I go by Rachel, but my official name is Huijia Lin, which appears in all my publications and official documents.
Contact
- Email: rachel at cs dot washington dot edu
- Office: Allen CSE 652
Research
I am interested in exploring all theoretical aspects of cryptography, as well as its intersection with various domains in computer science, such as, complexity theory, algorithm design, learning, and security.
I am a member of the cryptography group, together with Professor Andrea Coladangelo, Professor Stefano Tessaro, and Professor Nirvan Tyagi at UW. I am also a member of the theory group.
See my DBLP page and Google Scholar page for a list of publications.
Teaching
CSE 426: Introduction to Cryptography (Undergraduate) (Multiple Offering)
CSE 526: Introduction to Cryptography (Graduate) (Multiple Offering)
CSE 599: Lattices and Lattice-based Cryptography (Spring 2022)
CSEP 590: Applied Cryptography (Professional Master Program) (Spring 2023)
CSE 312 Foundations of Computing II (Multiple Offering)
Advising
I am grateful to all my wonderful students and postdocs.
Current PhD students:
Kameron Shahabi,
Yao Ching Hsieh,
Hanjun Li,
Chenzhi Zhu
Former PhD students:
Ji Luo PhD 2024 → Boston University and MIT (postdoc), Ashrujit Ghoshal PhD 2023 → CMU (postdoc), Binyi Chen PhD 2019 → Google → Espresso Systems (Chief Cryptographer) → Stanford (postdoc), Pratik Soni PhD 2020 → CMU (postdoc) → University of Utah (Assistant Professor)
Postdocs:
Min Jae
Song Postdoc 2022-2024
Tianren Liu
Postdoc 2019-21 → Peking University (Assistant Professor)
Marshall
Ball Postdoc 2020-21 (CI Fellow) → New York University (Assistant Professor)
Christian Matt
Postdoc 2017-18 → Concordium (Senior Researcher)
Scientific Activities
Program Chairs: TCC 2025 (co-chair with Benny Applebaum). FORC 2026.
Program Committees: CRYPTO 2017, 2015, 2013. EUROCRYPT 2019. FOCS 2023, 2019. STOC 2022, 2016. TCC 2021, 2020, 2016-B, 2016-A, 2024.
Theory of Cryptography Conference (TCC) Steering Committee, 2018-now
Associate Editor: JACM
SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee, 2022
PI of the Simons Collaboration on the Theory of Algorithmic Fairness, 2020-2027