Description: Elizabeth C. Crites' webpage
I am currently a Research Associate in the Blockchain Technology Lab at The University of Edinburgh. I earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Brown University in 2019 under the supervision of Anna Lysyanskaya.
Currently, my main area of research is threshold cryptography. My contributions in this area include the development of novel multi-signature and threshold signature schemes, such as FROST2 (BCKMTZ22, CRYPTO’22), SpeedyMuSig (CKM21), SimpleMuSig (CKM21), TSPS (CKPSS22), Sparkle (CKM23, CRYPTO’23, Best Early Career Paper Award), and Snowblind (CKMTZ23, CRYPTO’23). In addition to their adoption in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Zcash, multi-party signatures are also the subject of an upcoming call from
Before entering the field of cryptography in 2016, I studied partial differential equations under the supervision of Richard S. Hamilton and Michael I. Weinstein and earned an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University. I also hold a B.Sc. in Honours Mathematics from The University of Western Ontario.