I'm an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Baruch College. Previously, I was a postdoc at the Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences at BU, mentored by Mayank Varia. I am interested in applied cryptography and broadly on problems relating to privacy. In particular, I seek to improve everyday privacy by examining deployment challenges that arise in both theory and practice.
I was previously an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan studying Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics. While there, I worked with Professor J. Alex Halderman, most recently aiding in the development of censys.io.
[DS 593] Privacy in Practice [link] Instructor, Spring 2025 (BU)
[DS 210] Programming for Data Science [link] Instructor, Fall 2024 (BU)
[DS 210] Programming for Data Science [link] Instructor, Spring 2024 (BU)
[EN 601.445/645] Practical Cryptographic Systems [link] Instructor, Fall 2021 (JHU) Teaching Assistant, Fall 2017 (JHU)
Publications
BlockSci: Design and applications of a blockchain analysis platform Harry A. Kalodner, Malte Möser, Kevin Lee, Steven Goldfeder, Martin Plattner, Alishah Chator, Arvind Narayanan USENIX 2020 [preprint] [proceedings]
nQUIC: Noise-Based QUIC Packet Protection Mathias Hall-Andersen, David Wong, Nick Sullivan, Alishah Chator EPIQ@CoNEXT 2018 [preprint] [proceedings]
How to Squeeze a Crowd: Reducing Bandwidth in Mixing Cryptocurrencies Alishah Chator, Matthew Green IEEE S&B 2018 [preprint] [proceedings]
Don’t Talk to Strangers: On the Challenges of Intelligent Vehicle Authentication Alishah Chator, Matthew Green VEHITS 2018 [preprint] [proceedings]