Dan Boneh

Professor Dan Boneh leads the applied cryptography group in the Computer Science department at Stanford University, where he focuses on the intersection of cryptography and computer security. His research encompasses a variety of areas, including cryptosystems with innovative properties, web security, mobile device security, digital copyright protection, and cryptanalysis. With over a hundred publications to his name, Professor Boneh has received several prestigious awards, including the Packard Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Award, the RSA Award in Mathematics, and most recently, the Ishii Award for industry education innovation. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has been a part of Stanford since 1997.