Alireza Shirzad

First year PhD student - University of Pennsylvania

About Me

Welcome to my academic portfolio. I am a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science. I'm advised by Dr. Pratyush Mishra in Security and Privacy Lab. My area of interest lies in the domain of cryptography. Right now I'm working on succinct zero-knowledge proof systems.

Education

PhD in Cryptography - University of Pennsylvania, Ongoing
Master of Science in Cryptography - Sharif University of Technology, 2023
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - Sharif University of Technology, 2021

Publication

Shirzad, Alireza (2023). Designing a Succinct Argument System Based on GKR Protocol Via Polynomial Commitment Schemes, Master of Science Thesis. Sharif University Of Technology. Available at here (Accessed: 24 January 2024).
S. Goodarzi, V. Kayvanfar, A. Haji, and A. Shirzad, ‘Cold Supply Chain Planning including Smart Contracts: An Intelligent Blockchain-based approach’, arXiv [cs.CR]. 2022.

Contact

Email: alrshir@seas.upenn.edu

Linkedin: Here

Github: Here