Abhishek Jain

Associate Professor in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

I am broadly interested in cryptography, computer security and privacy and related topics in theoretical computer science. My recent work focuses on problems related to computing on private data.

I am a member of the Cryptography Group and the Information Security Institute as well as the Theory Group at Johns Hopkins University. I will be on sabbatical Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 at UC Berkeley.

My research is generously supported by NSF, DARPA, Samsung and JHU Catalyst award. Thanks to NSF for the 2020 Career Award.

Brief Bio: I completed my postdoctoral research at MIT CSAIL and BUSEC with Shafi Goldwasser and Ran Canetti, and my Ph.D. at UCLA where I was advised by Amit Sahai and Rafail Ostrovsky.

Publications Professional Activities Teaching Advising

Advising

Ph.D. Students

Postdocs

Nils Fleishhacker (2017-2018; now Assistant Professor at Ruhr-University Bochum)

Positions: I am looking for motivated students and postdocs to join my group. Please email me if you are interested.

Teaching

Spring 2021: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (CS 601.641/441)
Fall 2020: Modern Cryptography (CS 601.642/442)
Spring 2020: Advanced Topics in Cryptography (CS 601.742)
Fall 2019: Modern Cryptography (CS 601.642/442)
Spring 2019: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (CS 601.641/441)
Fall 2018: Modern Cryptography (CS 601.642/442)
Spring 2018: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (CS 601.641/441)

Professional Activities

The DC Area Crypto Day held in the Greater DC area and Virginia
The weekly Theory Seminar at JHU
General Chair: TCC 2017 (Baltimore, USA)
Program Committee Member: TCC (2021, 2019, 2016-B); EUROCRYPT (2020, 2016); PKC (2017); ACM CCS (2016, 2015, 2014); INDOCRYPT (2020, 2014)

Contact Information

abhishek@cs.jhu.edu