Summary of Qualifications
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Active researcher and expert in programming languages, having published 18 scientific papers in top computer science conferences/journals, including POPL, PLDI, PPoPP, CAV, SPAA, etc.
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Awarded a $800,000 grant from DARPA on program analysis for Cybersecurity.
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Awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to pursue foundational research on programming languages and concurrency.
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Served as the Conference Chair of a top computer science conference (LICS) and as a Program Committee Member of top conferences, including POPL, ICALP, and SPAA.
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Taught as a Professor at New York University.
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Served as Examiner for PhD Dissertations at Columbia University and New York University.
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Gave over 30 invited talks at universities and institutions around the world, including Oxford, MIT, Cornell, Rice, Tokyo University, ETH Zurich, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, and Oracle.
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Received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.
Areas of Expertise
- Web applications and web languages
- Mobile infrastructure
- Operating systems
- Network/distributed systems
- Multithreaded applications
- Algorithms
- Programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python)
- Linux/Unix
- Kernel/embedded software
Litigation Experience
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Voter Labs, Inc. v. Ethos Group Consulting Services, LLC
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel: Wick Philips Gould & Martin LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract -
e-Steps, LLC v. Americas Leading Finance, LLC & Traksecure Corp, et al
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Counsel: Becker-Vissepo
Nature of Suit: Copyright -
Boom! Payments, Inc. v. Stripe, Inc., et al
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel: Russ August & Kabat
Nature of Suit: Patent -
Opternative, Inc. v. JAND, Inc. d/b/a Warby Parker
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Spence PC
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret -
Broker Genius, Inc. v. Drew Gainer and Seat Scouts LLC
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Pearl, Cohen, Zedek, Latzer, Baratz
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
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Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc.
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Russ August & Kabat
Nature of Suit: Patent -
Broker Genius, Inc. v. Matthew Berry
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Pearl, Cohen, Zedek, Latzer, Baratz
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
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Broker Genius, Inc. v. Nathan Zalta et al.
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Pearl, Cohen, Zedek, Latzer, Baratz
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret -
Facebook Biometrics Information Privacy
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel: Edelson PC, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Labaton Sucharow LLP
Nature of Suit: Class Action -
Machro Tech LLC d/b/a GoECart v. Olive Brands LLC d/b/a MetroKitchen.com
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Connecticut
Counsel: Daniels, Proco, Lusardi
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract -
Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FilmOn X, LLC
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Counsel: Baker Marquart LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright -
D.K. Shah, M.D., P.C. D/b/a Grand Street Medical Association v. Hal Nathan Buch, M.D.
Jurisdiction: New York Supreme Court
Counsel: Daniels, Proco, Lusardi
Nature of Suit: Financial Dispute -
Confluence, Intl. v. Minnesota Department of Transportation, State of Minnesota
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Minnesota
Counsel: Waslten & Te Slaa, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract -
Fitbit, Inc. v. Jawbone, Inc.
Jurisdiction: US International Trade Commission
Counsel: Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent -
Mediware Information Systems, Inc. v. HemaTerra Technologies, LLC
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Counsel: Barack Ferrazzano Kirchbaum & Nagelberg, LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret -
Ericsson, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent -
Ericsson, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD
Jurisdiction: US International Trade Commission
Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent -
AON Benfield Global, Inc. v. Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Perkins Irell Manella, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
