Aydin Abadi is an Assistant Professor (lecturer) at Newcastle University. 

His main research interests include information security, privacy, and cryptography. His current research interests include:

• Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning (such as Federated Learning) and AI

• Bank and Payment Fraud/Scam

• Cryptanalysis

• Financial Technology (FinTech)

• Developing Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing, such as:

  • • • Private Set Intersection (PSI)

      • Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC)

      • Time-lock Encryptions/Puzzles

      • Oblivious Transfer

• Blockchain and its Applications

• Post-Quantum Cryptography

• Verifiable Computation

• Smart Contracts' Design, Implementation, and Applications

• Cloud computing's Security

He leads a research lab focused on privacy-preserving machine learning, cryptography, and secure digital payment systems within the School of Computing.