Ari Juels
Weill Family Foundation and Joan and Sanford I. Weill Professor
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute
Cornell Tech
2 West Loop Road
New York, NY 10044
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Bio
Ari Juels is the Weill Family Foundation and Joan and Sanford I. Weill Professor in the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and a Computer Science faculty member at Cornell University. He is a Co-Director of the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3).
He was the Chief Scientist of RSA, Director of RSA Laboratories, and a Distinguished Engineer at EMC (now Dell EMC), where he worked until 2013. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from U.C. Berkeley in 1996.
His recent areas of interest include blockchains, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts, as well as applied cryptography, cloud security, user authentication, and privacy.
Group members
PhD Students:
- Ethan Cecchetti (Co-advised with Andrew Myers)
- Phil Daian
- Yan Ji
- Mahimna Kelkar
- Deepak Maram
- Fan Zhang
Postdoc:
- Steven Goldfeder (IC3 Postdoc, co-mentored with Andrew Miller)
Research Engineer:
- Tyler Kell
Visiting Scientist:
Former Group Members
Runway Mentee:
- Sam Scott (co-mentored with Tom Ristenpart)
Postdoc:
- Ian Miers (Co-mentored with Tom Ristenpart)
Prospective Ph.D. students
I am happy to talk with prospective Ph.D. students. In general, Cornell / Cornell Tech is an exceptional place to do research in security, privacy, and crypto, as shown by our roster of faculty in the area and various statistics, such as Cornell’s #1 ranking in computer security here (although this is just one metric and not a good way to measure overall quality). Note that Cornell’s computer science program spans the Ithaca and NYC campuses; students reside in whichever location their advisor does.
In order to work with me or any other faculty member in the Cornell CS as a Ph.D. student, however, you must first be accepted by the Cornell CS program. Individual faculty members cannot admit students, and Cornell CS encourages students to explore working with different potential advisors. If you believe you may wish work with me, please list me as a contact in your application to the Ph.D. program.