Scholar
Vabuk Pahari
Google Scholar ID: i-OI2wwAAAAJ
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Citations & Impact
Citations
94
H-index
3
i10-index
3
Publications
5
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications: 'Non-Atomic Arbitrage in Decentralized Finance' (to appear at IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, S&P 2024); 'Dissecting Bitcoin and Ethereum Transactions: On the Lack of Transaction Contention and Prioritization Transparency in Blockchains' (Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2023); 'Understanding Blockchain Governance: Analyzing Decentralized Voting to Amend DeFi Smart Contracts' (preprint). Academic Honors: Dean's List for academic excellence (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019); Phi Beta Kappa Inductee (2019), awarded to top 10% of the graduating class; Davis Scholar (2012 - 2019).
Research Experience
- September 2020 - present: MPI-SWS, PhD Researcher; July 2022 - December 2022: Chainlink Labs, Research Engineer; June 2017 - August 2017: Infineon Technologies, Firmware Development Intern.
Education
- Bachelor's degree: Double Major in Mathematics and Computer Science, Wesleyan University (2015 - 2020), supervised by Saray Shai. Master's degree: Computer Science, Wesleyan University (2015 - 2020), Master's Thesis focused on the robustness of large theoretical and real-world networks under different types of node removals.
Background
- Research interests include Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Currently working on fair prioritization of transactions in blockchains, identifying privately issued transactions and their implications for transaction prioritization.
Co-authors