Decentralized Systems Group

We work at the intersection of cryptography, security, and decentralized systems.

Members

Fan Zhang
Fan Zhang

Faculty

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Aviv Yaish
Aviv Yaish

Postdoc

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Tiantian Gong
Tiantian Gong

Postdoc

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Sen Yang
Sen Yang

PhD Student

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Giannis Kaklamanis
Giannis Kaklamanis

PhD Student

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Wenhao Wang
Wenhao Wang

PhD Student

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Yunhao Wang
Yunhao Wang

PhD Student

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Alums

  • Sarisht Wadhwa (PhD graduated 2026, co-advised with Kartik Nayak at Duke β†’ Postdoc at University of Michigan)
  • Mengqian Zhang (postdoc 2023-2025 β†’ Postdoc at CMU)
  • Kaihua Qin (postdoc 2023-2025 β†’ Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick)
  • Lulu Zhou (graduated 2024 β†’ Protocol Researcher at EigenLayer)
  • Yujie Lu (2022-2024, co-advised with Charalampos (Babis) Papamanthou)

Undergrad Advisees

Yale Senior Thesis Advisees:

Interns:

  • Jiayu Liu (intern, 2026)
  • Yoshi Sato (intern, 2025 β†’ PhD student at Yale)
  • Yanxin Pang (intern, 2024 β†’ PhD student at Georgia Tech)
  • Fangyan Shi (intern, 2024)
  • Rui Wang (MS student, 2023 β†’ PhD student at Purdue)
  • Yixiao Wang (intern, 2023 β†’ MS student at Cornell)
  • Chengrui Fang (intern, 2023)
  • Zhenyu Zhao (intern, 2023 β†’ PhD student at HKUST Crypto-Fintech Lab)
  • Rongwu Xu (intern, 2022 β†’ PhD student at UW)
  • Zerui Cheng (intern 2022 β†’ PhD student at Princeton)
  • Shutong Qu (intern, 2022)
  • Yuxuan Lu (intern 2021 β†’ PhD student at Peking University)

Acknowledgments

DSG is currently supported by the generous grants and gifts from:

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