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Abhishek Jain, an associate professor of computer science, focuses on all aspects of cryptography, with a special interest in secure computation, proof systems, and program obfuscation. His other research interests include security and privacy, as well as related areas of theoretical computer science. He is also a member of the Data Science and AI Institute.<\/p>\n

In addition to his role as co-director of the Advanced Research in Cryptography<\/a> group, Jain is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute<\/a> and the Johns Hopkins Algorithms and Complexity<\/a> group. He is also a 2020 recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and has received Best Paper Awards at Eurocrypt, the International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques. His work is supported by the NSF, DARPA, a Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award, and various other sources.<\/p>\n

He received his PhD in 2012 from the University of California Los Angeles, where he was also the recipient of the Symantec Outstanding Graduate Student Award. 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