Shafi Goldwasser

Professor

Contact Information

689 Soda Hall

Links

Personal Homepage

Dissertations

Research Support

Tracee Jackson
tmjackson@berkeley.edu

Biography

Director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Principal fields of interest: Cryptography, Computational Number Theory, Complexity Theory, Fault Tolerant Distributed Computing, Probabilistic Proof Systems, Approximation Algorithms.

Education

1984, Ph.D., Computer Science, UC Berkeley

1981, M.S., Computer Science, UC Berkeley

1979, B.S., Mathematics and Science, Carnegie Mellon

Research Areas

Theory (THY)

Research Centers

Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence (RDI) (RDI)

Center for the Theoretical Foundations of Learning, Inference, Information, Intelligence, Mathematics and Microeconomics at Berkeley (CLIMB)

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing (SITC)

American Academy of Letters and Sciences Member, 2025
L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award, 2021
Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) Test of Time Award, 2021
Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) Test of Time Award, 2021
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow, 2017
Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies, 2017
ACM A.M. Turing Award, 2012
Simons Foundation Investigator Award, 2012
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award, 2011
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science, 2010
Athena Lecturer Award, 2008
International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Fellow, 2007
EECS Distinguished Alumni, 2007
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Member, 2005
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Member, 2004
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member, 2001
Gödel Prize, 2001
Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathematics, 1999
RSA Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award, 1998
Grace Murray Hopper Award, 1996
Gödel Prize, 1993

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