Christian Cachin

Cryptographer and computer scientist interested in distributed computing, cryptographic protocols, and security. Professor of computer science at the University of Bern. Short bio.

Research interests

• Blockchain and consensus protocols
• Consistency and integrity of cloud services
• Cryptographic protocols
• Cloud-computing security

More about my research can be found under research topics.

Publications

Current professional activities

• 43rd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEESP 2022), PC member
• Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC ‘22), PC member
• Science of Blockchain Conference 2022 (SBC ‘22), PC member
• 3rd ACM Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT 2021), PC member
• 41st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2021), PC member
• Theory and Practice of Blockchains (TPBC 2021), Program Co-Chair
• Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC ‘21), PC member

• ICDCN 2021, Keynote talk

• Distributed Computing (Journal), Associate Editor

• ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, Steering Committee
• ACM Advances in Financial Technologies, Steering Committee

Past professional activities

And otherwise … on the lake, on a bike, or in the snow.