Ian Miers
Assistant Professor at University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolIan Miers is an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Maryland with 14 years of experience at the intersection of security and applied cryptography. He authored pioneering papers on zero-knowledge proofs and SNARKs for blockchains and was a founding scientist of Aleo, Bolt Labs, and Zcash, bridging academic research and real-world privacy engineering. His background includes industry experience building large-scale distributed systems at Microsoft and research roles at Cornell Tech and Johns Hopkins, where he completed his BS and PhD. Ian contributes to open-source cryptography tooling—most notably enhancing the Charm framework’s authenticated encryption and hybrid schemes—demonstrating a practical focus on secure, deployable primitives. He combines deep theoretical expertise with hands-on implementation and systems experience, making him adept at moving cryptographic ideas from paper to production. Based in College Park, he maintains a research page with up-to-date work, signaling ongoing engagement with both students and the crypto community.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Github Skills (7)
it-security10
web-framework10
python10
cryptography10
security10
testing9
documentation8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
JHUISI/charm
Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
Charm: A Framework for Rapidly Prototyping Cryptosystems
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:108 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ian primarily contributed to the configuration and implementation of cryptographic schemes within the Charm framework. They focused on fixing syntax issues and adding features to the configure script for build and documentation. Key contributions include integrating authenticated encryption, refactoring symmetric crypto modules, and adapting hybrid encryption schemes. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the security and functionality of the Charm framework's cryptographic capabilities.
cryptographypythonprototypingcharm
Zerocoin/zerocoin_website
Apr 2013 - May 2014
hyde project for zerocoin
Contributions:50 commits in 1 year
blockchaincryptocurrencyzerocoinhydebitcoin
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