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
• Crypto Valley Blockchain Conference 2020, PC member
• Theory and Practice of Blockchains (TPBC 2020), Steering Committee
• Cryptoeconomic Systems 2020, PC member
• Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC ‘20), PC member

• Stanford Blockchain Conference (SBC 2020), 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.