About

The Semantic Web is designed to be an universal decentralized information space, where any piece of information can be linked to any other piece of information, and descriptions of information resources are open-ended (i.e., statements about any resource can be made independently by anyone).

This project investigates the use of cryptographic schemes based on pairings, as building blocks of a Semantic Web security architecture that is well-matched to the communication and data models that characterize such a dynamic and open system.

Publications

• The World Wide Weil and Tate Pairings: Applications of Pairing-Based Cryptography in the Semantic Web by A. De Gregorio
  Extended abstract in proc. of SIMAI 2006 Congress
  Italian Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.