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The Blockstack Decentralized Computing Network
Speaker: Muneeb Ali
Muneeb Ali, CEO of Blockstack PBC, will give a talk on "The Blockstack Decentralized Computing Network." The talk will touch on the evolution of decentralized computing and detail Blockstack's technical stack.
Muneeb Ali
Cofounder & CEO, Blockstack
Dr. Muneeb Ali is the co-founder of Blockstack, a decentralized computing network that enables a new generation of applications where developers and users can interact fairly and securely. He serves as the CEO of Blockstack PBC, a Public Benefit Corp that is developing the core protocols for Blockstack. Blockstack PBC has raised $50+ million USD in capital from investors like Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Naval Ravikant, Kevin Rose, and has been featured on CNBC's list of 100 promising startups to watch.
Muneeb received his PhD and Masters in Computer Science from Princeton University, both specializing in distributed systems. His PhD thesis was nominated for the ACM SIGCOMM dissertation award by Princeton University. At Princeton, he worked in the Systems & Networks group and at PlanetLab--world's first cloud computing testbed. Muneeb gives guest lectures on cloud computing at Princeton University and his research publications have over 1,200 citations. You can follow him on Twitter @muneeb.
Muneeb received his PhD and Masters in Computer Science from Princeton University, both specializing in distributed systems. His PhD thesis was nominated for the ACM SIGCOMM dissertation award by Princeton University. At Princeton, he worked in the Systems & Networks group and at PlanetLab--world's first cloud computing testbed. Muneeb gives guest lectures on cloud computing at Princeton University and his research publications have over 1,200 citations. You can follow him on Twitter @muneeb.
Muneeb Ali
Cofounder & CEO, Blockstack
Dr. Muneeb Ali is the co-founder of Blockstack, a decentralized computing network that enables a new generation of applications where developers and users can interact fairly and securely. He serves as the CEO of Blockstack PBC, a Public Benefit Corp that is developing the core protocols for Blockstack. Blockstack PBC has raised $50+ million USD in capital from investors like Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Naval Ravikant, Kevin Rose, and has been featured on CNBC's list of 100 promising startups to watch.
Muneeb received his PhD and Masters in Computer Science from Princeton University, both specializing in distributed systems. His PhD thesis was nominated for the ACM SIGCOMM dissertation award by Princeton University. At Princeton, he worked in the Systems & Networks group and at PlanetLab--world's first cloud computing testbed. Muneeb gives guest lectures on cloud computing at Princeton University and his research publications have over 1,200 citations. You can follow him on Twitter @muneeb.
Muneeb received his PhD and Masters in Computer Science from Princeton University, both specializing in distributed systems. His PhD thesis was nominated for the ACM SIGCOMM dissertation award by Princeton University. At Princeton, he worked in the Systems & Networks group and at PlanetLab--world's first cloud computing testbed. Muneeb gives guest lectures on cloud computing at Princeton University and his research publications have over 1,200 citations. You can follow him on Twitter @muneeb.
About Blockstack
It's all about fundamental digital rights.
Blockstack is a full-stack decentralized computing network that enables a new generation of applications where developers and users can interact fairly and securely, while curing the ills of centralized Internet design. Blockstack builds protocols and developer tools designed to enable a fair and open Internet that returns digital rights to developers and consumers. Led by some of the world's foremost experts on distributed systems, Blockstack allows users to own their own data that they can take with them from app to app in the ecosystem, along with their Blockstack ID that eliminates the need for password-based logins. The end result is privacy, security, and freedom.
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Japan Society
333 E 47th St
New York, NY 10017
Tue, April 16, 2019
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
New York, NY 10017
Tue, April 16, 2019
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT