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Basics

Name Elisaweta Masserova
Label Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email elisawem@cs.cmu.edu

Work

  • 2024.09 - PRESENT

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Carnegie Bosch Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
    Applied cryptography research, including privacy-preserving machine learning, MPC, and distributed randomness generation.
  • 2024.06 - 2024.08

    New York, New York

    Summer Research Associate
    J.P. Morgan AI Research, JPMorganChase
    Developed zero-knowledge proof systems for verifiable fairness of machine learning models, including design and implementation of cryptographic protocols.
  • 2023.06 - 2023.08

    New York, New York

    Summer Research Associate
    J.P. Morgan AI Research, JPMorganChase
    Designed secure multi-party computation protocol for large-scale distributed systems based on packed secret-sharing.
  • 2014.09 - 2018.08

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Student Research Assistant
    Institute of Theoretical Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Implemented educational tools such as visualizations of zero-knowledge principles, contributed to research related to CCA-secure commitments, private set intersection, Intel SGX.
  • 2014.09 - 2018.08

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Freelancing in Software- and Web-Development
    Self-employed
    Developed and deployed custom full-stack web applications and dashboards for startups, non-profits, and public sector clients, supporting user management and operational workflows.
  • 2013.09 - 2014.08

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Student Software Developer
    bluehands GmbH & Co.mmunication KG
    Developed software components for an augmented reality mobile application.
  • 2013.04 - 2013.12

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Student Research Assistant
    FZI Research Center for Information Technology
    Developed a motion sensor-based mobile rehabilitation app for stroke patients.

Education

  • 2018.08 - 2024.09

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    PhD
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Computer Science
  • 2018.08 - 2022.12

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Master of Science
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Computer Science
  • 2016.05 - 2019.03

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Master of Science
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Informatics
  • 2013.10 - 2018.08

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Bachelor of Science
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Mathematics
  • 2011.10 - 2016.05

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Bachelor of Science
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Informatics

Grants, honors, and awards

  • 2024
    Carnegie Bosch Fellowship
    Carnegie Bosch Institute
    Two-year award supporting outstanding postdoctoral researchers conducting high-potential research within the excellence-driven environment of CMU.
  • 2022
    Cryptonet Academic Research Grant
    Protocol Labs
    Research gift, 35,000 USD. Project: Stateless Distributed Randomness Generation.
  • 2015
    InterAct scholarship
    Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung
    Award for conducting bachelor thesis research in the USA.
  • 2014
    HackZurich
    1st place at Europe’s largest hackathon.
  • 2014
    Microsoft Imagine Cup
    Microsoft Germany
    1st Place at the Microsoft Imagine Cup national final in the Innovation category.

Skills

programming languages
Python, TypeScript, Solidity, C#, C++, PHP
ML
Scikit-learn, PyTorch
Cryptography
MPC frameworks, zkSNARKS, implementation using arkworks
Web
React, Next.js, Node.js
Systems & Tools
Linux, Git

Languages

English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Ukrainian
Native speaker
Russian
Native speaker

Interests

Cryptography
Multi-Party Computation
Blockchains
Crypto x Distributed Systems
Crypto x Game Theory
AI
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
Fairness in AI