John Augustine

John Augustine is professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He holds a PhD from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine. His research interests are in distributed algorithms specifically focusing on distributed trust issues that emerge in settings where participants may behave maliciously. He has authored many refereed articles that have appeared in highly reputed conferences (SODA, FOCS, PODC, NEURIPS, DISC, SPAA, IPDPS, etc.) and journals (Algorithmica, SICOMP, TCS, JPDC, TPDS, etc). He was the chair of the distributed computing track at ICDCN 2022 and is currently serving as an associate editor at the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. At IIT Madras, he is a founding member of the Cryptography, Cybersecurity, and Distributed Trust group (CCD) as well as the Blockchain Innovation Centre (BiC). He is also affiliated with the Theory group in CSE.

Research Interests:

• Distributed Algorithms, Optimization Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Algorithmic Game Theory

Awards and Recognitions:

• Prof. B Yegnanarayana Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching in Computer Science & Engineering, 2021
• Xerox Research Centre India Open - Best Poster award, 2015
• Microsoft Outstanding Young Faculty Award (MS-OYFA), 2011