Michael J. Freedman, Ph.D.

Expert Testimony

Michael J. Freedman is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. His research broadly focuses on distributed systems, networking, and security.

He developed and operated several self-managing systems, including CoralCDN (a decentralized content distribution network that has served millions of users daily since 2004) and DONAR (a server resolution system that powered the FCC’s Consumer Broadband Test). Other research has included software-defined and service-centric networking, cloud storage and data management, data analytics, untrusted cloud services, fault-tolerant distributed systems, virtual world systems, peer-to-peer systems, and various privacy-enhancing and anti-censorship systems.

Professor Freedman's work on IP geolocation and intelligence led him to co-found Illuminics Systems, which was acquired by Quova (now part of Neustar) in 2006. His work on programmable enterprise networking (Ethane) helped form the basis for the OpenFlow/software-defined networking (SDN) architecture. He is currently the co-founder/CEO of Iobeam, which is building a data analysis platform for connected devices.

Professor Freedman's honors include a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, nominated by the NSF and given by President Obama), an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a NSF CAREER Award, an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, a DARPA Computer Science Study Group membership, teaching awards from Princeton University, and multiple award publications.

Freedman has submitted numerous expert reports on both the (in)validity and (non)infringement sides of patent litigation, and has written IPR and CBM declarations. He has been deposed, and has testified on behalf of clients in court.

Selected Publications

“Efficient Set Intersection with Simulation-Based Security.” Michael J. Freedman, Carmit Hazay, Kobbi Nissim, and Benny Pinkas. Journal of Cryptology, 2014.
"Automating Isolation and Least Privilege in Web Services." Aaron Blankstein and Michael J. Freedman. In Proc. 35th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2014.
"Don't Settle for Eventual Consistency: Stronger Properties for Low-latency Geo-replicated Storage." Wyatt Lloyd, Michael J. Freedman, Michael Kaminsky, and David G. Andersen. Communications of the ACM 57(5):61-68, 2014.
“Privacy and Integrity are Possible in the Untrusted Cloud.” Ariel J. Feldman, Aaron Blankstein, Michael J. Freedman, and Edward W. Felten. Bulletin of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Data Engineering 35(4):73-82, 2012.
"Performance Isolation and Fairness for Multi-Tenant Cloud Storage." David Shue, Michael J. Freedman, and Anees Shaikh. In Proc. Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI'12), October 2012.
"Serval: An End-Host Stack for Service-Centric Networking." Erik Nordstrom, David Shue, Prem Gopalan, Rob Kiefer, Matvey Arye, Steven Ko, Jennifer Rexford, and Michael J. Freedman. In Proc. 9th Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'12), April 2012.
“Hiding Amongst the Clouds: A Proposal for Cloud-based Onion Routing.” Nicholas Jones, Matvey Arye, Jacopo Cesareo, and Michael J. Freedman. In Proc. USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet, August 2011.
“Rethinking Enterprise Network Control.” Martin Casado, Michael J. Freedman, Justin Pettit, Jianying Luo, Natasha Gude, Nick McKeown, and Scott Shenker. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking 17(4):1270-1283, 2009.
"Democratizing Content Publication with Coral." Michael J. Freedman, Eric Freudenthal, and David Mazières. In Proc. 1st USENIX/ACM Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '04), March 2004.
“Economic Barriers to the Deployment of Existing Privacy Technologies (Position Paper).” Joan Feigenbaum, Michael J. Freedman, Tomas Sander, and Adam Shostack. In Proc. Workshop on Economics and Information Security, May 2002.
“Privacy Engineering in Digital Rights Management Systems.” Joan Feigenbaum, Michael J. Freedman, Tomas Sander, and Adam Shostack. In Proc. ACM Workshop in Security and Privacy in Digital Rights Management, November 2001.

Selected Patents

System and method of middlebox detection and characterization. Martin Casado and Michael J. Freedman. US Patent No. 8,463,904, filed December 2, 2011, and issued June 11, 2013.
System and method of middlebox detection and characterization. Martin Casado and Michael J. Freedman. US Patent No. 8,204,982, filed September 14, 2007, and issued June 19, 2012.