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. More pics.

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

• ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2026), PC member
• Science of Blockchain Conference (SBC 2026), PC member
• Distributed ALGOrithms Seminar, Laboratoire d’Informatique et Systèmes (LIS-UMR), Aix-Marseille University, Invited talk
• 7th Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT 2025), PC member
• Crypto 2025, PC member
• Science of Blockchain Conference (SBC 2025), PC member
• 45th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2025), PC member
• IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2025), Keynote talk on Consensus in Blockchains: Theory and Practice
• Workshop on Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data (PaPoC 2025), PC member

• LxBWS - Lisbon Blockchain Winter School, Invited talk

• Advances in Financial Technologies, Steering Committee

Past professional activities

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