Bio
David Adei is a Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate at NC State University, advised by Dr. Bradley Reaves. His research interests include applied cryptography, security engineering, and distributed systems, with a focus on privacy-preserving technologies for telephone networks. His 2024 paper, “Jäger: Automated Telephone Call Traceback,” received a Distinguished Paper Award and a Distinguished Artifact Award at the ACM CCS. Before starting his Ph.D. in 2022, David worked for seven years as a software engineer in several senior roles. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science with First Class Honors from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Publications
- David Adei, Chris Orsini, Alessandra Scafuro, and Tanner Verber, How to Recover a Cryptographic Secret From the Cloud, in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Nov. 2025.
- David Adei, Varun Madathil, Sathvik Prasad, Bradley Reaves, and Alessandra Scafuro, Jäger: Automated Telephone Call Traceback, in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Oct. 2024.