Other stuff

Some of non-work stuff.

Limericks

Sometimes I try to write limericks. They're not very good.

Limericks from the Heart - 1st. Edition

(Originally appeared in: Eurocrypt 2022 rump session)

Self Portrait
I asked, and I begged, and I pled:
"Please accept my paper", I said.
Zero accepts,
three hard rejects,
so I went with poems instead.


Talks with famous cryptographer
"Your work has had such a huge impact.
It changed my whole life, in fact!"
She started to glow,
but little did she know,
that I had only glanced at the abstract.


Impostor Syndrome
This talk had me lost at slide three,
so I asked an esteemed attendee.
He tried to explain,
but it was all in vain,
'cause he was even more lost than me.


Limericks from the Heart - 2nd. Edition

(Originally appeared in: Crypto 2022 rump session)

Forgetfullness
There once was this fella from Norway,
who lived with a self-locking doorway.
The shower was good,
but there he stood,
half-naked and stuck in the hallway


Limerick-preprints

(Originally appeared in: Random tweets)

Deuring for the People
There is this theorem, you see,
where orders and curves are the key.
They're easy to relate,
and share many a' trait,
e.g. both are incomprehensible to me!


Cryptographic Smooth Neighbors
If its SQIsign primes that you seek,
just use this ten year old technique!
double a twin square,
subtract one and its there,
primes so nice that you shriek! 😱


Music

Sometimes I make cover videos no one watches, like this one:

This video is from the Eurocrypt 2023 rump session: