Learning With Errors

Cryptography is mostly about finding math problems that are really easy if you know some hidden information, but impossibly hard if you don’t. Learning With Errors is one such problem. This article is a brief introductory look at the Learning With Errors (LWE) problem, which is the foundation of many developing cryptosystems. I’ll try to make it as digestible as possible. But be forewarned: here be equations. ...

27 May 2026 · 6 min · Marcus Mellor

I'm Participating in a Chipathon!

This summer, I’ll be taking part in the IEEE SSCS “PICO” Chipathon! ...

26 May 2026 · 3 min · Marcus Mellor

Surprise, it's a Blog!

Hello There! If you’re reading this, it means I finally started up that website I’ve been talking about for ages. I’m just as surprised as you! I didn’t think I would ever get around to it, but here we are. ...

05 Aug 2024 · 5 min · Marcus Mellor

Laymanized: "CharLib: An Open Source Standard Cell Library Characterizer"

In this first entry in the Laymanized series, we’ll take a look at my first publication and dive into the topic of standard cell characterization. ...

07 Aug 2024 · 2 min · Marcus Mellor