Prof.
Benny
Applebaum
- School of EE
Tel Aviv University
English, Hebrew
- STEM Computer Science
- Fields: Computer Science
- Computer Science Sub-Fields: Coding, Complexity, Cryptology
- Research Keywords: Coding Theory, foundations of crypto, Multiparty Computation, Pseudorandomness, secret sharing
Research Interests
I’m mainly interested in the foundations of cryptography and specifically in basic questions about the feasibility and efficiency of cryptographic constructions. I also have a broad interest in computational complexity and coding theory.
Selected Awards
[2023] ERC Advanced Grant
[2021] ISF grant
[2014-19] Teaching awards at Tel-Aviv University
[2014] ERC Starting Grants
[2013] GIF grant with Eike Kiltz
[2011] ISF grant
[2010] Alon Fellowship for outstanding Young Researchers
[2009] Distinguished Post-doctoral Fellowship – Koshland Scholar
[2008] ACM Doctoral Dissertation, honorable mention
[2008] Princeton’s Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Award
[2007] SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize
[2007] Best Paper Award at CRYPTO 2007
[2007] Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship
[2004] Best Paper Award at FOCS 2004
[2021] ISF grant
[2014-19] Teaching awards at Tel-Aviv University
[2014] ERC Starting Grants
[2013] GIF grant with Eike Kiltz
[2011] ISF grant
[2010] Alon Fellowship for outstanding Young Researchers
[2009] Distinguished Post-doctoral Fellowship – Koshland Scholar
[2008] ACM Doctoral Dissertation, honorable mention
[2008] Princeton’s Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Award
[2007] SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize
[2007] Best Paper Award at CRYPTO 2007
[2007] Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship
[2004] Best Paper Award at FOCS 2004
