Kaya Alpturer

I am currently a PhD student at Princeton University in Theoretical Computer Science advised by Prof. Matt Weinberg. I graduated from Cornell University in 2023 where I was advised by Prof. Joe Halpern and Prof. Ron van der Meyden. You can reach me at my email.

Publications

TARK  ’25
Optimality of Simultaneous Consensus with Limited Information Exchange
Kaya Alpturer, Ron van der Meyden, Sushmita Ruj, Godfrey Wong
DOI
PODC  ’25
Model Checking and Synthesis for Optimal Use of Knowledge in Consensus Protocols
Kaya Alpturer, Gerald Huang, Ron van der Meyden
arXiv DOI
DISC  ’24
A Knowledge-Based Analysis of Intersection Protocols
arXiv Slides DOI
AFT  ’24
Optimal RANDAO Manipulation in Ethereum
Kaya Alpturer, S. Matthew Weinberg
arXiv Slides DOI
PODC  ’23
Optimal Eventual Byzantine Agreement Protocols with Omission Failures
arXiv Slides DOI

Other

I am an alumni advisor to the high-school programming contest CodeFest. More information can be found here.