Matan Shtepel
CV
Howdy! I'm Matan Shtepel. I'm a Research Assistant at UPenn with Prof. Brett Falk and Pratyush Mishra where I am partially funded by a grant from the Sui Foundation. I work primarily in cryptography ∩ coding-theory and I am broadly interested in theory.
Starting Fall 2024, I'll be joining CMU as a PhD student.
Previously, I completed ugrad in CS & Math at UCLA.
While at UCLA, I worked on Distributed Oblivious RAM and
Secure Multi-Party Computation with Prof. Rafail Ostrovsky (see Publications). At UCLA, I founded and organized Theory@UCLA.
Outside of research, math, and building subpar academic websites, I also enjoy
fashion, Australian rock, running, reading, snowboarding, and spending an
unhealthy amount of time on looking at mathematician and scientists' bios on Wikipedia.
Contact me for pretty much any reason!
"It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover." (Poincaré)
Publications
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DORAM revisited: Maliciously secure RAM-MPC with logarithmic overhead (TCC'23)
B. Falk, D. Noble, R. Ostrovsky, M. Shtepel, J. Zhang
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GigaDORAM: Breaking the Billion Address Barrier (USENIX'23)
B. Falk, R. Ostrovsky, M. Shtepel, J. Zhang
- Mark Burgin, Matan Shtepel "On Totalization of Computable Functions in a Distributive Environment", (International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (GPAA)). Once published online, will be available here.
In alphabetical order.
Conatct Me!
Considering dropping me a line? Please, do not hesitate! I am happy to receive any and all questions, offers, suggestions and vegan steak recipes (but please, nothing more 😉). first.lastat gmail.com
Selected Photos
Took my son Matthew on a trip to show him where George Washington crossed the Delaware River 🇺🇸
Organizing High Dimensional Expanders reading group in Philly! Come join us!
A lil' high school reunion at the crib.
Jus' Chillin' 🙃
New apartment -- new self-propaganda posters!
Before self-propaganda.
UCLA Theory Guild in the last meeting of winter 23.' Say, "lattices!"
Last night at Hack Lodge 23'. Catch our live, "deliverable" demos here!
Saying bye to roomies Matt (left) and Eric (right) on my last night in LA 🥲
Research partner Jacob Zhang wearing the cryptography shirt I made for him in front of the whiteboard we hung in our room!
Can you recognize the poster above my bed?
Yah? That construction on the board behind me? We found a flaw in the proof about 3 hours later 😎
Celebrating Kylee's Birthday
Wearing my favorite paradox
After a relaxing surf
At the Josh tree park
“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more."
As you may find me on a regular afternoon...