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Brent Waters

Distinguished Scientist

Brent Waters is the Director of the CIS Lab and a Distinguished Scientist at NTT Research. His interests are in the realm of cryptography computer security and his work is focused on identity-based cryptography, functional encryption, and code obfuscation. A recipient of numerous awards and invited papers, Brent is noted as a founder of functional encryption and attribute-based encryption. His work has also been honored four times by the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science Test-of-Time Award, which recognizes articles published at previous conferences for their enduring scientific value and impact.

 

Brent earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University and was a post-doctoral student at Stanford University. Prior to joining NTT Research in 2019, Brent was a Computer Scientist at SRI and on the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin.

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ACM Fellow (2021)
Simons Investigator (2019)
Grace Murray Hopper Award (2015)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2011)
Packard Fellowship (2011)
Microsoft Faculty Fellowship (2011)
Sloan Fellowship (2010)

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