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Vassilis Zikas

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2007Rising activity
Cryptography and Data SecurityBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsDistributed systems and fault tolerance

Publications

120

Citations

1,859

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2007

Research summary
AI-generated

Vassilis Zikas works in cryptography and secure computation, focusing on how multiple parties can jointly compute things or communicate securely even when some participants might be dishonest or unreliable. His recent work covers blockchain security and governance, privacy auditing methods, secure voting and signature schemes, and the theoretical foundations of distributed and multi-party computation protocols.

Secure multi-party computationBlockchain security and governanceDifferential privacy auditingCryptographic protocol design (signatures, encryption)Distributed systems and fault tolerance

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade but shows a recent upward trend, rising from around 4-8 papers per year earlier in the decade to 9-11 in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 12 publications12182019: 8 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 9 publications252026: 11 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Lecture notes in computer science×30
  • IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive×15
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×12
  • CISPA Helmholtz Center×6
  • Journal of Cryptology×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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