Kristin E. Lauter

Kristin E. Lauter is a Senior Director of FAIR Labs North America at Meta AI (2022–present), based in Seattle. She also holds an Affiliate Professor position in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Washington (2008–present). Her research focuses on cryptography, particularly Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Homomorphic Encryption (via SEALcrypto.org), and the intersection of AI and cryptography (AI4Crypto/Private AI). Previously, she spent 22 years at Microsoft Research (1999–2021), where she led the Cryptography Group. She earned her BA, MS, and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Chicago (1990–1996).

Her key contributions include work on Supersingular Isogeny Graphs, Homomorphic Encryption standards, and machine learning attacks on lattice-based cryptography. Awards include Fellowships from the AMS, SIAM, and AAAS, and honorary membership in the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society. Lauter has also served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics (2015–2017).

Research interests span both theoretical and applied cryptography, with emphasis on post-quantum systems and privacy-preserving AI. Recent work includes benchmarking cryptographic systems against ML-driven attacks and developing efficient lattice reduction algorithms.