team

» Ying Tong

Ying Tong is an applied cryptographer working on zero-knowledge proofs and multi-party computation. She is a regular contributor to community and educational initiatives (e.g. zkiap.com, halo2.club), as well as standards efforts (zkproof.org).

» Riley Wong

Riley Wong (they/them) consults and conducts research as the principal of Emergent Research, investigating privacy, governance, and data. In particular, they’re exploring emerging privacy and cryptography tools with emphasis on applications for vulnerable communities and infrastructure for collective agency and consent.

They’ve written and given talks on privacy-preserving data governance, applications of MP-FHE for vulnerable communities, collective governance, consent mechanisms, and more.

Previously, they were a research fellow with 0xPARC, machine learning engineer at Google, investigative journalism fellow at ProPublica, and a QTBIPOC community organizer.

» Janabel Xia

Janabel Xia (she/her) is a mathematician working on researching and developing applications of privacy for communities.

Previously, she has worked with 0xPARC on research, building applications of ZKPs (POD counting, private polling), educational resources, and outreach. Prior to that, she has published academic research in both combinatorics and theoretical cryptography as an MIT undergrad.

She has also led community engagement programs out of the MIT PKG Center for Public Service. Her experience there has led to her current involvement in Justice 4 Housing, a local grassroots organization tackling housing justice and re-entry support for the formerly incarcerated.