HEIR – Blog

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-09-10

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-09-10.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-08-13

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-08-13.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-06-18

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-06-18.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-05-21

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-05-21.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-04-23

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-04-23.

Blog: FHE.org 2026 conference poster

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Asra Ali presented a poster at the FHE.org 2026 conference in Taipei.

A web-friendly adaptation of the poster is available at ML with HEIR, while the original poster is available below. Tap the image to view the full-resolution PDF.

Download Poster (PDF)

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-02-26

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-02-26.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2026-01-29

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2026-01-29.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-12-04

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-12-04.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-10-30

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-10-30.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-10-02

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-10-02.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-09-04

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-09-04.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-08-07

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-08-07.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-07-10

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-06-12.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-04-17

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-04-17.

Hongren Zheng gave an overview of the mgmt dialect which handles ciphertext management in the compiler. This talk starts at 27:11. The slides can be found here.

Blog: FHE.org 2025 conference talk and slides

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Jeremy Kun gave a talk at the FHE.org 2025 conference in Sofia last month. The video has been posted on YouTube, and the slides can be found here.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-03-20

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-03-20.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-02-20

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-02-20.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2025-01-23

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2025-01-23.

Blog: HEIR as a Platform for Research (and new YouTube Channel)

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

On 2024-12-05, the HEIR team presented a talk aimed at giving researchers a high-level overview of the HEIR project, brainstorming where new research might be needed, and discussing how the HEIR team could help with research projects.

The video recording of this talk is on YouTube, and this is the first video posted on the new HEIR YouTube channel.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-11-26

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes, video recording, and a transcription of the recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-11-26.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-10-31

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-10-31.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-10-04

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-10-04.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-09-05

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-09-05.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-08-22

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-08-22.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-08-08

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-08-08.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-07-25

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-07-25.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-07-18 (mod_arith dialect)

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-07-18. This special discussion was focused on the modular arithmetic dialect.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-07-11

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-07-11.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-06-27

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-06-27.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-05-30

Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-05-30.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-05-02

Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-05-02.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-04-18

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-04-18.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-04-04

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-04-04.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-03-07

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-03-07.

Note: there will be no HEIR meeting on 2024-03-21 due to the FHE.org, HACS, and RWC conferences. Hope to see you all there!

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-02-22

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-02-22.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-02-08

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-02-08.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-01-25

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-01-25.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2024-01-11

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2024-01-11.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-12-12

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2023-12-12.

This is the last meeting for 2023. Please respond to this poll for 2024 scheduling preferences.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-11-28

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2023-11-28.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-11-07

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2023-11-07.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-10-24

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2023-10-24.

Also of note: our talk at FHE.org was last Thursday (recording), and the similar talk at the LLVM developers meeting talk was the previous Wednesday, though the video has not yet been posted for that.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-09-12

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2023-09-12.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-08-29

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here are the notes from the HEIR meeting on 2023-08-29. There was an issue with the recording, so there is no video recording this week.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-08-15

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:15:47 +0000

Here are the notes and video recording from the HEIR meeting on 2023-08-15.

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-08-01

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:46:42 -0700

The fourth HEIR meeting was 2023-08-01 (notes and video recording).

We’re also starting on the Poly and Secret dialects in #74 (poly) and #78 (secret), so please join in the fun!

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-07-18

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:43:16 -0700

The third HEIR meeting was 2023-07-18 (notes).

We decided to schedule future meetings every two weeks, with alternating focus on MLIR and Hardware. See the meeting calendar to join. (direct link to the calendar)

Blog: HEIR meeting 2023-06-30

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:42:22 -0700

The second HEIR meeting was 2023-05-30 (notes, and video recording).

There are some initial design discussion threads started on GitHub Discussions to get the design rolling.

Blog: Hello, World!

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:15:10 -0700

Hello, world! We’re starting a project to unify homomorphic encryption compiler IRs.

Our initial meeting was 2023-05-30 (read-only copy of the minutes). Stay tuned for future updates while we work out a meeting schedule.