Alessandro Chiesa
Fields of expertise
Cryptography, Complexity Theory, Computer Security
Biography
Alessandro Chiesa is a faculty member in computer science. He conducts research in complexity theory, cryptography, and security, with a focus on the theoretical foundations and practical implementations of cryptographic proofs that are short and easy to verify. He is a co-author of several zkSNARK libraries, and is a co-inventor of the Zerocash protocol. He has co-founded Zcash and StarkWare Industries. He is a recipient of an IEEE SP Test-of-Time Award (2024), Sloan Research Fellowship (2021), an Okawa Foundation Research Grant (2020), and Google Faculty Research Awards (2018 and 2017). He was included in MIT Technology Review's "35 Innovators Under 35" list in 2018.Education
Ph.D.
Computer Science
MIT
2014
M.Eng.
Computer Science
MIT
2010
S.B.
Computer Science
MIT
2009
S.B.
Mathematics
MIT
2009
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Computer Science
Communication Systems