Advanced Cryptography and Blockchain Program at BIMSA

Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA) is a research institution co-sponsored by Beijing Municipal Government and Tsinghua University, to be official launched in March 2020. It is part of the grand development of Huairou Science City, located in Huairou District of Beijing, in the beautiful Yanqi Lake area where APEC 2014 was hosted. The designated director of BIMSA is Professor Shing-Tung Yau, a Fields medalist of 1982. BIMSA also has a close working relation with Yau Mathematical Sciences Center (YMSC) of Tsinghua University, first launched in 2009, and also led by Professor Shing-Tung Yau. BIMSA promotes strong interactions between theoretical researches and practical applications. Presently, it has plans to build 20 research groups covering diverse fields of mathematical sciences. The “advanced cryptography and blockchain program” is one of such group. The advent of blockchain popularized a revolutionary vision of next generation Internet and decentralized ecosystem. Underlying this grand vision are new technologies based on the ingenious use of cryptography. BIMSA’s advanced cryptography and blockchain program aims to focus on these areas. We intend to build a team which can combine the first-class theoretical researches with top level practical implementations, converting highly sophisticated mathematics into useful tools suitable for the industrial and society in general.