Austin T. Li
CS PhD at Cornell University
atl63@cornell.edu
About
I'm a Computer Science PhD student at Cornell University where I am advised by Lorenzo Alvisi. I am broadly interested in distributed systems, cloud computing, and the challenges in creating efficient, durable, consistent, and fault tolerant systems. I previously completed my Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science at Princeton University, where I worked with Amit Levy and Wyatt Lloyd. Outside research, I like to play soccer, pickleball, and read. You can find a copy of my CV here.
My current research focuses on building a robust and flexible framework for safety in Byzantine transactional systems. The presence of Byzantine clients in BFT systems is often ignored or simply relegated to the problem of authentication. Such a solution is inadequate for situations where authorized clients decide to act maliciously. We aim to build a system that provides a general framework for safe interactive transactions while maintaining performance.