Zachary Ratliff
Scholar

Zachary Ratliff

Google Scholar ID: l_6vdCsAAAAJ
Harvard University, Raytheon BBN
CryptographyPrivacySystems Security
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
57
 
H-index
4
 
i10-index
2
 
Publications
15
 
Co-authors
3
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications:
  • - Mirage: Private, Mobility-based Routing for Censorship Evasion (NDSS 2026)
  • - Securing Unbounded Differential Privacy Against Timing Attacks (TCC 2025)
  • - Timing Attacks on Differential Privacy are Practical (CCS 2025)
  • - A Framework for Differential Privacy Against Timing Attacks (CCS 2024)
  • - Holepunch: Fast, Secure File Deletion with Crash Consistency (S&P 2024)
  • - Private resource allocators and their applications (S&P 2020)
  • Awards:
  • - CCS Distinguished artifact award (2024)
Research Experience
  • Part of OpenDP and the Privacy Tools Project at Harvard; Staff Scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies in the Networks & Cyber Technologies Group.
Education
  • PhD student at Harvard University in the Theory of Computation Group, advised by Salil Vadhan and James Mickens; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University in 2018.
Background
  • Research interests: cryptography, privacy, and systems security. Particularly interested in using cryptographic techniques to enhance the security and privacy of systems.
Miscellany
  • Hobbies: sailing, golf; supports research at Boston University’s CTE Center; helps organize and maintain the Privacy Attacks and Auditing repository; created a mini-CTF for his website.