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Identifier: IEEE-RH-2026-0002
Zero-Knowledge Cryptographic Attestation for Autonomous Edge Swarms Under Byzantine Faults
(1) Dr. Marcus Thorne — Oxford University
(2) Prof. Alistair Vance — Stanford University
Date of Publication: July 22, 2026
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1109/IRH.2026.1001430
Volume & Issue: Vol. 14, Issue 2 (pp. 45-59)
Conference & Proceedings: IEEE ICAC 2026
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Abstract
Autonomous decentralized swarm robotics operating in hostile tactical environments require trustless state consensus without exposing internal sensory data or communication topology. We construct a succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge (zk-SNARK) verification circuit optimized for low-power ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers. The proposed protocol achieves cryptographic identity attestation and kinematic path consensus in under 18ms per peer hop while tolerating up to 33% malicious Byzantine nodes.
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Dr. Marcus Thorne, Prof. Alistair Vance, "Zero-Knowledge Cryptographic Attestation for Autonomous Edge Swarms Under Byzantine Faults," International Conference Summit (ICS), vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 45-59, Jul 2026, doi: 10.1109/IRH.2026.1001430.
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@article{thorne2026IEEERH20260002,
title={Zero-Knowledge Cryptographic Attestation for Autonomous Edge Swarms Under Byzantine Faults},
author={Dr. Marcus Thorne and Prof. Alistair Vance},
journal={International Conference Summit (ICS) Open Transactions},
volume={14},
number={2},
pages={45-59},
year={2026},
doi={10.1109/IRH.2026.1001430},
publisher={International Conference Summit (ICS)}
}