Alishah Chator
Asst Professor
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
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Alishah is an assistant professor at Baruch College, with a research focus in applied cryptography and privacy. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins under the guidance of Prof. Matthew Green and most recently was a postdoc at Boston University working with Prof. Mayank Varia. His research is centered on making privacy-preserving protocols practical by identifying mismatches in modeling or deployment gaps. He is also actively involved in organizing the Re-Imagining Cryptography and Privacy (ReCAP) Workshop, dedicated to foregrounding the privacy and technology needs of marginalized communities.
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore United States
M.S., Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore United States
B.Sc., Computer Science, Math, Physics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor United States
Journal Articles
(2026). Making Sense of Private Advertising: A Principled Approach to a Complex Ecosystem. Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol., 2026(1). 450--469.
(2025). SoK: Privacy-Preserving Signatures. IACR Commun. Cryptol., 2(1). 10.
(2024). SocIoTy: Practical Cryptography in Smart Home Contexts. Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol., 2024(1). 447--464.
Conference Proceedings
Reiber, F., Chator, A., Calacci, D., & McDonald, A. (2026). Organizing in the Digital Age: Understanding Community,Challenges, and Consequences in Digitally-facilitated LaborOrganizing. Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
Kalodner, H. A., M", {o}ser, M., Lee, K., Goldfeder, S., Plattner, M., Chator, A., & Narayanan, A. (2020). BlockSci: Design and applications of a blockchain analysis platform. 29th USENIX Security Symposium, USENIX Security 2020, August 12-14, 2020.
Chator, A., & Green, M. (2018). Don't Talk to Strangers - On the Challenges of Intelligent Vehicle Authentication. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, VEHITS 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 16-18, 2018.
Hall-Andersen, M., Wong, D., Sullivan, N., & Chator, A. (2018). nQUIC: Noise-Based QUIC Packet Protection. Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evolution, Performance, and Interoperability of QUIC.
Chator, A., & Green, M. (2018). How to Squeeze a Crowd: Reducing Bandwidth in Mixing Cryptocurrencies. 2018 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, EuroS&P Workshops 2018, London, United Kingdom, April 23-27, 2018.
Presentations
Hogan, K., Chator, A., Kaptchuk, G., Varia, M., & Devadas, S. (2026, May 26). Making Sense of Private Advertising: A Principled Approach to a Complex Ecosystem. UCSD Security Lunch.
Hogan, K., Chator, A., Kaptchuk, G., Varia, M., & Devadas, S. (2026, April 26). Making Sense of Private Advertising: A Principled Approach to a Complex Ecosystem. JHU Applied Research in Cryptography Reading Group.
Hogan, K., Chator, A., Kaptchuk, G., Varia, M., & Devadas, S. (2026, March 26). How Private Can Private Advertising Really Be? . Real World Cryptography 2026.
Hogan, K., Chator, A., Kaptchuk, G., Varia, M., & Devadas, S. (2026, May 26). Making Sense of Private Advertising: A Principled Approach to a Complex Ecosystem. CCNY Electrical Engineering Department Seminar.
Chator, A., & Green, M. (2026, September 26). Wringing out SPONGES: A Cautionary Tale of Building Next Generation Infrastructure. Workshop on the Security & Privacy of Next Generation Energy Systems (SPONGES).
Jois, T. M., Beck, G., Belikovetsky, S., Carrigan, J., Chator, A., Kostick, L., Zinkus, M., Kaptchuk, G., & Rubin, A. D. (2026, September 26). SocIoTy: Practical Cryptography in Smart Home Contexts. BU Security Group Seminar (BUSec).
Chator, A., & Green, M. (2026, April 26). Detecting Man-In-The-Middle via Network Latency and Reverse Turing Tests. BU Security Group Seminar (BUSec).
Hall-Andersen, M., Wong, D., Sullivan, N., & Chator, A. nQUIC: Noise-Based QUIC Packet Protection . QUIC Privacy and Security Workshop 2020.
Chator, A., & Green, M. (2026, March 26). Don’t Talk to Strangers: On the Challenges of Intelligent Vehicle Authentication. VEHITS 2018.
Hall-Andersen, M., Wong, D., Sullivan, N., & Chator, A. (2026, December 26). nQUIC: Noise-Based QUIC Packet Protection . Workshop on the Evolution, Performance, and Interoperability of QUIC (EPIQ).
Chator, A., & Green, M. (2026, April 26). How to Squeeze a Crowd: Reducing Bandwidth in Mixing Cryptocurrencies . IEEE S&B 2018.
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usenix Security 2026 | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 8/20/2025 | Present | International | ||
| Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium 2026 | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 5/13/2026 | Present | International | ||
| Re-Imagining Cryptography and Privacy (ReCAP) Workshop | Workshop Organizer | 9/20/2023 | Present | International | ||
| Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS) 2026 | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 9/7/2025 | Present | International | ||
| Usenix Security 2025 | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 2/7/2025 | Present | International |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development | Research Scientist | 12/1/2024 | Present | State |