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Michael J. Freedman

Michael J. Freedman

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Computer Science

D-Index
56
Citations
19303
World Ranking
3971
National Ranking
1888

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - ACM Fellow For contributions to robust distributed systems for the modern cloud
  • 2018 - ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award For the design and deployment of self-organizing geo-distributed systems.
  • 2011 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael J. Freedman is a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their work spans across multiple fields with a focus on mathematics and computer science. The research contributions cover a range of topics including geometry and topology, mathematical physics, hardware and architecture, applied mathematics, as well as computer networks and communications.

Their expertise is reflected in both main and subfields of study:

  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science

  • Geometry and Topology
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications

The work encompasses several main topics of research interest, which include:

  • Geometric and Algebraic Topology
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
  • Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows

Michael J. Freedman has authored multiple papers published in diverse academic venues. Recent publications include:

  • "VirtualFlow: Decoupling Deep Learning Models from the Underlying Hardware" (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Uniqueness in Haken's Theorem" (2022), The Michigan Mathematical Journal
  • "Non-separating immersions of spheres and Bing houses" (2021), Mathematical Research Letters
  • "Approximation rigidity and h-principle for Bing spines" (2021), Mathematical Research Letters
  • "Efficient Compactions Between Storage Tiers with PrismDB" (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)

The frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Mathematical Research Letters
  • The Michigan Mathematical Journal

Frequent collaborators contributing to research include:

  • T. Tâm Nguyên Phan
  • Martin Scharlemann
  • Andrew Or
  • Haoyu Zhang
  • Ashwini Raina

Their academic recognition involves the receipt of awards such as:

  • ACM Fellow (2019) for contributions to robust distributed systems for the modern cloud
  • ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award (2018) for the design and deployment of self-organizing geo-distributed systems
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2011)

Best Publications

  • Efficient private matching and set intersection

    Michael J. Freedman;Kobbi Nissim;Benny Pinkas

  • Ethane: taking control of the enterprise

    Martin Casado;Michael J. Freedman;Justin Pettit;Jianying Luo

  • Tarzan: a peer-to-peer anonymizing network layer

    Michael J. Freedman;Robert Morris

  • Scalable flow-based networking with DIFANE

    Minlan Yu;Jennifer Rexford;Michael J. Freedman;Jia Wang

  • Frenetic: a network programming language

    Nate Foster;Rob Harrison;Michael J. Freedman;Christopher Monsanto

  • Don't settle for eventual: scalable causal consistency for wide-area storage with COPS

    Wyatt Lloyd;Michael J. Freedman;Michael Kaminsky;David G. Andersen

  • SANE: a protection architecture for enterprise networks

    Martin Casado;Tal Garfinkel;Aditya Akella;Michael J. Freedman

  • Democratizing content publication with coral

    Michael J. Freedman;Eric Freudenthal;David Mazières

  • The free haven project: distributed anonymous storage service

    Roger Dingledine;Michael J. Freedman;David Molnar

  • Blockstack: a Global naming and storage system secured by blockchains

    Muneeb Ali;Jude Nelson;Ryan Shea;Michael J. Freedman

  • Keyword search and oblivious pseudorandom functions

    Michael J. Freedman;Yuval Ishai;Benny Pinkas;Omer Reingold

  • On-the-fly verification of rateless erasure codes for efficient content distribution

    M.N. Krohn;M.J. Freedman;D. Mazieres

  • Secure network switching infrastructure

    Martin Casado;Nick Mckeown;Dan Boneh;Michael J. Freedman

  • SPORC: group collaboration using untrusted cloud resources

    Ariel J. Feldman;William P. Zeller;Michael J. Freedman;Edward W. Felten

  • Stronger semantics for low-latency geo-replicated storage

    Wyatt Lloyd;Michael J. Freedman;Michael Kaminsky;David G. Andersen

  • Performance isolation and fairness for multi-tenant cloud storage

    David Shue;Michael J. Freedman;Anees Shaikh

  • Live video analytics at scale with approximation and delay-tolerance

    Haoyu Zhang;Ganesh Ananthanarayanan;Peter Bodik;Matthai Philipose

  • DONAR: decentralized server selection for cloud services

    Patrick Wendell;Joe Wenjie Jiang;Michael J. Freedman;Jennifer Rexford

  • Languages for software-defined networks

    N. Foster;A. Guha;M. Reitblatt;A. Story

  • CONIKS: bringing key transparency to end users

    Marcela S. Melara;Aaron Blankstein;Joseph Bonneau;Edward W. Felten

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer Rexford
Jennifer Rexford Princeton University
David Mazières
David Mazières Stanford University
Michael Kaminsky
Michael Kaminsky Carnegie Mellon University
David G. Andersen
David G. Andersen Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Casado
Martin Casado DELL (United States)
Scott Shenker
Scott Shenker University of California, Berkeley
Edward W. Felten
Edward W. Felten Princeton University
Ramesh Johari
Ramesh Johari Stanford University
Benny Pinkas
Benny Pinkas Bar-Ilan University
Nick McKeown
Nick McKeown Stanford University

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