Chris Peikert is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 2006 under the supervision of Silvio Micali. Peikert is a leading researcher in cryptography, particularly known for his foundational work in lattice-based cryptography. His research interests span cryptography, lattices, coding theory, algorithms, and computational complexity, with a particular focus on cryptographic schemes whose security can be based on the apparent intractability of lattice problems. Peikert has made significant contributions to the development and analysis of lattice-based cryptographic primitives, including ring-LWE, fully homomorphic encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs. Peikert's recent work demonstrates continued leadership in post-quantum cryptography, with publications in top venues like CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, and STOC. His research spans theoretical foundations of lattice problems to practical implementations of lattice-based cryptographic systems, including hardware acceleration for fully homomorphic encryption. IACR Fellow (2024) Test-of-Time Award from Crypto 2008 (2023) TCC Test-of-Time Award (2017) Patrick C. Fischer Development Professor of Theoretical Computer Science (2017) Best Paper Award at Eurocrypt 2010 Best Paper Award at STOC 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship Google Research Award Peikert has been actively involved in the cryptographic research community, serving on program committees for major conferences including CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, FOCS, and TCC (where he was program co-chair in 2021). He has also developed educational resources, including extensive lecture materials on lattice-based cryptography and teaching courses on cryptography and theoretical computer science at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.









