Erica Blum

PhD Student

I study cryptography and consensus algorithms, focusing on security of consensus protocols under different trust models and network conditions.

I’m a 5th year computer science PhD student studying Currently at University of Maryland College Park, working with prof. Jonathan Katz.

I’m on the academic job market! If your department is hiring and you think I might be a good fit, feel free to reach out.

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[Asiacrypt22] State Machine Replication under Changing Network Conditions.
Andreea B. Alexandru, EB, Jonathan Katz, and Julian Loss.

[Asiacrypt21] Tardigrade: An Atomic Broadcast Protocol for Arbitrary Network Conditions.
EB, Jonathan Katz, and Julian Loss.

[TCC20] Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement with Subquadratic Communication.
EB, Jonathan Katz, Chen-Da Liu-Zhang, and Julian Loss.

[CRYPTO20] Always Have a Backup Plan: Fully Secure Synchronous MPC with Asynchronous Fallback.
EB, Chen-Da Liu-Zhang, and Julian Loss.

[SODA20] The Combinatorics of the Longest-Chain Rule: Linear consistency for proof-of-stake blockchains.
EB, Aggelos Kiayias, Cristopher Moore, Saad Quader, and Alexander Russell.

[TCC19] Synchronous Consensus with Optimal Asynchronous Fallback Guarantees.
EB, Jonathan Katz, and Julian Loss.

2018-Present

PhD Computer Science (in progress, expected Spring 2023)

MS Computer Science (completed Spring 2020)

2014-2018

BS Mathematics (Minor: Computer Science)