Eysa Lee

Email: eylee @ barnard.edu

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Barnard College and an Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University.
My research interests are in cryptography, specifically threshold signatures, multi-party computation, and digital credentials.

I completed my PhD in 2023 at Northeastern University advised by abhi shelat and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Brown University under the mentorship of Anna Lysyanskaya. Before that, I completed my undergraduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

In my spare time, I enjoy doodling, as evident by the Alice and Bob characters in my presentations.

If you're wondering how to pronounce my name, it's like Lisa without the "L" or Isa like "Isa the Iguana" from Dora the Explorer (unfortunately I do not know any cool facts about the rainforest, but I did once disappoint a small child by not being an iguana).

Updates:

Aug 2025: Woohoo! Our paper on signature functionalities was accepted to TCC 2025! Aarhus, here we come!
May 2025: Yay! Our paper on multi-holder anonymous credentials was accepted to CRYPTO 2025! See you all there!
Spring 2025: I'M GOING TO BE A PROFESSOR!! I'm so so so excited to announce starting July 2025, I'll be an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Barnard College, Columbia University!!
Fall 2024: I'm planning to go on the job market! Wish me luck :)