Scholar
Aydin Abadi
Google Scholar ID: hjkRnZ0AAAAJ
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Newcastle University
Citations & Impact
Citations
444
H-index
10
i10-index
10
Publications
20
Co-authors
9
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Awards: The White House and UK Government Award (First Prize of the UK-US Privacy Enhancing Technology Prize Challenge, 2023); Euan Minto Prize (Best Paper by a Research Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Strathclyde, 2015); Nominated for the “Staff Excellence Awards” (University of Gloucestershire, 2021). Latest research includes multiple conference papers and project funding.
Research Experience
- Currently an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) at Newcastle University. Welcomes PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers with a strong interest in the following areas: Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning and AI, Theoretical or Applied Cryptography, Secure Multi-Party Computation, Blockchain and Decentralized Systems, Secure Payment Protocols.
Education
- PhD in Secure Multi-party Computation (i.e., PSI) from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; MSc in Computer Science from the University of Leeds; BSc in Software Engineering from the University of Lahijan, Iran; Diploma in Mathematics and Physics from Iran.
Background
- Main research interests include information security, privacy, and cryptography. Current research interests include: Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning (such as Federated Learning), Bank and Payment Fraud/Scam, Cryptanalysis, Financial Technology (FinTech), Developing Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing.
Miscellany
- Work can be categorized into: (a) Research (theoretical & applied): designing provable cryptographic protocols; (b) Software engineering: developing new (decentralized) cryptographic applications and smart contracts.
