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Joseph Lorenzo Hall

Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Distinguished Technologist, Strong Internet
Internet Society
11710 Plaza America Dr Suite 400
Reston, VA 20190
United States

web: https://josephhall.org/

Education

2008
Ph.D., School of Information; University of California, Berkeley
2005
M.I.M.S., School of Information; University of California, Berkeley
2003
M.A., Astrophysics; University of California, Berkeley
2000
B.S., Physics and Astronomy; Northern Arizona University

Supplementary Education

Fall 2003 - Fall 2006
Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic
Boalt Hall School of Law (University of California, Berkeley)
Summer 2003
Internet Law Program
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School (Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School)
Summer 2000
Summer Session Program
International Space University, Summer Session Program (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaiso, Chilé))

Experience

Research Experience

January 2022 - Present
Distinguished Technologist, Strong Internet, Internet Society.
Description: Strategic individual contributor at the senior executive level responsible for 5 Internet Society projects and the delivery of excellence and impact across ISOC's work. The Strong Internet portofolio includes work that seeks to strengthen the Internet, including advocacy promoting end-to-end encryption, defending the Internet at the United Nations, the Networked and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, the Internet Society amicus Program, and guiding construcive Internet policy). Jointly responsible for leading a diverse, global staff of about 50 subject matter experts, under ISOC's Managing Director
Supervisor: Sally Wentworth; The Internet Society
October 2019 - December 2021
Senior Vice President, Strong Internet, Internet Society.
Description: Senior executive responsible for 5 of 8 ISOC projects. The Strong Internet portofolio includes work that seeks to strengthen the Internet, including time security, routing security, open standards, encryption policy, and Internet infrastructure policy. Responsible for a diverse, global staff of ~40 subject matter experts
Supervisor: Andrew Sullivan; The Internet Society
September 2012 - October 2019
Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology.
Description: Director of the Internet Architecture Project, focusing on: embedding human rights values into technical standards; deep translation between technology, law, and policy communities; and, working to protect security researchers. As Chief Technologist, managed and lead a technical research and advocacy team to support to CDT across all initiatives.
Supervisor: Chris Calabrese; CDT
September 2011 - September 2012
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, New York University.
Description: Policy research under the HHS SHARPS grant involving the security and privacy of health information technology.
Supervisor: Helen Nissenbaum; Department of Media, Culture and Communication
September 2008 - August 2011
ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University.
Description: Policy research on governmental and electoral transparency.
Supervisor: Deirdre K. Mulligan and Edward W. Felten; UC Berkeley School of Information and Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
Spring 2005 - Spring 2008
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley.
Description: Election law and policy research with NSF ACCURATE center.
Supervisor: Deirdre K. Mulligan; Boalt Hall School of Law
Summer 2004
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley.
Description: Information consumption research via qualitative interview methods and information consumption diary studies.
Supervisor: Peter Lyman; School of Information Management and Systems
September 2002 - Fall 2003
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley.
Description: Spectroscopic binary Brown Dwarf research.
Supervisor: Gibor Basri; Department of Astronomy
May 2002 - September 2002
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley.
Description: Developed spectroscopic labeling tool.
Supervisor: James Graham; Department of Astronomy
September 2001 - May 2002
Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley.
Description: Further Titan particulate research.
Supervisor: Caitlin A. Griffith; Department of Astronomy
May 2000 - September 2001
Research Technician, Northern Arizona University.
Description: Investigated particulates in Titan's atmosphere.
Supervisor: Caitlin A. Griffith; Physics and Astronomy Department
September 1997 - May 2000
Research Assistant, Northern Arizona University.
Description: Investigated clouds in the atmosphere of Titan.
Supervisor: Caitlin A. Griffith; Physics and Astronomy Department

Teaching Experience

Spring 2012
Head Instructor
Course: MCC-UE1303 -- Privacy and Media Technology
Instructor(s): Joseph Lorenzo Hall; New York University
Fall 2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: InfoSys296A-2 -- Open Source Development and Distribution of Digital Information: Economic, Legal and Social Perspectives
Instructor(s): Pamela Samuelson, Steven Weber, Mitchell Kapor; University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: InfoSys296A-2 -- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Technology: Legal and Policy Challenges
Instructor(s): Pamela Samuelson; University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2004
Head Graduate Student Instructor
Course: Astro10 -- Introduction to General Astronomy
Instructor(s): Steven Stahler; University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2003
Graduate Student Instructor
Course: Astro10 -- Introduction to General Astronomy
Instructor(s): Gibor Basri; University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2002
Graduate Student Instructor
Course: Astro10 -- Introduction to General Astronomy
Instructor(s): Alexei Filippenko; University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2002
Graduate Student Instructor
Course: Astro12 -- The Planets
Instructor(s): Imke de Pater, Raymond Jeanloz; University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2001
Graduate Student Instructor
Course: Astro10 -- Introduction to General Astronomy
Instructor(s): Alexei Filippenko; University of California, Berkeley
Spring 1997
Academic Tutor
Course: Math -- Calculus I, II and III
Instructor(s): North Learning Assistance Center; Northern Arizona University

Awards and Honors

2025
IP3 Internet Protocol Award
Public Knowledge
2017
2017 Defender Awards: Researcher
O'Reilly Security Conference
2012
John Gideon Memorial Award
Election Verification Network
Fall 2003
Wiche Fellowship, School of Information Management and Systems
University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2003
Berkeley Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, School of Information Management and Systems
University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2002
Alliance For Graduate Education and The Professoriate Supplementation Fellowship
University of California, Berkeley
2001 - 2004
Berkeley Edge Academic Fellowship
University of California, Berkeley
2001 - 2002
Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship For Minorities
The Ford Foundation
2000
Physics and Astronomy Department Senior Bedwell Scholar
Northern Arizona University
2000
Outstanding Student of Physics and Astronomy
Northern Arizona University
2000
Henry Hooper Undergraduate Research Grant
Northern Arizona University
1998 - 1999
Physics and Astronomy Department Chair's Scholar
Northern Arizona University
1999
Physics and Astronomy Department Vesto M. Slipher Scholar
Northern Arizona University

Extracurricular Activity

January 2020 - Present
Member and Co-Chair, Advisory Council
The Center for Democracy and Technology
2023
Program Chair
USENIX Enigma
December 2011 - Fall 2019
Vice Chairmain, Board of Directors
California Voter Foundation
Spring 2013 - Fall 2019
Member, Board of Directors
Verified Voting Foundation
Spring 2019 - Fall 2019
Member, Board of Advisors
VotingWorks
Spring 2018 - Fall 2019
Member, Advisory Committee
Center for Civic Design
Spring 2018 - Fall 2019
Member, Selections Board, Fellowship Program
Aspen Institute, Aspen Tech Policy Hub
Fall 2015 - Fall 2019
Member, Selections Board/Advisory Board, Congressional Innovation Fellows
TechCongress
Spring 2014 - Fall 2019
Member, Technical Advisory Board
Election Registration Information Center (ERIC)
Spring 2013 - Fall 2019
Member, Technical Advisory Board
Los Angeles County Voting System Assessment Project
2019
Program Committee
USENIX Security 2019
Spring 2013 - Summer 2015
Member, Steering Committee and Editorial Board
USENIX Journal of Election Technology and Systems (JETS)
May 2013 - March 2015
Member, Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) IV
Federal Communications Commission
2008 - 2011
Coordinating Committee Member
Election Verification Network
2008 - 2011
Member, Board of Directors
California Voter Foundation
2011
Study Panel Member
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/National Science Foundation (NSF); Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Study of Human Subjects Research in Computer Science
2009
Organizing Committee Member
2009 Election Verification Network (EVN) Conference
Spring 2006 - Present
Member
National Committee for Voting Integrity
2005
Graduate Student Representative
Berkeley Information Technology Review Committee
Fall 2004 - Fall 2005
Graduate Student Representative
eBerkeley Steering Committee
2002 - 2005
Graduate Student Representative
KALX Radio Policy Advisory Board
2000 - Present
Member
Sigma Delta Pi, National Collegiate Spanish Honor Society
2002 - 2004
Graduate Student Representative
Educational Technology Committee (eBerkeley)
2003
Parliamentarian and Delegate
Graduate Assembly (GA) of the University of California, Berkeley
2003
Chair
GA Organization and Rules Committee
2003
Organization and Rules Representative
GA Executive Committee

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Unreviewed Publications

Presentations and Testimony