During his PhD studies, Simon researched cryptographic and distributed protocols.
Distributed protocols enable a set of parties connected through a faulty network to perform computational tasks as a coherent system while maintaining various levels of privacy and security against attacks.
Since the introduction of Blockchain the area has seen renewed interest motivated by the promise of decentralized global financial systems.
In practice such systems are faced with a tradeoff between scalability, security, and latency.
The thesis presents solutions focused on security and latency while reducing the inherent impact on scalability.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Monday 20 January at 15.00
Place: Building 5510, room 104, Lille Auditorium, Åbogade 15, InCuba, 8200 Aarhus N.
Title of PhD thesis: Towards Scalable and Robust Distributed Computing
Contact information: Simon Holmgaard Kamp, e-mail: simon.kamp@cispa.de
Members of the assessment committee:
Associate Professor Vassilis Zikas, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Tech, United States of America
Lecturer and Researcher Dr. Chen-Da Liu-Zhang, Information Technology, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
Professor Claudio Orlandi (chair), Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Main supervisor: Professor Jesper Buus Nielsen, Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C