Email: erblum (at) umd (dot) edu
Erica Blum
PhD Student
I am a 3rd-year computer science PhD student studying cryptography and distributed computing
at the University of Maryland College Park, advised by Jonathan Katz.
My recent work focuses on the security of consensus protocols under different
trust models and network conditions. [TCC20] Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement with Subquadratic Communication. [CRYPTO20] Always Have a Backup Plan: Fully Secure Synchronous MPC with Asynchronous Fallback. [TCC19] Synchronous Consensus with Optimal Asynchronous Fallback Guarantees. [SODA20] The Combinatorics of the Longest-Chain Rule: Linear consistency for proof-of-stake blockchains. [eprint20] Network-Agnostic State Machine Replication.
Erica Blum, Jonathan Katz, and Julian Loss. Crypto Chickens Go to the Beach, CRYPTO 2019 Rump Session. Summer 2020 Summer 2019 2018-Present PhD Computer Science (in progress) MSc Computer Science (completed Spring 2020) 2014-2018 BSc with Mathematics Major, Computer Science Minor 2019 DFINITY Scholarship Winner 2020 Facebook Fellowship Finalist 2020 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2019 CRA Grad Women Cohort UMD Dean’s FellowshipAbout Me
Research
Publications
Erica Blum, Jonathan Katz, Chen-Da Liu-Zhang, and Julian Loss.
Erica Blum, Chen-Da Liu-Zhang, and Julian Loss.
Erica Blum, Jonathan Katz, and Julian Loss.
Erica Blum, Aggelos Kiayias, Cristopher Moore, Saad Quader, and Alexander Russell.ePrints
Misc
Experience
Research Intern @ Facebook
Scalable Consensus Intern @ SRI International
Education
University of Maryland College Park
Haverford College
Awards & Honors