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Re:Quadratic memory reductions for Zero-knowledge Proofs by tt349292 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:18AM (#45356892)
I think it's not real.

https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/search?type=3&name=L

"[email protected]" doesn't seem to be a real user.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=loga...

There seems to be a lot of slope with no citations.

I think this submission should be flagged.

Re:Quadratic memory reductions for Zero-knowledge Proofs by yorwba on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:52AM (#45357136)
https://www.cmu.edu/swartz-center-for-entrepreneurship/educa... lists a certain "Logan Nye, MD". It doesn't give his email address, but I checked a few of the other people and their email addresses don't turn up with the search you linked either.

So I think the GitHub user logannye is most likely a real master's student at CMU, but that doesn't mean he isn't also mass-producing papers of questionable validity with AI.

Re:Quadratic memory reductions for Zero-knowledge Proofs by cbracketdash on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @03:52AM (#45357506)
It seems like he took a leave of absence from CMU to start his company (based on Linkedin)
Re:Quadratic memory reductions for Zero-knowledge Proofs by random3 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:31AM (#45356998)
you post this from an account created 3 weeks ago with karma 3 based on an email search?
Re:Quadratic memory reductions for Zero-knowledge Proofs by joe_the_user on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:49AM (#45357108)
The argument doesn't depend on the users karma

Plus the lack of scholar cites for any of the users papers is more damning than the email search - but they work together.

Re:Quadratic memory reductions for Zero-knowledge Proofs by random3 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @03:18AM (#45357300)
See my other post. The author has a TedX talk and papers with citations and co-authors, etc. While that wouldn't exclude a cloned profile, it certainly doesn't make him not real.