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Abhishek Jainمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Cryptography
• Computer Security
• Privacy
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Abhishek Jain is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and a Senior Scientist at NTT Research. He is affiliated with the Data Science and AI Institute, the Information Security Institute, and the Algorithms and Complexity group. University: Johns Hopkins University Department: Computer Science Academic Rank: Associate Professor Institutional Roles: Co-director of the Advanced Research in Cryptography group, member of the Theory Group, and co-leader of the Cryptography Group Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Los Angeles (2012), advised by Amit Sahai and Rafail Ostrovsky. Recipient of the Symantec Outstanding Graduate Student Award during his Ph.D. Research Interests Cryptography Secure computation Proof systems Program obfuscation Privacy Blockchain Theoretical computer science Research Trends: His recent publications emphasize cryptographic protocols for homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, and secure multi-party computation, alongside applications in blockchain and privacy-preserving systems. Key themes include scalability, verifiable evaluation, and adapting cryptographic techniques to dynamic and distributed environments. Scientific Awards 2020 NSF CAREER Award Best Paper Awards at Eurocrypt and the International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques Advising & Grants: Mentors Ph.D. students and interns/postdocs at NTT Research. Research funded by NSF, DARPA, JP Morgan, Ethereum Foundation, Stellar, Cisco, Samsung, and JHU Catalyst awards. Labs & Teams: Co-leads the Cryptography Group at Johns Hopkins, participates in the DC Area Crypto Day, and organizes the weekly Theory Seminar. Collaborates with institutions including MIT CSAIL, BUSEC, and Microsoft Research New England.

Tal Malkinمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cryptography
• Computer Security
• Complexity Theory
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Tal Malkin is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, directing the Cryptography Lab and serving as inaugural chair of the Cybersecurity Center at Columbia's Data Science Institute. She holds a Ph.D. from MIT (2000), joined Columbia after AT&T Labs research experience, and focuses on cryptography, security, complexity theory with applications in secure computation, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy-preserving systems . Education: B.S. in Math and Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University M.S. in Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science Ph.D. in Computer Science, MIT (2000) Research Interests: Malkin's work spans foundational and applied cryptography, including homomorphic encryption, lattice-based protocols, attribute-based encryption, and tamper-resilient systems . She explores intersections with machine learning and information theory , addressing challenges in multi-party computation , public-key encryption , and side-channel resistance . Scientific Contributions: Her publications include breakthroughs in non-malleable codes , secure computation , and privacy-preserving databases . Notable works involve continual leakage resilience , optimally-fair coin tossing , and garbled circuits for efficient cryptographic protocols. Awards & Grants: Recipient of the NSF CAREER award, IBM and Google faculty research awards, and the IACR Fellow designation. Her research is funded by NSF, NSA, DHS, NYSIA, IARPA, and industry partnerships with Google, IBM, Mitsubishi, and NEC. Professional Leadership: Former conference chairs at CRYPTO 2021 , CCS 2017 , and CT-RSA conferences. Active in program committees for over 20 leading cryptography and security events, including FOCS , Eurocrypt , and Real World Crypto . Advising: Supervised numerous Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers, including Marshall Ball , Chengyu Lin , and Negev Shekhel Nosatzki . Her lab has mentored graduates like Ghada Almashaqbeh (2019) and Fernando Krell (2016), focusing on decentralized networks , secure learning , and cryptographic primitives .

Charalampos Papamanthouمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Computer Security
• Applied Cryptography
• Verifiable Computations
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Charalampos Papamanthou is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, where he also serves as Co-director of the Yale Applied Cryptography Laboratory and a member of the Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science. He holds affiliations with the Yale Center for Algorithms, Data, and Market Design. Additionally, he is Chief Scientist at Lagrange Labs. His research focuses on computer security and applied cryptography, particularly verifiable and privacy-preserving computations, leakage-abuse attacks on searchable encryption, and scalable blockchains/cryptocurrencies. He has advised numerous students and postdocs, and his work is supported by NSF, Protocol Labs, and JP Morgan. Research Interests: His primary areas include cryptographic protocols, privacy-preserving systems, blockchain infrastructure, secure cloud computing, and distributed consensus mechanisms. He has pioneered advancements in zero-knowledge proofs, private information retrieval, and dynamic searchable encryption. Awards: He has received prestigious awards such as the CCS Test-of-Time Award (2022), JP Morgan Faculty Research Award (2022), and NSF CAREER Award (2017). His contributions span over 140 publications in top venues like CRYPTO, CCS, and SODA. Teaching: He has taught advanced courses in cryptography, algorithms, and computer systems security at Yale and previously at the University of Maryland and Brown University. Recently, he chairs Yale’s PhD admissions in Computer Science. Labs & Teams: Leads the Yale Applied Cryptography Lab, focusing on real-world applications of cryptographic research. Collaborates with industry partners like Lagrange Labs to develop privacy-preserving technologies.

• Quantum-safe cryptography
• Lattice-Based Cryptography
• Post-Quantum Cryptography
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Ron Steinfeld is an Associate Professor in the Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity at Monash University, Australia. He holds editorial roles in Designs Codes and Cryptography (since 2017) and has served on technical committees for top-tier conferences like ASIACRYPT, CRYPTO, and EUROCRYPT. His research focuses on quantum-safe cryptography, lattice-based cryptography, and blockchain security, with over 80 refereed publications and AUD$4M+ in research funding. Education: BSc Mathematics and Physics (Monash University, 1998) BE (Hons., First Class) Electrical and Computer Systems (Monash University, 2000) PhD Computer Science (Monash University, 2003) Research Interests: Design and analysis of cryptographic algorithms, quantum-safe protocols, lattice-based security foundations, and blockchain applications. His work underpins NIST standard algorithms like Kyber and Dilithium through structured lattice problem research. Recent Articles Trends: Focus on privacy-preserving blockchain protocols, post-quantum signature schemes, encrypted data search, and cryptographic applications in adversarial AI. Recent work includes fair Bitcoin watchtower schemes and genomic database privacy solutions. Awards: ASIACRYPT 2015 Best Paper Award Advising & Grants: Supervises PhD projects on quantum-safe cryptography and blockchain security. Leads initiatives like the AUD$4M ARC-funded Quantum Information Technology project. Collaborates with industry partners including CSIRO/Data61. Labs/Teams: Key contributor to Monash’s cybersecurity and cryptography research groups, involving interdisciplinary projects on materials discovery ( Æinstein initiative) and post-quantum blockchain security.

Florian Kerschbaumمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Data security and privacy
• Confidentiality and integrity in data science
• Applied cryptography
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Florian Kerschbaum is a Professor and NSERC/RBC Industrial Research Chair in Data Security at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo. His research focuses on data security and privacy, applied cryptography, and confidentiality in data science. Research interests span data collection/preparation management, secure multi-party computation, homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, and machine learning robustness/privacy. His work develops cryptographic solutions for practical data management challenges in distributed systems.

Massimo Piccardiمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Massimo Piccardi is a Professor of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision, and Machine Learning at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) , where he has been since 2002. He currently serves as the Head of the School of Electrical and Data Engineering and leads the Big Data Analytics program at the Global Big Data Technologies Centre. His research focuses on advancing NLP, machine learning applications in healthcare, and cybersecurity in IoT systems. He has authored over 200 journal papers and conference proceedings, secured significant ARC and CRC grants, and holds the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor Award (2022). Education & Professional Roles: Joined UTS in 2002, progressing from Associate Professor (2002–2007) to Professor (2008–present). Serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Big Data and Editor for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Active in professional societies including IEEE, ACL, and ALTA (President, 2023–2024). Research Interests: Core areas include NLP (translation, summarization, adversarial attacks), healthcare informatics (clinical NLP, health service analysis), and cybersecurity (IoT security, privacy-preserving systems). Cross-cutting themes include generative models, cross-lingual systems, and ethical AI. Grants & Projects: Principal Investigator on ARC Discovery/Linkage projects and CRC grants. Recent projects include controllable machine translation (Amazon), privacy-preserving digital agriculture, and STEM innovation (ASTRID project with NBN Co). Labs & Collaborations: Leads the UTS Global Big Data Technologies Centre, collaborating on projects like adversarial NLP attacks, medical machine translation, and secure IoT frameworks.

Alexandra Boldyrevaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cryptography
• Information Security
• Searchable Encryption
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Alexandra Boldyreva is a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding joint appointments in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the School of Computer Science. She serves as Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and coordinates the Information Security Master’s program in the College of Computing. Her affiliations include the Institute for Information Security & Privacy (IISP), the Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization (ACO) program, and the Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC). She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied mathematics from St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia. Her research focuses on cryptography and information security, with notable contributions to encryption methods, authentication protocols, and privacy-preserving systems. Boldyreva’s work emphasizes provable security analysis of protocols like FIDO2 and TLS 1.3, as well as searchable encryption and data privacy techniques. Her recent studies include secure communication channel establishment, leakage quantification in encryption systems, and applications of fuzzy search in encrypted databases. She has received Test of Time Awards for foundational contributions to cryptography. Boldyreva leads initiatives in cybersecurity education and has secured grants for research in secure communication protocols and human-computing approaches to key exchange. Her interdisciplinary collaborations span computer science, mathematics, and privacy engineering.

Ben Fischمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Cryptography
• Distributed Systems
• Blockchain Technology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Ben Fisch is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Yale University's School of Engineering & Applied Science. He is also the co-founder of Espresso Systems, a company focused on blockchain infrastructure. His research focuses on privacy and verifiability in decentralized systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum, with applications in digital finance and healthcare. Dr. Fisch received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University, where he worked with Dan Boneh in the applied cryptography research group. His educational background provided the foundation for his work at the intersection of cryptography, distributed systems, and economics. His research centers on leveraging cryptographic tools such as succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs), private information retrieval, and homomorphic encryption to address challenges in verifiable computation, verifiable storage, and verifiable fairness. He has made significant contributions to verifiable delay functions (VDFs) and proofs of replication, which have been adopted by major blockchain projects including Ethereum 2.0, Chia, and Filecoin. His work on Filecoin's Proofs of Replication has helped the network reach over 1.5 exabytes of storage capacity. His publication record shows a clear trend toward increasingly sophisticated cryptographic protocols for blockchain applications, with recent work focusing on data availability for Bitcoin rollups, efficient folding schemes for pairing-based arguments, and privacy pools with proof-carrying disclosures. His research bridges theoretical cryptography with practical implementations that have real-world impact in decentralized systems. His notable recognition includes: Best Paper Finalist at ACM CCS 2017 for 'Iron: Functional Encryption using Intel SGX' Dr. Fisch's research has led to significant technology transfer, most notably with his work on Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs) sparking a multimillion dollar industry initiative through the VDF Alliance. His research on Proofs of Replication forms the basis of Filecoin's incentive layer and consensus protocol. His newer SNARK system Basefold is being used by several commercial products. He maintains active collaborations across academia and industry, with publications spanning top conferences in cryptography and security. As co-founder of Espresso Systems, Dr. Fisch leads a team developing next-generation blockchain infrastructure, particularly focusing on sequencing layers for rollups. His work bridges academic research with practical implementation, ensuring that theoretical advances in cryptography find real-world applications in decentralized systems.

David Cashمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Applied Cryptography
• Theoretical Cryptography
• Computer Security
• +۳ مورد دیگر

David Cash is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on applied and theoretical cryptography, computer security, and theoretical computer science. He joined UChicago in 2018 and has held roles such as teaching courses in cryptography, computer security, and discrete mathematics. Cash has advised numerous PhD and master’s students, including Sam Everett, Alexander Hoover, and Jesse Stern. His work includes constructing quantum-secure cryptography systems, analyzing encrypted data navigation, and foundational theoretical results. He has received notable awards like the 2025 Quantrell Award for Teaching and multiple Best Paper awards at Eurocrypt. Cash's research also explores secure computation, oblivious RAM, and cryptographic agility. His affiliations include the Systems Group at UChicago, focusing on interdisciplinary systems research. Education details are not explicitly provided in the text. However, his career trajectory suggests advanced degrees in computer science or related fields. His teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses, emphasizing both theoretical foundations (e.g., discrete mathematics) and applied topics like cryptocurrencies and secure systems. Cash actively engages in academic service, including organizing conferences and reviewing research. His work bridges theoretical insights with practical applications, addressing modern computational security challenges. His research contributions span cryptographic protocols, secure data structures, and privacy-preserving technologies. Notable projects include work on searchable encryption, leakage-abuse attacks, and cryptographic systems resilient to quantum computing. Cash collaborates with institutions like Rutgers University and has mentored postdoctoral researchers such as Alexander Hoover. His grants include NSF CAREER awards and Simons Institute fellowships, supporting research in secure outsourcing and cryptographic data protection.

Amin Sakzadمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Lattice-Based Cryptography
• Wireless Communications
• Post-Quantum Cryptography
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Amin Sakzad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity at Monash University's Faculty of Information Technology. His research focuses on lattice-based cryptography, wireless communications, and post-quantum security protocols. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Amirkabir University of Technology (2011) and has held academic roles at Carleton University and Monash since 2012. Dr. Sakzad’s expertise spans lattice coding theory, MIMO systems, and privacy-preserving technologies for genomic databases and blockchain applications. He leads multiple ARC-funded projects, including work on secure databases (SRDBMS) and post-quantum cryptographic primitives for FinTech and energy sectors. His research has been recognized through awards such as the FIT Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2021). Key collaborations include projects on blockchain security (CollinStar Lab), genomic data privacy, and energy market cybersecurity. His work addresses UN SDGs through contributions to quality education (SDG 4) and industry innovation (SDG 9). Recent publications highlight advancements in lattice-based cryptography (e.g., CRYSTALS-Kyber variants), privacy-preserving energy trading, and secure blockchain protocols like FPPW watchtower systems. His research bridges theoretical cryptography with practical implementations in embedded systems and 5G telecommunications. Grants: 16 active/completed projects including $1.2M in ARC funding Advising: Supervising PhD projects on lattice applications in post-quantum crypto and blockchain Labs: Core member of Monash’s Software Defined Telecommunications (SDT) Lab and CollinStar Lab

Justine Sherryمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Computer Networking
• Networked Systems
• Middleboxes
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Justine Sherry is the A. Nico Habermann Associate Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with the College of Engineering. She holds a PhD (2016) and MS (2012) from UC Berkeley and a BS/BA (2010) from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on networked systems, including middleboxes, cloud computing, congestion control, and hardware acceleration (e.g., SmartNICs/FPGAs). Notable projects include Pigasus (open-source 100Gbps IDS), APLOMB (cloud-based middlebox scaling), and BlindBox (encrypted traffic scanning). Her academic roles include serving on the SIGCOMM CARES Committee, DARPA ISAT Study Group, and ACM CoNEXT Steering Committee. Awards include the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, VMware Systems Award, and IETF Applied Networking Prize. She advises over 15 students and collaborates with industry partners like Intel and VMware. Research highlights include radical shifts in datacenter architectures (SmartNIC compute control), fairness in congestion algorithms (BBR analysis), and database-proxy innovations (Tigger with eBPF). Her teaching emphasizes systems as science labs, integrating experimental design and hypothesis testing into projects. Education: PhD UC Berkeley (2016), MS UC Berkeley (2012), BS/BA University of Washington (2010) Labs/Teams: CyLab, SNAP Research Group, CMU Portugal Collaboration Grants: NSF, Intel, Google Faculty Awards

Michael J. Freedmanمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Distributed Systems
• Networking
• Security
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Michael J. Freedman is the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and co-founder/CTO of Timescale. He received his Ph.D. from NYU’s Courant Institute and degrees from MIT. Current roles: Professor, Co-founder & CTO Affiliations: Princeton University, SNS Group, CITP Associate Education: Ph.D. (NYU), S.B./M.Eng. (MIT) His research spans distributed systems, networking, and security, with innovations like CoralCDN, DONAR, and Ethane. His work impacts decentralized content delivery, software-defined networking, and privacy-enhancing technologies. His recent publications address scalable fusion algorithms, GPU acceleration for data systems, and distributed GPU resource management. These works intersect with cloud infrastructure, network optimization, and security. Scientific honors include: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Sloan Fellowship NSF CAREER Award Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award Test of Time Award (Theory of Crypto Conference) ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award He advises graduate students like Sam Ginzburg and Ashwini Raina, who joined Meta AI and Timescale post-PhD. His projects have secured substantial grants, including $110M Series C funding for Timescale. Key labs/teams: Princeton SNS Group Co-founder, Timescale (enterprise data platform) Co-founder, iobeam (IoT analytics, acquired by Timescale) Collaboration with FCC on Consumer Broadband Test Contributions to OpenFlow/SDN standardization

Emmett Witchelمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Computer Architecture
• Systems and Networking
• Security and Privacy
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Emmett Witchel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin , with research spanning computer architecture, systems, networking, security, and privacy . His work focuses on low-level systems optimization and secure concurrent execution. Research Interests: Concurrent systems, secure execution environments, GPU integration, distributed systems. Teaching: CS 380L (Advanced Operating Systems), CS 371M (Mobile Computing). Scientific Awards: Runner-up Best Paper, ASPLOS 2013 Runner-up Award for Outstanding Research, USENIX Symposium 2012 IEEE Micro Top Pick Award 2007 ACM Honorable Mention 2004 George M. Sprowls Award, MIT EECS 2004 Recent Publications demonstrate leadership in CXL pod databases ( Tigon ), stateful serverless computing ( Boki ), SmartNIC-accelerated file systems ( LineFS ), and GPU security ( Telekine ). His work bridges hardware-software co-design and practical systems implementation.

Pratyush Mishraمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Cryptography
• Computer Security
• zkSNARKs
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Pratyush Mishra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he is a member of the Security and Privacy Laboratory. His academic career bridges theoretical cryptography with practical implementations in secure computation systems. University of Pennsylvania (Current) UC Berkeley (Alma Mater) Dr. Mishra's research focuses on cryptography and computer security, particularly zkSNARKs, secure computation, and cryptographic proof systems. His work enables efficient privacy-preserving systems through innovations in zero-knowledge proofs and verifiable computation. He is a co-author and co-maintainer of the arkworks ecosystem, which provides foundational libraries for zkSNARK implementations used across industry and academia. His recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to proof accumulation, delegation-friendly zkSNARKs, and scalable zero-knowledge systems. These works appear consistently in top-tier security and cryptography venues including CRYPTO, IEEE S&P, and USENIX Security. ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award Runner-Up (2022) Dr. Mishra serves on prestigious program committees including IEEE S&P (2023-2026), CRYPTO (2023, 2025), and FC (2025). He currently advises five PhD students and teaches advanced cryptography courses covering both theoretical foundations and practical implementations of cryptographic systems. His research has practical impact through his role as founding scientist at Aleo, a startup based on his Zexe research project.

Henry Corrigan-Gibbsمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Computer Security
• Cryptography
• Privacy-Preserving Systems
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Henry Corrigan-Gibbs is an Assistant Professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He leads research in computer security, cryptography, and privacy-preserving systems. His work focuses on practical cryptographic systems that empower users while maintaining strong security guarantees. Notable contributions include the Tiptoe private search engine, Prio for privacy-preserving data aggregation, and Larch for secure authentication. His research has influenced industry standards at Apple, Google, and Mozilla, and has been recognized with awards such as the Best Young Researcher Paper at Eurocrypt and the Caspar Bowden Award. Education: PhD in Computer Science (Stanford University, advised by Dan Boneh), Postdoc at EPFL (hosted by Bryan Ford). B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University. Research Interests: Private Information Retrieval, Secure Authentication, Cryptographic Systems, Privacy-Preserving Analytics, and Hardware Security. His lab collaborates with PDOS and CSS research groups at MIT and co-hosts the MIT Security Seminar series. Grants and Funding: Supported by industry and government agencies (details in paper acknowledgments). Teaching roles include co-instructor for Applied Cryptography (6.5610) and Foundations of Computer Security (6.1600). Key Projects: Prio (used in iOS/Android), Tiptoe (private web search), Larch (backdoor-resistant authentication), and Whisper/Poplar systems for private data aggregation. His team includes postdocs, PhD students, and undergrad researchers working on cutting-edge cryptographic protocols.