Irene Giacomelli

Irene Giacomelli is a Protocol Researcher at FilOz, specializing in cryptography and cryptoeconomics.

With a strong background in research and security, Irene previously served as a Research Scientist at Protocol Labs from June 2019 to May 2024.

During Irene's tenure as a Researcher at ISI Foundation and a Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Irene focused on applying cryptographic tools to design privacy-preserving machine-learning systems and digital systems for secure data assessment.

Irene's contributions have been recognized with a Distinguished Paper Award from the IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium and a Best Student Paper Award from the Usenix Security Symposium.

Currently, Irene is focused on advancing protocol design in decentralized systems, including research into Proofs of Space and their applications to decentralized storage.

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