George Danezis
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Born | George Danezis 6 December 1979 |
Nationality | Greek and French[3] |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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Thesis | Better Anonymous Communications (2004) |
Doctoral advisor | Ross Anderson |
Website | http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/g.danezis/ |
George Danezis,
Education
Danezis was educated at the University of Cambridge where he received a BA in Computer Science and a PhD in Computer Science. His PhD was supervised by Ross Anderson, where he completed his thesis on anonymous communications.[6][1][3][12]
Career and research
Before joining University College London, Danezis worked as a researcher at KU Leuven in Belgium and Microsoft Research in Cambridge. He has published research on anonymous communications and computer security.[2]
In 2005, Danezis and
He has contributed to the design of anonymity networks including Hornet[15][16][17] and Loopix,[18] as well as the Sphinx packet format.[19][20]
He has also contributed to the design of cryptocurrency systems, including RSCoin, a centrally banked cryptocurrency,[21][22] and Chainspace, a sharded distributed ledger,[23] which was spun-out into a commercial company[8] and subsequently the first blockchain start-up acquired by Facebook.[4][10]
Awards and honours
Danezis was recognised as a
References
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- ^ ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ Cellan-Jones, Rory (2014-10-29). "A day without data". Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ a b "George Danezis: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ^ "Iris View Profile". iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ a b Schroeder, Stan (5 February 2019). "Facebook acquires team behind blockchain startup Chainspace". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ a b "Facebook Makes First Blockchain Acquisition With Chainspace: Sources". Cheddar (TV channel). 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ Rodriguez, Salvador (6 December 2021). "Ex-Facebook crypto engineers raise $36 million from Andreessen Horowitz for Mysten Labs". Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Dr George Danezis - Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy". www.csap.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- S2CID 14029551.
- ^ Gallagher, Sean (2011-10-28). "Tor Project patches critical flaw in its anonymizing network". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- arXiv:1507.05724v3 [cs.CR].
- ^ Pauli, Darren (2015-07-24). "Boffins sting spooks with 'HORNET' onion router". www.theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Chavez, Ronald (27 July 2015). "Hornet browser promises to be more private, faster than Tor". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ISBN 9781931971409.
- S2CID 2616657.
- ^ Gallagher, Sean (2015-07-24). "Researchers claim they've developed a better, faster Tor". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ Simonite, Tom. "A Bitcoin-style currency for central banks". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- arXiv:1708.03778 [cs.CR].
- ^ "Fellowship (FBCS) | Choose your membership | Membership | BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT". www.bcs.org. Retrieved 2019-01-28.