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Nirvan Tyagi

Assistant Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Nirvan Tyagi

Research focus
Privacy-preserving systems, applied cryptography

Education
Ph.D. Computer Science, Cornell University, 2023
M.Eng. Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
B.S. Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015

Nirvan Tyagi joined the Allen School this summer from Stanford University, where he performed research as a postdoctoral scholar with the Secure Computer Systems Group. 

Tyagi’s research interests focus on exploring secure, privacy-preserving systems, including anonymous communication, secure cloud storage and machine learning privacy. Recently, he has focused on building systems that use cryptography to provide users with privacy and security while also enabling appropriate accountability against misbehavior. He is the recipient of an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, a Facebook Ph.D. Fellowship and a Digital Life Initiative Doctoral Fellowship. Tyagi received an Early Career Award at CRYPTO 2020, and his work on one-time-use credentials is being standardized by the IETF.