Nadim Kobeissi
Nadim Kobeissi | |
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 Nadim Kobeissi in 2012 | |
| Born | 28 September 1990 |
| Citizenship | Lebanon, France |
| Education | Philosophy(BA) Computer science(PhD) |
| Alma mater | Concordia University École normale supérieure French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation |
| Known for | Cryptocat Dr. Kobushi's Labyrinthine Laboratory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science,Cryptography,Internet Activism |
| Website | nadim |
Nadim Kobeissi(Arabic:نديم قبيسي;born 28 September 1990) is a French-Lebanese computer science researcher specialized inapplied cryptography.He is the author ofCryptocat,an open-source encrypted web chat client. Kobeissi is also known for speaking publicly againstInternet censorshipandInternet surveillance.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Kobeissi was born inBeirut,Lebanon. He studied at theLebanese American Universityin Beirut from 2008 to 2009, and graduated with a degree in philosophy atConcordia Universityin Montreal, Canada in 2013.
Kobeissi was a Ph.D. student in applied cryptography atInriain Paris.[2]from 2015 to 2018.
In 2018 and 2019 he wasadjunct professorof computer science atNew York University's Paris campus teaching a course on computer security.[3]In 2021 Kobeissi wasnaturalizedFrench Citizen. Kobeissi is fluent in Arabic, French, and English and is based in Paris.
Research
[edit]Kobeissi is the primary author ofCryptocat.The project was discontinued in 2019.[4]
In 2015, Kobeissi became active in researching formal verification for cryptographic protocols.[5]In December 2018, he defended his Ph.D. thesis,"Formal Verification for Real-World Cryptographic Protocols and Implementations. (Vérification formelle des protocoles et des implementations cryptographiques).".[6]
Hacktivism
[edit]In 2010, Kobeissi was an early supporter of US army whistleblowerChelsea Manning.[7]He organized a march through Montreal in December that year in support ofWikiLeaks,[8]ran a WikiLeaks mirror site, and defended WikiLeaks on various Canadian news publications.[9]During 2011 and 2012, Kobeissi hosted CHOMP.FM, a radio program on Internet activism that ran weekly on Montreal'sCKUT-FMradio station. The show included guests from theElectronic Frontier Foundation(EFF), security researcherBruce Schneier,and journalistGlenn Greenwald.[10][11]
In 2013, Kobeissi led an effort known as the Skype Open Letter[12]which brought together more than forty organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation,Reporters Without Borders,and theOpen Technology Institute,calling onMicrosoftandSkypeto releasetransparency reportsregarding Skype monitoring and surveillance. The effort was successful, and Microsoft released its first transparency report shortly after the letter was published.[13]
References
[edit]- ^Kobeissi, Nadim (21 June 2013)."How to fight PRISM".New Internationalist.
- ^"Nadim Kobeissi".nadim.computer.
- ^"CSCI-UA.9480: Introduction to Computer Security".computerscience.paris.Retrieved9 November2021.
- ^"Crypto.cat".
- ^"dblp: Nadim Kobeissi".
- ^"Formal Verification for Real-World Cryptographic Protocols and Implementations".
- ^Nicks, Denver(2012).Private: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History.Chicago Review Press, p. 223.
- ^"Montreal demonstrators march in support of WikiLeaks".Montreal.18 December 2010.Retrieved23 July2022.
- ^"Montreal student hosts mirror WikiLeaks site".CBC News.8 December 2010.
- ^"Montreal demonstrators march in support of WikiLeaks".CTV News.The Canadian Press.18 December 2010.
- ^Magder, Jason (11 February 2012)."Proposed changes to copyright law go too far, protesters say".Montréal Gazette.Archived fromthe originalon 8 March 2012.
- ^Pheenix."PHEENIX::SELL".www.skypeopenletter.com.
- ^Galperin, Eva (29 January 2013)."It's Time for Transparency Reports to Become the New Normal".EFF.
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