0xPARC Summer Residency Interest Form

Thank you for your interest in the 0xPARC Summer Residency!

We will be supporting a small number of researchers and
engineers focused on applied ZK Tech projects this summer in
NYC.

Both crypto veterans and newcomers from a variety of technical

specializations are welcome. We will be speaking with and
accepting applicants on a rolling basis until May 12, but earlier
applications will be given priority.

More info: https://0xparc.notion.site/0xPARC-Summer-

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***GENERAL INFO***
Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC
Dates: June 13 - Aug 12
What: Two months of focused collaboration, research, and
workshops on applied ZK projects.

***SUPPORT***
- 0xPARC will be providing communal co-working space for all
residents in Williamsburg.
- Eligible residents will receive full-time research grants.
- Residents relocating to NYC are eligible for accommodation
stipends and assistance with finding housing.

***ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS***
***ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS***
- Be located in NYC for a minimum 7 weeks between June 13 -
Aug 12
- Able to work full time on your ZK project during those dates.
- Have a clear project deliverable you will work towards to share
with the group by August 12th.
- Participate in residency programming, workshops, and events
throughout the duration of the program.

Name *

Riya Singh

Email address *

zkriyaa@protonmail.com

What city/region are you currently based in? *

If you are not based in NYC, you will need to relocate to the city for the
summer. We can provide travel assistance via accommodation stipends
and grants.

India

What are you currently working on? *

Your job, and any side projects / explorations. (May be ZK related or not.)

I am currently working as a Rust developer with Ryodan Systems on zk-rollup

called IntMax. Currently I am optimising the IntMax Rust libraries for verkle
tree, verkle tree circuits and starks.
I am also building a no-code zk snarks circuit implementation project on the
side, for simple commit-reveal schemes, to bring privacy to dapps and help
onboard developers to ZK.
Do you have a project in mind for the residency?
If so, please describe your project below. It can be an ongoing project! If
you are new to the space, we'll spend time onboarding you and helping
you explore different R&D areas.

While reviewing the IntMax libraries, my main focus is to ensure that the
constraints are imposed exactly and that the completeness, soundness and
ZK properties are held. Well standardised security checklists and static
analysis tools for exploitable bugs are needed to stop reinventing the wheel for
auditors, before the hackers inevitably turn their attention from deFi projects
to priFi ones. It would be efficient to document the issues I’m currently
mitigating and build tools on top of them for static analysis.
I would write some articles anyway, but I hope for some guidance!

What is your prior experience with crypto(graphy/currency),

decentralized technologies, and/or zero-knowledge crypto? *
Both crypto veterans and newcomers from a variety of technical
specializations are welcome. "None" as an answer is okay!

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from DTU, India in

2020. Previously, I worked in a hardware wallet startup (Cypherock) for 4
months internship during college, where I did backend implementation of the
desktop application using nodejs and JavaScript. I attended MIT Bitcoin
Hackathon in 2020 where we built an anonymous login app using Zokrates and
won the Infrastructure track prize. I later made a geo-fencing contact tracing
app using Nucypher’s proxy re-encryption and got 1st prize in Nucypher
sponsor track in a Gitcoin Hackathon. I built the frontend and integration for
Anonymous Login using Semaphore (using Cirom-solidity-typescript stack) in
early 2021. After building some privacy focused projects in hackathons, I left
my web2 job of 1 year at Aadhaar (a unified identity management company in
India) to focus on ZKP full time. I joined Ryodan Systems early this year as a
Rust developer.
What are your areas of (technical) expertise?
The residency is targeted primarily towards builders, researchers, and
developers from a variety of technical backgrounds.

Zk-snarks, Circom, Solidity, Typescript, MERN full stack. Beginner in Rust (2+ months)

Personal Website

Github

https://github.com/zkriyaa

Twitter

@zkriyaa

Linkedin

https://linkedin.com/in/riyasingh73

How did you hear about this program?

From a friend

Anything else we should know?