Bio

I am a second year Computer Science PhD student in the Information Security Group at UCL (University College London). Researching Cryptocurrencies and Underground Markets under the supervision of Dr Sarah Meiklejohn and Professor Jens Groth, supported by the EU 2020 project. I am also apart of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3).

My history is as follows, I completed a Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Cambridge under supervision of Dr Richard Clayton. My project was on “Discerning Patterns in the Compromise of Websites”. I completed an undergraduate degree in Computer Science with Industrial Expereince at Queen Mary, University of London. With my thesis under the supervision of Dr Paulo Oliva.

For my industrial year I worked as a full time technical analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Publications

An Empirical Analysis of Anonymity in Zcash (arxiv, blogpost, Coindesk, Vice, Motherboard, Bitcoin Exchange Guide )
George Kappos, Haaroon Yousaf, Mary Maller, and Sarah Meiklejohn
27th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX ‘18)

Teaching

2017 - Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Programming, University College London
2017 - Demonstrator, Interaction Design, University of Cambridge
2016 - Teaching Assistant, Operating Systems, Queen Mary University of London
2015 - Peer Assisted Student Support, Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London

Events

A list of some of the events I've been to in reverse chronological order.

Consulting

If you have any projects that I may be intested in and you'd like advise on, Please get in contact. If I have the time (and interest) we may be able to work something out.

Contact

Address
University College London
Dept. of Computer Science
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Desk Phone: +44 (0)2 7679 3495

Email: h[dot]yousaf[at]ucl[dot]ac[dot]uk