Ian Clarke is a Computer Scientist and Entrepreneur, with a track record of both technical and business innovation, and an outspoken thinker and activist on issues relating to freedom of speech, intellectual property law, and technology. Ian is the founder and coordinator of the Freenet Project; designed to allow true freedom of communication, Freenet was the first decentralized anonymous peer-to-peer network, and a precursor of the "distributed hashtable" data structure. Ian has also founded a number of innovative and diverse commercial ventures, including Revver, the first online video website to share revenue with video creators, and Thoof, a collaboratively generated personalized news website.
Ian's current focus is the development of SenseArray (through his company Uprizer Labs). SenseArray is a powerful new type of collaborative filter which can make use of arbitrary metadata in making recommendations. SenseArray is already being used in a wide variety of industries, ranging from online dating (we can't name the company but you've heard of it), to targeted advertising companies with revenues totaling in the hundreds of millions.
Ian grew up in County Meath, Ireland, attended university in Edinburgh, Scotland, and currently resides in Austin, Texas.
For further information please refer to Ian's Linked In profile.
Crypto stuff
Freenet Forums identity:
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