privacy Research group at Microsoft Research. His research interests are cryptography, privacy, and high-performance computing, with a focus on homomorphic encryption and hardware acceleration. He received a PhD degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2019 and a BS degree from Fudan University in 2012.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622584 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Arun-Gururajan_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Arun Gururajan\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Arun Gururajan<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nArun Gururajan is currently a principal data scientist working on Machine Learning for cybersecurity applications at Microsoft. His MS (2003) and PhD (2008) focused on developing computer vision algorithms for industrial and biomedical applications. Arun has published several peer reviewed articles in leading journals and conferences and has filed multiple patents. He has served as an invited faculty for the European Commission\u2019s Vision and Robotics program and has lectured extensively within and outside the United States.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622596 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sreekanth-Kannepalli_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Sreekanth Kannepalli\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Sreekanth Kannepalli<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vkanne\/\">Sreekanth Kannepalli<\/a> is the head of engineering for Foundry99, a startup incubation group within Microsoft Research. He manages product development and engineering for various startup like efforts in Microsoft Research. One of his focus is around privacy in AI and application Homomorphic Encryption, and related technologies, to real-life scenarios.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622590 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kim-Laine_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Laine\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Kim Laine<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kilai\/\">Kim Laine<\/a> is a senior researcher in the Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond. He holds a PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley and has been working at MSR for the past four years on applied cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. Kim leads the development of the homomorphic encryption library \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/microsoft-seal\/\">Microsoft SEAL<\/a>\u201d and is one of the co-organizers of the <a href=\"http:\/\/HomomorphicEncryption.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HomomorphicEncryption.org<\/a> standardization effort for homomorphic encryption.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622593 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kristin-Lauter_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Kristin Lauter\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Kristin Lauter<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/klauter\/\">Kristin Lauter<\/a> is a mathematician and cryptographer whose research areas are number theory, algebraic geometry, and applications to cryptography. She is particularly known for her work on homomorphic encryption, elliptic curve cryptography, and for introducing supersingular isogeny graphs as a hard problem into cryptography. She is a Principal Researcher and Partner Research Manager of the Cryptography and Privacy Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2015 \u20132017. She has published more than 100 papers and holds more than 50 patents.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-624591 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eric-Olson_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Olson\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Eric Olson<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nEric is a Data Science Lead on the Developer Platform team within Azure Cosine (Core OS and Intelligent Edge) group. His current team focuses on providing business insights to inform new product decisions by using A\/B experimentation, user research, machine learning and statistics to better understand the needs and behaviors of developers. During his 19 years at Microsoft, he has worked on many areas of the mail client, the web browser and developer platform teams in various roles including Test Engineer, Test Lead, Program Manager and Data Scientist. Eric holds a BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering and previously worked in chemical process research &amp; development. For fun, Eric enjoys cooking, especially baking, travelling, learning new languages and music.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-624588 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Steve-Rowe_rnd125x125-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Rowe\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Steve Rowe<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nSteve is a Data Science\/Engineering Manager in the Core Data team in Cosine (Core OS &amp; Intelligent Edge) team. His current focus utilizing data telemetry to understand the state of the Windows ecosystem and identify areas that need attention. He has been in the data space for 5 years. He has been at Microsoft 22 years, also working on multimedia and developer APIs. Steve holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-622602 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yongsoo-Song_rnd125x125.jpg\" alt=\"Yongsoo Song\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Yongsoo Song<\/strong>\r\nMicrosoft Research Redmond\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yoso\/\">Yongsoo Song<\/a> is a senior researcher in the Cryptography Research Group at Microsoft Research Redmond. His research focus is on security, privacy, and advanced cryptography. Currently he is interested in design, optimization, and applications of cryptographic primitives for secure computation including Homomorphic Encryption. He obtained BS and PhD degrees in mathematical sciences from Seoul National University, Korea, in 2012 and 2018, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego prior to joining Microsoft.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":3,"name":"Details & logistics","content":"<strong>Hotel<\/strong>:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The event hotel is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyatt.com\/en-US\/hotel\/washington\/hyatt-regency-bellevue-on-seattles-eastside\/belle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyatt Bellevue<\/a> in Bellevue, WA<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Check in December 1, 2019<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Check out December 5, 2019<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For any hotel needs, please contact the hotel directly at (425) 698-4244 and reference booking number: 27085288.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Offsite dinner<\/strong>:\r\n\r\nMicrosoft will be hosting an offsite dinner at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purplecafe.com\/purple-bellevue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple Caf\u00e9<\/a> in Bellevue on Monday, December 2nd. Please ensure you are on the bus back to the hotel after the event has concluded and arrange for ride shares or a group walk to the dinner. Dinner is walking distance from the hotel \u2013 about a <a href=\"https:\/\/binged.it\/33B6ISE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9-minute walk<\/a>. Dinner begins promptly at 6 PM.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ground transportation<\/strong>:\r\n\r\nMicrosoft has arranged for a bus service, MTR Western, to pick-up and drop-off attendees during the three days of the bootcamp.\r\n\r\nPick-up location: Please exit the building through the <i>Evergreen Foyer to NE 10th Street<\/i>, where the buses will be waiting for attendees \u2013 see below image. If you have any problems finding the pick-up spot, please ask any of the front desk associates and they will guide you out.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-622521 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hyatt-Bellevue-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of the Hyatt Bellevue Hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>\r\n\r\nTravel times will be provided per the schedule below:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Monday, December 2nd:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\r\n \t<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\r\n \t<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\r\n \t<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel for guest needs prior to dinner<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tuesday, December 3rd:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\r\n \t<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\r\n \t<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\r\n \t<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Wednesday, December 4th:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>8:00 AM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue<\/li>\r\n \t<li>8:30 AM \u2013 Drop-off at Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\r\n \t<li>5:00 PM \u2013 Pick-up time at the front of Microsoft Building 41<\/li>\r\n \t<li>5:30 PM \u2013 Drop-off at Hyatt Hotel<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Workshop location<\/strong>:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/campusbuilding.com\/b\/microsoft-building-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Building 41<\/a>\r\n15571 NE 31st St, Redmond, WA 98052\r\n\r\n<strong>Dress code<\/strong>: Please dress casually and comfortably. You do not have to wear a coat or tie.\r\n\r\n<strong>Emergency contacts<\/strong>:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>For any travel logistic needs, please contact <a href=\"mailto:msgratis@microsoft.com\">msgratis@microsoft.com<\/a> or call 425-897-7450 (option 3, then option 1). Let the travel agent know that you have booked your 'gratis' trip through MS Research with your booking ID #. Calls can only be completed during normal business hours: Monday - Friday, 7 AM - 6 PM (Pacific Standard Time)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For any logistic emergencies, please contact Jinoos Safavian at (425) 705-0785 or <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a> if you have an emergency while you are in Redmond.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Please send any event questions to <a href=\"mailto:msrevent@microsoft.com\">msrevent@microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"id":4,"name":"Tech Reports","content":"The following reports are published in the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-77287-1?sap-outbound-id=F8E9D714B62A79BB412FE772E2DD3174719BE736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protecting Privacy through Homomorphic Encryption<\/a>\u201d.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Team 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Outsourced Translation for Medical Data<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Team 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HappyKidz: Privacy Preserving Phone Usage Tracking<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Team 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">i-SEAL2: Identifying Spam Email with SEAL<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Team 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Privacy_preserving_detection_of_depression_and_suicidal_intent_from_speech_data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRIORIS: Enabling Secure Detection of Suicidal Ideation from Speech using Homomorphic Encryption<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Team 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PrivateAIBootcamp2019_TechReport-team5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gimme That Model! 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