Zama at FHE.org 2026: Eight Contributions from Taipei

FHE.org has evolved from a small gathering into a premier event for Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) research, marking its 5th annual conference in Taipei, co-located with Real World Crypto 2026 and in collaboration with IACR. The conference featured 168 registered attendees, 55 submissions, 10 accepted talks, and 23 posters, with sponsorship from tech giants like Apple, AWS, and Google. Highlights included Zama's presentations on advancements in FHE, such as accelerated TFHE through sorted bootstrapping techniques, randomization strategies for enhanced security, and homomorphic evaluation of hash functions for practical applications. The event underscored the field's rapid growth, with FHE making strides toward real-world applications in areas like encrypted computation, verifiable elections, and confidential machine learning. The conference resources and Zama's research outputs are accessible online, reflecting a dynamic community and increasing industry involvement in FHE advancements.