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MICHAEL
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FREEDMAN
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| Asst. Professor |
| Computer Science |
Princeton University
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| www.michaelfreedman.org |
| mfreed%cs princeton edu |
| March 12, 2008 |
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EDUCATION |
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| New York University,
Courant Institute | Fall 2002 - Summer 2007 |
| New York, NY |
| Ph.D., Computer Science, Sept 2007. |
| M.S., Computer Science, June 2005. |
| Advisor: David
Mazières |
| Dissertation: Democratizing Content Distribution |
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Stanford University | Fall 2005 - Summer 2007 |
| Stanford, CA |
| Research staff. On leave from NYU to accompany my advisor. |
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| Massachusetts
Institute of Technology | Fall 1997 - Spring 2002 |
| Cambridge, MA |
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M.Eng., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 2002. |
Spring 2001 - Spring 2002 |
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Thesis: A Peer-to-Peer Anonymizing Network Layer |
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Advisor: Robert Morris |
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Cumulative Graduate GPA: 5.0/5.0 |
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S.B., Computer Science and Engineering, June 2001 |
Fall 1997 - Fall 2000 |
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Minor in Political Science.
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Undergrad Thesis Advisor: Ron Rivest |
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Cumulative Undergraduate GPA: 4.9/5.0 |
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| Oxford University,
Magdalen College |
Fall 2000 |
| Oxford, UK |
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Wyoming Valley West High School
| Fall 1993 - Spring 1997 |
| Plymouth, PA |
| Graduated Class Valedictorian (1/
314). National Merit Finalist (PSAT 1550),
Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction,
National Honor Society.
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HONORS
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Highest-ranked paper, SIGCOMM 2007.
Fast-tracking to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
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Best demo award (OASIS),
WORLDS 2005.
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First paper (highest-ranked), Eurocrypt 2004.
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Award paper, CCS 2002.
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| NDSEG (DoD) Graduate Fellow, 2002-2005 |
| NYU McCracken Fellow, 2002-2006 |
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| Janet Fabri Prize, NYU Computer Science Dept., 2008 (for best Ph.D. dissertation) |
| Henning Biermann Award, NYU Computer Science Dept., 2005 (for education and service) |
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| Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship, 2001 |
| Awarded Gordon Wu Fellowship, Princeton, 2001 |
| Awarded Sterling Prize Fellowship, Yale, 2001 |
| Awarded Graduate Fellowships, U.C.Berkeley, Carnegie-Mellon, UCSD, 2001 |
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| Coca-Cola Scholar, 1997-2001 |
| Tylenol Scholar, 1997-1999 |
| Big 33 Scholar, 1997-1998 |
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| Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), 2000- |
| Eta Kappa Nu (EECS Honor Society), 2000- |
| Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society), 2000- |
| Order of Omega (Fraternal Honor Society), 1999- |
| Congressional Award, Silver (1996) and Bronze (1993) medals |
| Explorer's Club, 1996- |
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PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVIES
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Advising:
Current
Ph.D.: Wyatt Lloyd, Siddhartha Sen (co-advised by Bob Tarjan), Jeff Terrace
Previous
Masters students: Justin Pettit (Stanford), Robert Soule (NYU), Jeff Borden (NYU)
Undergraduates:
Hal Laidlaw, Mark Spear,
Jeffrey Spehar (Stanford), Kevin Shanahan (NYU), Ed Kupershlak (NYU)
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Program Committee:
NSDI '09,
CCS '08,
IPTPS '08,
CT-RSA '08,
WORLDS '06,
UPGRADE-CDN '06,
IRIS Student P2P Workshop '03
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External Reviewer:
NSDI '08,
NSDI '07,
LATIN '06,
HotNets '05,
EUROCRYPT '05,
Usenix Technical '05,
ISC '04,
CRYPTO '04,
IPDPS '04,
IEEE Infocom '04,
ACM CCS '03,
ACM SOSP '03,
ISC '03,
ACM PODC '03,
EUROCRYPT '03,
WPES '02
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Book/Journal Reviewer:
Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS),
Transactions on Networking,
Journal of Computer Security,
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC),
Handbook of Internet Security - P2P Security (Wiley & Sons),
Computer Journal
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RESEARCH AND
WORK
EXPERIENCE |
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Princeton University,
Dept. of Computer Science
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Assistant Professor |
| Princeton, NJ |
Fall 2007 - present |
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| Illuminics Systems
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Co-founder |
| Mountain View, CA |
March 2006 - September 2007 |
| Commercialized IP analytics and geolocation research; acquired by Quova, Inc. in Nov 2006. |
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Stanford University,
Secure Computer Systems
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Research staff |
| Stanford, CA |
Fall 2005 - Summer 2007 |
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U.C. Berkeley |
Visiting Research Associate |
| Berkeley, CA |
Summer 2005 |
| With Ion Stoica and Scott Shenker,
researching problems with secure and fault-tolerant distributed
systems. |
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NYU, Secure Computer Systems |
Research Assistant |
| New York, NY |
Fall 2002 - Spring 2005 |
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| HP Labs,
Trusted Systems Lab |
Research Associate |
| Princeton, NJ |
Summer 2003 |
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With Benny Pinkas, developed cryptographic protocols for private
matching (two-party set intersection) and secure private information
retrieval (SPIR), using a novel, efficient polynomial-construction
technique.
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| MIT Laboratory for Computer Science |
| Cambridge, MA |
Spring 1999 - Spring 2002 |
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Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems Group |
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(Spring 2001 - Spring 2002) Research assistant,
Led the design and development of
Tarzan, a peer-to-peer anonymous IP network layer that is strongly resistent to traffic analysis.
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Cryptography and Information Security Group |
| (Spring 2000) Undergrad
research. As part of the Free Haven
Project, developing a system for the anonymous publishing,
storage, and retrieval of information. A distributed network of
Internet servers will be utilized for stronger privacy than most
infrastructures currently deployed. |
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Spoken Language Systems Group |
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(Spring 1999 - Winter 2000)
Undergrad research. Improved the graphical environment of real-time
generated interfaces for the Jupiter
(weather forecast) speech recognition/generation system, with
Stephanie Seneff. Built statistical analysis tool for semantic frame
composition. |
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| InterTrust
Technologies, STAR Lab |
Research Intern |
| Santa Clara, CA | Summer, 2001 |
| Researched practical techniques and
theoretical cryptographic primitives for privacy for Digital Rights
Management (DRM) systems. Developed and simulated a new algorithm for
peer-to-peer key-value lookups on a distributed trie with lazy
consistency. |
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| Zero-Knowledge Systems Labs |
Research Intern, Cryptography Group |
| Montreal, Quebec | Summer, 2000 |
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Designed and implemented a prototype system and API toolkit for
electronic cash with Stefan Brands and Ian Goldberg. Researched
electronic voting and cash protocols.
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| Sun Microsystems |
Intern,
High Performance Computing Group |
| Burlington, MA | Summer, 1999 |
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Studied the use of parallel input/output in large-scale scientific
modeling applications. Converted the ARPS weather model to use Sun
MPI I/O, which allows the parallel execution of tasks atop a parallel
file system.
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| Cognex Corporation |
Intern, Software Engineering |
| Natick, MA | Summer, 1998 |
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Developed GUI applications atop Cognex machine vision libraries.
Specific tasks concerned the configurability of vision board security
keys across NT networks.
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| MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory |
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
| Cambridge, MA | Summer 1996, Fall 1997 - Winter 1998 |
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Investigated growth techniques of ferromagnetic MnBi thin films for
use in magneto-optical recording and barrier tunneling junctions.
Used X-ray diffraction, SQUID hysteresis-loop measurements,
scanning-electron and atomic force microscopy, and Rutherford back
scattering for analysis.
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| Michigan State University |
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| East Lansing, MI | Summer 1995 |
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Developed tools for the graphical representation of algorithms that
reduce run-time in distributed-memory supercomputers by balancing
computations and data between nodes.
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| 4-H Camp Shehaqua |
Counselor |
| White Haven, PA | Summer 1993 - Summer 1997 |
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Worked as a counselor and adult staff at the week-long camp under the
auspices of the 4-H Cooperative Extension Service of Penn State
University. Created and ran a workshop about diversity, prejudice,
and personal choice and responsibility.
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LEADERSHIP AND
INTERESTS |
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| Princeton CS Department,
Academic Advisor, B.S.E. Majors, Class of 2011 |
Spring 2008 - present |
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| Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy,
Faculty Associate |
Spring 2008 - present |
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| Princeton Center for Jewish Life,
Faculty Fellow |
Fall 2007 - present |
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| NYU Systems Reading Group,
Founder and Organizer |
Summer 2003 - Spring 2005 |
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| NYU Courant Student Organization,
Representative to faculty |
Spring 2004 - Spring 2005 |
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| MIT LCS Applied Security Reading Group, Co-organizer |
Fall 2001 - Spring 2002 |
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MIT Outing Club |
Fall 1997 - Spring 2002 |
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President, VP, Publicity.
Helped organize and teach Winter School during IAP 2000 and 2002, a
month-long series of lectures twice per week and trips every weekend.
The series taught winter outdoors acitivites, including
mountaineering, camping, cross-country skiing, and ice climbing.
Organized numerous other weekend events and outdoor trips. Wrote
grant proposals for both capital expenses and operating costs for the
club (~$30K/yr).
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| Interests: Rock climbing, mountaineering, ice climbing, backpacking. Some ocean and white water kayaking.
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| National Space Society, NE PA chapter, Treasurer | 1996-1997 |
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| World Union of Jewish Students |
1999 |
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US Representative. Attended Jerusalem conference '99, along with five other Americans.
Helped develop outreach programs and initiatives for student groups,
both in the US and abroad.
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| Hillel Council of New England, MIT Representative |
1998-2000 |
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| MIT Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Awards Chair |
1998 - 1999 |
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| Athletics:
BAA 1998 Boston Marathon,
Magdalen College Boat Club (Oxford crew),
tennis, squash, soccer |
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