Scholar
Taro Tsuchiya
Google Scholar ID: Qgk2N5UAAAAJ
Carnegie Mellon University
Citations & Impact
Citations
93
H-index
4
i10-index
2
Publications
6
Co-authors
4
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Presented the paper 'Blockchain Address Poisoning' at USENIX Security 2025 and developed a real-time detection system called 'Toxin Tagger'. Published 'Blockchain Amplification Attack' at SIGMETRICS’25. Published 'Identifying Risky Vendors in Cryptocurrency P2P Marketplaces' at WWW’24. Published 'Misbehavior and Account Suspension in an Online Financial Communication Platform' at WWW’23. Received the Cylab Presidential Fellowship (full tuition for 2025-2026). Invited to speak at multiple academic conferences and institutions, including NYU Tandon School of Engineering, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, and more.
Research Experience
- Research assistant at Cyber Civilization Research Center (CCRC) under Dr. David Farber and Dr. Cameron Freer in 2021; research visitor at the University of Cambridge, Department of Computer Science and Technology, under Professor Alice Hutchings in 2025.
Education
- Fifth-year Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) School of Computer Science (SCS), advised by Dr. Nicolas Christin.
Background
- Research interests include emerging cybercrime and computer security threats, particularly in the financial domain. Studies system- and software-level attacks such as denial-of-service (DoS) and address poisoning on blockchain, as well as societal threats like fraud, fake accounts, market manipulation, stolen data, and malicious AI endpoints. Recipient of the Nakajima Foundation Fellowship and the Cylab Presidential Fellowship.
Miscellany
- Email: ttsuchiy at cs.cmu.edu
