Nikita Borisov
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(217) 244-5385
460 Coordinated Science Laboratory
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Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, UC Berkeley, 2005
Academic Positions
- Professor (100%), Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC — 2019–present
Research Statement
My research interests lie in the area of computer security and privacy, especially as applied to large-scale distributed systems. My current focus is on anonymity: analysis of existing anonymous systems and the design of new peer-to-peer anonymous networks. In this research I take a systems approach, with rigorous, quantitative metrics of anonymity and analysis with help from simulations. I also work on other privacy enhancing technologies, such as techniques for privacy-preserving data aggregation, as well as research into building reliable and secure peer-to-peer networks.
Research Interests
- Information leakage, inference, and traffic analysis
- Trustworthy and verifiable systems
- Cryptographic protocols and zero-knowledge systems
- Privacy-enhancing technologies for Internet infrastructure
Research Areas
Teaching Honors
- On the Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students, Spring 2006
Research Honors
- The Web Conference best paper (2019)
- ASIACCS Best Paper (2014)
- NSF CAREER award (2010)