Date of Award
12-2023
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Styleguide
ieee
Degree Name
Computer Science: M.S.
Department
Computer Science and Information Technology
College
School of Science and Engineering
First Advisor
Alanka Mailewa
Second Advisor
Dale Buske
Third Advisor
Mark Schmidt
Fourth Advisor
Aleksander Tomovic
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Blind Bidding Auction, Fully Homomorphic Encryption, FHE
Abstract
In blind-bidding auctions, determining the winner requires processing bids without revealing non-winning bid information. This study explores the use of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) as a solution for this challenge. FHE permits operations like addition and multiplication on encrypted data, enabling potentially arbitrary computations without exposing underlying values. However, leveraging FHE for blind-bidding auctions is not straightforward. Classic sorting algorithms are not directly applicable due to FHE’s constraints. This thesis presents our approach to designing a blind-bidding auction using FHE, focusing specifically on determining the maximum bid within the given computational boundaries.
Recommended Citation
Moll, Adeline, "Developing Blind-Bidding Auctions to Explore Fully Homomorphic Encryption" (2023). Culminating Projects in Computer Science and Information Technology. 47.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/csit_etds/47
