Liuba Shrira is a Professor of Computer Science at Brandeis University, affiliated with the Michtom School of Computer Science and the Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex Systems. Her research focuses on distributed systems, storage systems, blockchain technology, concurrent programming, and system architectures. She holds a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Her work emphasizes reliable and highly available systems, including innovations in snapshot management, transactional memory, and adversarial cross-chain commerce. She has been recognized with awards such as the ACM Distinguished Scientist (2009), Lady Davis Fellowship (2010-2011), and a Best Paper Award (2020). Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and other institutions. Recent publications highlight advancements in optimistic concurrency control, blockchain interoperability, and modular past-state systems. Shrira has also contributed to middleware design and distributed computing frameworks, with applications in both academic and industry settings.









