Prof. Dr. Jonathan Katz

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Computer Science
Keywordscryptography, security, theory of computation
Honours and awards

2019: IACR Fellow

2017: UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award

2015: Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCollege Park
InstitutionUniversity of Maryland at College Park
InstituteDepartment of Computer Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael BackesDepartment of Computer Science, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2015

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Katz is an international authority in cryptography as well as in security community. He has made seminal contributions to security in distributed systems, public-key cryptography, authentication and key exchange protocols, functional encryption, hardware-based cryptography and foundations of cryptography. During his stay in Germany, he intends to further explore cutting-edge research questions on cryptographic foundations and security problems.