Guillaume Michel

Guillaume Michel is a Research Engineer at Protocol Labs, where Guillaume specializes in computer systems and networks, focusing on peer-to-peer protocol design and analysis, particularly in content routing and Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) for IPFS and libp2p.

Guillaume's work at Protocol Labs includes leading security for the libp2p DHT, proposing privacy-enhancing IPFS DHT upgrades, and measuring the IPFS network's performance.

Previously, Guillaume was a Senior Research Engineer at ProbeLab, where Guillaume co-founded the company, shaped business strategy, and led customer projects. Guillaume also held the role of Security Engineer at Open Systems in Zurich, Switzerland, and a Security Research Intern at IBM, where Guillaume focused on cryptographic agility in the post-quantum world.

Guillaume holds a joint Master's degree in Computer Science - Cybersecurity from EPFL and ETH Zurich. Guillaume is passionate about Internet Decentralization, Privacy, and Free/Libre Open Source Software.

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