Sam A. Markelon
Hello, my name is Sam! I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Florida. My research interests include Cryptography, Data Structures, and Probabilistic Computing. I am currently a part of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research, working under the supervision of Dr. Vincent Bindschaedler and Dr. Tom Shrimpton.My research at UF has focused on the intersection of cryptography and data structures. I have explored how certain classes of data structures behave in adversarial environments. Likewise, I have proposed new and robust versions of these structures that are provably secure. Currently, I am interested in privacy-preserving verifiable data structures and their applications, namely, Key Transparency.