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Ben Fisch

Applied Cryptography Privacy In Decentralized Systems Verifiability In Blockchain Bitcoin Protocols Ethereum Smart Contracts
Yale University Yale Engineering

About

I am an assistant professor of computer science at Yale University and co-founder of Espresso Systems. Previously, I was a PhD candidate at Stanford University, working with Dan Boneh in the applied cryptography research group. The major theme of my research is privacy and verifiability in information systems, with a special attention on decentralized systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum. These systems have revolutionized trust, transparency, and privacy for applications in finance and beyond.

Research Performance Summary

51
Total Papers
3280
Total Citations
20
H-Index
2014-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Physical zero-knowledge proofs of physical properties

Year: 2014

Citations: 43

Venue: Annual Cryptology Conference

Latest Recorded Paper

Phalanx: An FHE-Friendly SNARK for Verifiable Computation on Encrypted Data

Year: 2025

Citations: 1

Venue: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
6
2024
12
2023
6
2022
4
2021
3
2020
3
2019
4
2018
7
2017
2
2016
1
2015
2

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 26
Journal 0
Book 0

Top Coauthors

Fisch Boneh

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 48
Avg. Citations / Paper 8
H-Index 3

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 28
Citations 1151
Avg. Citations / Paper 41.1
H-Index 14

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 2038
Avg. Citations / Paper 127.4
H-Index 11

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 43
Avg. Citations / Paper 43
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

ben.fisch@yale.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Consensus Layer Architecture Layer Architecture Maintaining Architecture Maintaining Security Maintaining Security Reduced Security Reduced Processing Reduced Processing Power Processing Power Dependency Power Dependency Untrusted Dependency Untrusted Decentralized Untrusted Decentralized Computing