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Jack Doerner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, within the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northeastern University in 2022 and holds B.S. and B.A. degrees in Computer Science and Studio Art from the University of Virginia (2015).
His research focuses on the theoretical and applied aspects of cryptography, with core interests in secure multiparty computation (MPC), threshold signatures, zero-knowledge proofs, and oblivious RAM. His work aims to design efficient, secure, and practical cryptographic protocols, particularly for applications in cryptocurrency and secure computation.
His most influential work is a series of highly efficient threshold ECDSA protocols, developed with collaborators like abhi shelat and Yashvanth Kondi. These protocols are secure under standard cryptographic assumptions and have achieved remarkable performance, being implemented by major companies like Coinbase, Visa, and Web3Auth. His research also includes significant contributions to MPC with identifiable abort, coin tossing extension, and the foundational theory of ideal signature functionalities.
- Best Paper Award, ACM CCS 2017
He has advised research and collaborated extensively, leading to numerous publications in top venues like IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, Eurocrypt, and Crypto. His work often bridges theory and practice, resulting in open-source implementations and widespread adoption. He has no known lab or team name mentioned, but his research is conducted within the broader context of the University of Virginia's computer science research community.
