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Erica Blum

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Reed College

Affiliations

Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Computer Science

History and Social Sciences

History

Erica Blum is currently serving as a Computer Science Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Reed College.

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Reed College

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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computer science systems engineering distributed systems scalability machine learning blockchain communication security applied mathematics operating systems internet of things computer security networked system design cryptographic hardware linear consistency proof-of-stake blockchains computer engineering cloud computing cyber-physical systems hardware security data security system software service computing information technology cybernetics concurrent systems distributed processing distributed computing blockchain security network security secure protocols cryptocurrency asynchronous byzantine agreement subquadratic communication arbitrary network conditions atomic broadcast protocol longest-chain rule state machine replication network conditions algorand blockchain real-world security hashgraph protocol levant global history global networks system science data privacy pure mathematics information security history and philosophy of science memetic computing discrete mathematics european archaeology cluster computing antipode philosophy of mathematics history historical review religious studies mathematics formal verification social systems history of science financial cryptography civilizations theoretical computer science complex systems theory of computation fintech cryptography computational science interdisciplinary history middle eastern studies general systems empire multiagent systems network science

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Communication Lower Bounds for Cryptographic Broadcast Protocols. Distributed Computing (2025)

communication securitycryptographywireless networkscomputer sciencecommunicationcryptographic hardwarecommunications systems

ABRAXAS: Throughput-Efficient Hybrid Asynchronous Consensus. Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (2023)

Erica BlumJonathan KatzJulian LossKartik NayakSimon Ochsenreither

distributed systemsdistributed computingsystems engineeringconcurrent systemsmachine learningdistributed processingcommunication

Analyzing the Real-World Security of the Algorand Blockchain. Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (2023)

Erica BlumDerek LeungJulian LossJonathan KatzTal Rabin

blockchainalgorand blockchainblockchain securityreal-world securitytechnologyinformation securityinternet of things

Musings on the Hashgraph Protocol: Its Security and Its Limitations. arXiv (Cornell University) (2022)

Sridhar, VineshBlum, EricaKatz, Jonathan

computer securitycommunication securityhashgraph protocolcomputer sciencesecure protocolsnetwork security

State Machine Replication Under Changing Network Conditions. Lecture notes in computer science (2022)

Andreea B. AlexandruErica BlumJonathan KatzJulian Loss

network conditionscomputer sciencestate machine replicationmachine learning

TARDIGRADE: An Atomic Broadcast Protocol for Arbitrary Network Conditions. Lecture notes in computer science (2021)

Erica BlumJonathan KatzJulian Loss

systems engineeringatomic broadcast protocolcomputer sciencearbitrary network conditionscommunications systems

Always Have a Backup Plan: Fully Secure Synchronous Mpc With Asynchronous Fallback. Lecture notes in computer science (2020)

computer securitydistributed systemscloud computingcommunication securitynetworked system designdata securitycryptographycyber-physical systemssystem softwaresystems engineeringhardware securityservice computingcomputer sciencecomputer engineeringscalabilitycryptographic hardwareoperating systems

Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement With Subquadratic Communication. Lecture notes in computer science (2020)

Erica BlumJonathan KatzChen-Da Liu-ZhangJulian Loss

asynchronous byzantine agreementcomputer sciencesubquadratic communication

Network-Agnostic State Machine Replication. arXiv (Cornell University) (2020)

distributed systemssystems engineeringnetworked system designcomputer sciencescalabilityreplicationoperating systems

Linear Consistency for Proof-Of-Stake Blockchains. arXiv (Cornell University) (2019)

Erica BlumAggelos KiayiasCristopher MooreSaad QuaderAlexander Russell

blockchainapplied mathematicscryptographycryptocurrencymachine learningproof-of-stake blockchainsinformation technologylinear consistency

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Erica Blum

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Reed College

Affiliations

Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Computer Science

History and Social Sciences

History

Erica Blum is currently serving as a Computer Science Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Reed College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Erica Blum

Reed College

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Communication Lower Bounds for Cryptographic Broadcast Protocols. Distributed Computing (2025)

communication securitycryptographywireless networkscomputer sciencecommunicationcryptographic hardwarecommunications systems

ABRAXAS: Throughput-Efficient Hybrid Asynchronous Consensus. Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (2023)

Erica BlumJonathan KatzJulian LossKartik NayakSimon Ochsenreither

distributed systemsdistributed computingsystems engineeringconcurrent systemsmachine learningdistributed processingcommunication

Analyzing the Real-World Security of the Algorand Blockchain. Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (2023)

Erica BlumDerek LeungJulian LossJonathan KatzTal Rabin

blockchainalgorand blockchainblockchain securityreal-world securitytechnologyinformation securityinternet of things

Musings on the Hashgraph Protocol: Its Security and Its Limitations. arXiv (Cornell University) (2022)

Sridhar, VineshBlum, EricaKatz, Jonathan

computer securitycommunication securityhashgraph protocolcomputer sciencesecure protocolsnetwork security

State Machine Replication Under Changing Network Conditions. Lecture notes in computer science (2022)

Andreea B. AlexandruErica BlumJonathan KatzJulian Loss

network conditionscomputer sciencestate machine replicationmachine learning

TARDIGRADE: An Atomic Broadcast Protocol for Arbitrary Network Conditions. Lecture notes in computer science (2021)

Erica BlumJonathan KatzJulian Loss

systems engineeringatomic broadcast protocolcomputer sciencearbitrary network conditionscommunications systems

Always Have a Backup Plan: Fully Secure Synchronous Mpc With Asynchronous Fallback. Lecture notes in computer science (2020)

Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement With Subquadratic Communication. Lecture notes in computer science (2020)

Erica BlumJonathan KatzChen-Da Liu-ZhangJulian Loss

asynchronous byzantine agreementcomputer sciencesubquadratic communication

Network-Agnostic State Machine Replication. arXiv (Cornell University) (2020)

distributed systemssystems engineeringnetworked system designcomputer sciencescalabilityreplicationoperating systems

Linear Consistency for Proof-Of-Stake Blockchains. arXiv (Cornell University) (2019)

Erica BlumAggelos KiayiasCristopher MooreSaad QuaderAlexander Russell

blockchainapplied mathematicscryptographycryptocurrencymachine learningproof-of-stake blockchainsinformation technologylinear consistency

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