Rafael Pass

Professor, Tel-Aviv University and Cornell Tech

Rafael Pass is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and Cornell NYC Tech. He obtained his bachelor's in Engineering Physics and a master's in Computer Science, both from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden, and his PhD in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2006. Rafael's research interests are in the field of Cryptography and its interplay with Computational Complexity and Game Theory. He is a recipient of the NSF Career Award, the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Microsoft Faculty Award, and the Wallenberg Academy Fellowship.

Program Visits

Meta-Complexity, Spring 2023, Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer
Proofs, Consensus, and Decentralizing Society, Fall 2019, Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer
Cryptography, Summer 2015, Visiting Scientist