Nektarios Tsoutsos

Nektarios Tsoutsos is an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware, specializing in information security, applied cryptography, and hardware security. His research focuses on encrypted computation, homomorphic encryption, and secure hardware architectures. He holds a PhD from New York University, where he was previously a postdoc in the Modern Microprocessor Architectures laboratory.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, New York University

Research Interests:

• Homomorphic encryption frameworks and their acceleration
• Hardware-software co-design for secure computing
• Privacy-preserving technologies in additive manufacturing and distributed systems
• Cryptography for machine learning and IoT

Awards:

• New York University Ph.D. Student Fellowship
• Pearl Brownstein Doctoral Research Award (NYU)

Grants & Projects:

• CAREER Grant: Accelerating Encrypted Computation on Diverse Hardware (2023)
• CCRI Grant: Data-Driven Cybersecurity for Smart Manufacturing (2023)

His work includes developing secure processors (e.g., Juliet), accelerating FHE algorithms (e.g., Ripple), and creating datasets for 3D printing security. He collaborates on frameworks like HELM and Mastic, addressing challenges in privacy, performance, and scalability.