Zvika Brakerski

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Zvika Brakerski is an Israeli cryptographer and associate professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He works in the field of cryptography, especially homomorphic encryption, which lets you perform computations on encrypted data.

Key contributions:
- 2011: With Vinod Vaikuntanathan, proposed a fully homomorphic encryption scheme based on the Learning with Errors (LWE) problem.
- 2012: Published a paper at the Annual Cryptology Conference showing fully homomorphic encryption without modulus switching from the classical GapSVP, which helped form the BFV scheme (Brakerski-Fan-Vaikuntanathan).
- Later with Craig Gentry, co-developed the Brakerski-Gentry-Vaikuntanathan (BGV) scheme, enabling leveled fully homomorphic encryption without bootstrapping.
- These works earned Brakerski, Vaikuntanathan, and Gentry the Gödel Prize in 2022.

Education:
- Alma mater: Tel Aviv University.
- Doctoral advisor: Shafi Goldwasser; other academic advisors include Dan Boneh.