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 involving computations on private data and their integrity, specially in the context of new technologies such as blockchains.

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