8th HomomorphicEncryption.org Standards Meeting was held in Istanbul, Türkiye on March 23, 2025.
The meeting kicked off with a warm welcome from Prof. Erkay Savas (Sabancı University) acknowledging enCRYPTON project and announcing the upcoming conference LightSec 2025 to be held on 1-3 September 2025 in İstanbul, Türkiye. The introduction was followed by Kamil Otal from TÜBİTAK BİLGEM and Steering Commitee member Kurt Rohloff from Duality Technologies. A highlight of the morning was the keynote by Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede (KU Leuven COSIC), offering a talk entitled “Hardware acceleration for FHE: Strategy and Applications”.
Throughout the day, engaging breakout sessions covered crucial topics such as security, use cases & benchmarking and hardware interfaces led by experts Yuriy Polyakov, Shruthi Gorantala and Florent Michel. These discussions played a key role in shaping the next steps for standardization and implementation in this evolving field.
The participants are 84 professionals from 17 different countries across four continents and 14 universities. Within Türkiye, participants come from various universities and institutions. While 32.1% of the participants are female, more than half are from institutes outside of Türkiye. There was also participation from industry and research centers in Türkiye and around the world.
We would like to thank to the organizing team, speakers, and all participants for their valuable contributions. Looking forward to the upcoming discussions and collaborations that will drive the future of homomorphic encryption!