Eyal Kushilevitz

Eyal Kushilevitz is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His academic career spans foundational work in cryptography, privacy, complexity theory, and communication complexity, with a focus on randomized distributed protocols. He has co-authored a seminal textbook on communication complexity and held visiting positions at institutions such as IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and UCLA.

• Education
  • BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University (1986)
  • MSc in Computer Science, Technion (1989)
  • PhD in Computer Science, Technion (1991)

Research Interests include:

• Cryptography and Privacy
• Complexity Theory and Communication Complexity
• Randomized Distributed Protocols

Scientific Awards

• 2014 IACR Fellow

He has served on program committees for major conferences such as ITCS 2019, TCC 2018, Eurocrypt 2017, and TCC 2016. His work on communication complexity, notably the textbook co-authored with Noam Nisan, is widely recognized as a cornerstone in the field.