Michelle X. Yeo
Scholar

Michelle X. Yeo

Google Scholar ID: L1Hg3dIAAAAJ
National University of Singapore
CryptographyBlockchainGame Theory
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,249
 
H-index
9
 
i10-index
9
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
13
list available
Contact
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Papers accepted to PODC 2025, MARBLE 2025, DISC 2025, OPODIS 2025; Best student paper award at MARBLE 2025; Program committee member for WWW 2025 (security and privacy track), DISC 2025, MARBLE 2025, and more.
Research Experience
  • Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, working with Seth Gilbert.
Education
  • PhD: Institute of Science and Technology Austria, supervised by Krzysztof Pietrzak; Master: University College London; Bachelor: University of Chicago.
Background
  • Research interests: intersection of blockchain security and game theory, constructing efficient and provably secure (in the rational model) blockchain and Layer 2 protocols, and coming up with novel attacks (with analysis) that break existing protocols. Additionally, interested in blockchain scalability, especially optimization problems in payment channel networks.
Miscellany
  • Part of the organizing committee for the Algotheory seminar at NUS; Personal interests include reading, has a goodreads account.