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Kartik Nayak
Privacy-Preserving Systems
Consensus Protocols
Applied Cryptography
Blockchain Protocols
About
Kartik Nayak is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Duke University, where he conducts research in security, applied cryptography, distributed computing, and blockchain protocols. His work focuses on designing robust and efficient privacy‑preserving systems and consensus protocols, and he teaches courses such as computer security and blockchain foundations. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
Research Performance Summary
2014-2026
Active Research Span
First Recorded Paper
Oblivious data structures
Year:
2014
Citations:
297
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications
Latest Recorded Paper
Boost+: Equitable, Incentive-Compatible Block Building
Year:
2026
Citations:
0
Venue:
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.04007
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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Publication Venues and Collaboration
Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown
Top Coauthors
Nayak
Ren
Abraham
Research Impact by Period
Papers
16
Citations
133
Avg. Citations / Paper
8.3
H-Index
5
Papers
58
Citations
1672
Avg. Citations / Paper
28.8
H-Index
22
Papers
28
Citations
3247
Avg. Citations / Paper
116
H-Index
18
Papers
2
Citations
423
Avg. Citations / Paper
211.5
H-Index
2
Contact and Professional Links
Detected Research Keywords
Flexible Byzantine Fault
Byzantine Fault Tolerance
State Machine Replication
Good Case Latency
Synchronous Byzantine Agreement
Optimal Good Case
Byzantine Agreement Expected
Byzantine Fault Tolerant
Oblivious Parallel Ram
Communication Efficient Bft