🧑🎓️PhD Candidate in Security of Blockchains
About Me
I am a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Computer Science Department at Duke University. As a part of my undergrad, I studied Computer Science and more specifically optimization of queries in large database from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. My PhD research focuses on creating mechanisms for Decentralized Finance applications that are incentive compatible in the presence of strategic players. Currently, I am working on various projects, including a follow up on our recent work on Auction based Inclusion Lists (AUCIL), a fee-mechanism and resource allocation for SUI execution post Mysticeti implementation and on analyzing Efficacy of Preconfs. I am also trying to learn more about algorithmic game theory, and the wonderful applications that the intersection of privacy and game theory can bring to the DeFi space. Apart from research, I like everything that is fantastical (Books, TV Shows & Anime). I am a Truthwatcher, though look up to Windrunners the most!
- Blockchains
- Game Theory
- Consensus
- Security
PhD Computer Science
Duke University
Integrated B. Tech. and M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
My research aims to understand and mitigate the security challenges introduced by strategic privileged players (e.g., block proposers) in decentralized systems. My projects explore both application-specific solutions for incentive manipulation and application-agnostic schemes for Miner’s Extractable Value (MEV) reduction. Overall, my goal is to develop principled methods to achieve accountable decentralized protocols, particularly in the presence of adversarial incentive manipulation attacks.
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