Henri Stern
Hi there.
I spend a lot of time thinking about decentralized systems and online privacy.
I used to be a research scientist at Protocol Labs working on Filecoin's consensus protocol and Filecoin research more generally.
I got an M.Sc. in Computer Security, Systems and Applied Cryptography at Stanford and a B.A. at Columbia University.
In between, I built marketplaces at Shout (YC S14).
Projects I've worked on
Filecoin.
A protocol to incentivize decentralized data storage.
De-anonymizing Web Browsing Data with Social Networks.
Using Twitter follower data to deanonymize users based on their browsing histories.
The Declassification Engine at the Columbia History Lab.
Matching documents declassified and redacted by different government agencies to better understand the declassification process.
Other Stuff
Manuscripts
Securing Home IoT Devices Using Commodity WiFi Routers.
H. Stern, Y. Michalevsky, B. Bünz, Y. Tian. 2017.
Published Work
The Case For Secure Delegation.
Dmitry Kogan, Henri Stern, Ashley Tolbert, David Mazières, Keith Winstein. HotNets 2017.
Using Online Reviews by Restaurant Patrons to Identify Unreported Cases of Foodborne Illness.
C. Harrison, M. Jorder, H. Stern, F. Stavinsky, V. Reddy, H. Hanson, H. Waechter, L. Lowe, L. Gravano, S. Balter. MMWR Vol. 63(20). 2014.