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Main Authors: Magri, Bernardo, Marsh, Benjamin, Gebheim, Paul
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20504
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author Magri, Bernardo
Marsh, Benjamin
Gebheim, Paul
author_facet Magri, Bernardo
Marsh, Benjamin
Gebheim, Paul
contents Modern cloud inference creates a two sided privacy problem where users reveal sensitive inputs to providers, while providers must execute proprietary model weights inside potentially leaky execution environments. Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) offers cryptographic guarantees but remains prohibitively expensive for modern architectures. We argue that progress requires co-design where specializing FHE schemes/compilers for the static structure of inference circuits, while simultaneously constraining inference architectures to reduce dominant homomorphic cost drivers. We outline a meet in the middle agenda and concrete optimization targets on both axes.
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spellingShingle Meeting in the Middle: A Co-Design Paradigm for FHE and AI Inference
Magri, Bernardo
Marsh, Benjamin
Gebheim, Paul
Cryptography and Security
Artificial Intelligence
Modern cloud inference creates a two sided privacy problem where users reveal sensitive inputs to providers, while providers must execute proprietary model weights inside potentially leaky execution environments. Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) offers cryptographic guarantees but remains prohibitively expensive for modern architectures. We argue that progress requires co-design where specializing FHE schemes/compilers for the static structure of inference circuits, while simultaneously constraining inference architectures to reduce dominant homomorphic cost drivers. We outline a meet in the middle agenda and concrete optimization targets on both axes.
title Meeting in the Middle: A Co-Design Paradigm for FHE and AI Inference
topic Cryptography and Security
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20504