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

• PODC 2020, Program Chair
• Cryptoeconomic Systems 2020, PC member
• Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC’20), PC member
• Stanford Blockchain Conference 2020, PC member
• SantaCrypt 2019, Prague, Keynote talk on Consensus with Asymmetric Trust
• CCS 2019, PC member
• Workshop on Large-Scale Consensus and Blockchains, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, Invited talk
• Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT) 2019, Steering committee and tutorials
• Workshop on Blockchain Technology and Theory (BTT 2019), Committee member
• ESORICS 2019, PC member
• Swiss Crypto Day 2019
• School on Security & Privacy for Blockchains and Distributed Ledger Technology (BDLT), Invited talk on Foundations of Distributed Trust
• Cyber Security Summer School 2019, Estonia, Tutorial
• Crypto Valley Blockchain Conference 2019, Invited talk
• DSN 2019, PC member
• Theory and Practice of Blockchains 2019, Invited talk
• PENCIL - Workshop on Privacy ENhancing Cryptography In Ledgers, 2019, PC member

• EuroSys 2019, PC member

• Distributed Computing (Journal), Associate Editor

• IACR, President
• ACM Advances in Financial Technologies, Steering Committee

Past professional activities

And otherwise … on the lake or on a bike.