MIT Digital Currency Initiative
Events
About Team Contact Support our Work DCI Mailing List Slack (MIT Address Only)
Digital Fiat Currency zkLedger | the future of audit Layer 2 | Lightning Network b_verify | supply chain records OpenSolar | Financing Cryptokernel | A Blockchain Toolkit The Decentralized Web Discreet Log Contracts Utreexo: A dynamic accumulator for Bitcoin state
Working Groups Courses Medium Code
Cryptocurrency Research Review Grey Mirror Podcast Quarterly Newsletter Articles Papers Video
About About Team Contact Support our Work DCI Mailing List Slack (MIT Address Only) Research Projects Digital Fiat Currency zkLedger | the future of audit Layer 2 | Lightning Network b_verify | supply chain records OpenSolar | Financing Cryptokernel | A Blockchain Toolkit The Decentralized Web Discreet Log Contracts Utreexo: A dynamic accumulator for Bitcoin state Education Working Groups Courses Medium Code Events Communications Cryptocurrency Research Review Grey Mirror Podcast Quarterly Newsletter Articles Papers Video
MIT Digital Currency Initiative
At the MIT Media Lab
Joi Ito | MIT Media Lab Director
Joi Ito | MIT Media Lab Director

Joi Ito | MIT Media Lab Director

Joichi "Joi" Ito has been recognized for his work as an activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and advocate of emergent democracy, privacy, and internet freedom. As Media Lab Director, he is currently exploring how radical new approaches to science and technology can transform society in substantial and positive ways. Follow @Joi on Twitter.

Ron Rivest | Faculty Advisor

Ron Rivest | Faculty Advisor

Professor Rivest is an Institute Professor at MIT. He joined MIT in 1974 as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a member of the lab's Theory of Computation Group and a founder of its Cryptography and Information Security Group. He is a co-author (with Cormen, Leiserson, and Stein) of the text, Introduction to Algorithms. He is also a founder of RSA Data Security, now named RSA Security (the security division of EMC), Versign, and Peppercoin. Professor Rivest has research interests in cryptography, computer and network security, electronic voting, and algorithms.

Simon Johnson | Faculty Advisor

Simon Johnson | Faculty Advisor

Simon Johnson is an economist and faculty advisor to the DCI from the MIT Sloan School. Prior to MIT, Simon served as the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund.

Gary Gensler | Senior Advisor

Gary Gensler | Senior Advisor

Gary is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and senior advisor to the director of the MIT Media Lab, where he advises both the Digital Currency Initiative and the Ethics and Governance of AI project. Gary served as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2009-2014), leading the Obama administration's post-crisis reform efforts of the $400 trillion market in over-the-counter derivatives, or swaps. In recognition, he was a recipient of the 2014 Tamar Frankel Fiduciary Prize. He currently is chairman of the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Commission. Gary earned his undergraduate degree in economics in 1978 and his MBA from the Wharton School in 1979.

Christian Catalini | Faculty Advisor

Christian Catalini | Faculty Advisor

Christian is a professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is one of the principal investigators of the MIT Digital Currencies Research Study, which gave access to all MIT undergraduate students to Bitcoin in the Fall of 2014.

Michael J. Casey | Senior Advisor

Michael J. Casey | Senior Advisor

Michael J. Casey is a Senior Advisor at DCI. A former Wall Street Journal writer and accomplished author, Michael has written several critically acclaimed books including The Age of Cryptocurrency and The Unfair Trade. Follow @mikejcasey on Twitter.

1 2 3 4 5 6
Previous Next
Joi Ito | MIT Media Lab Director
Ron Rivest | Faculty Advisor
Simon Johnson | Faculty Advisor
Gary Gensler | Senior Advisor
Christian Catalini | Faculty Advisor
Michael J. Casey | Senior Advisor

JOIN OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY

Connect with us @mitDCI on Twitter, subscribe to the MIT DCI YouTube channel, subscribe to our quarterly newsletter, and listen to the DCI Podcast ‘Grey Mirror’.

Support our work
Powered by Squarespace