Taro Tsuchiya
Hello, welcome to my webpage! I am a 4th-year Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) School of Computer Science (SCS). I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Nicolas Christin and work with his team at CyLab (Security and Privacy Institute). My research aims to enhance the safety and security of financial services through the lens of computer security. I study system- and software-level attacks, including denial-of-service and address poisoning attacks on blockchain, while also addressing societal threats such as Sybil attacks, spam, toxicity, and market manipulation. I am also a recipient of the Nakajima Foundation Fellowship for my doctoral studies.
Prior to CMU, I did my undergraduate at Keio University and enrolled in the selected all-English undergraduate program, PEARL (Program in Economics for Alliances, Research, and Leadership). I also studied in SOAS University of London for one term in 2017. During my undergrad, I was a research assistant at Cyber Civilization Research Center (CCRC), worked with Dr. David Farber and Dr. Cameron Freer. I did a long-term internship at Mitsubishi UFJ Bank as an research intern.
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Jul 23, 2025 | This summer, I am visiting University of Cambridge, Department of Computer Science and Technology under Professor Alice Hutchings. Today, I presented my work at Cambridge Cybercrime Centre: Eighth Annual Cybercrime Conference. |
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Jun 11, 2025 | Our paper “Blockchain Address Poisoning” is accepted to USENIX SECURITY’25! The artifact is also available at here. |
Jun 9, 2025 | I will be in Stony Brook to present our “Blockchain Amplification Attack” at SIGMETRICS’25! |
May 1, 2025 | I served as a TA for 15330 Introduction to Computer Security during Spring 2025. It was a privilege to work with Professor Riad S. Wahby, Professor Riccardo Paccagnella, and passionate students! |
Jan 28, 2025 | Please check out our new paper: Blockchain Address Poisoning! |
Jan 12, 2025 | Our paper “Blockchain Amplification Attack” is accepted to SIGMETRICS’25! |
Oct 4, 2024 | I was invited to talk at University of Sydney, DeSci Seminar. Thank you for having me! |
Sep 25, 2024 | I presented Blockchain Amplification Attack at Cylab Partners Conference’24 (Session IX: Crypto and Blockchain)! Video available here. |