Srini Devadas

Srini Devadas is the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is affiliated with MIT’s School of Engineering and leads research in computer architecture, security and cryptography, integrated circuits, systems, and theoretical computation. His work emphasizes privacy-preserving technologies, cryptographic hardware design, and secure computing frameworks. He contributes to initiatives like the MIT Secure and Ethical Responsible Computing (SERC) initiative, addressing societal impacts of computing technologies.

His research focuses on advancing cryptographic accelerators, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy-preserving machine learning. Recent work includes methods to safeguard AI training data and lightweight oblivious transfer protocols. He explores hardware-software co-design for secure systems, such as CraterLake and F1 accelerators, and develops defenses against side-channel attacks (e.g., Citadel).

Dr. Devadas has contributed to foundational projects like Path ORAM and Sanctum processor architecture. His teaching excellence is recognized through MIT’s EECS department activities, and he advises on secure enclaves, distributed systems, and anonymous communication protocols. He collaborates with industry and academia on hardware security, privacy, and scalable cryptographic solutions.

His research has led to innovations in secure memory management (e.g., Remote Direct Memory Introspection) and privacy-aware algorithms (e.g., PAC Privacy framework). He actively engages in interdisciplinary efforts to balance technological advancements with ethical and societal responsibilities.