Henry Corrigan-Gibbs

Henry Corrigan-Gibbs is an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is affiliated with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and collaborates with the PDOS and CSS research groups. Henry co-hosts the MIT Security Seminar series.

• Education: PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University (advisor: Dan Boneh), Postdoc at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (host: Bryan Ford), and B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University.

Research Interests

Henry focuses on computer security, cryptography, and systems research, building technologies that:

• Empower end users through privacy-preserving design
• Implement strong cryptographic security in real-world deployments
• Scale to millions of users while maintaining security

Key projects include:

• Tiptoe for private web search
• Prio for privacy-preserving aggregate statistics used by Apple and Google
• Express for metadata-hiding communication
• SafetyPin and True2F for secure authentication

Scientific Contributions

• Standards Influence: IETF and NIST standards recommend his private-aggregation systems
• Industry Impact: Deployed in Apple iOS, Google Android, and Mozilla Firefox
• Non-profit Deployment: Co-founder of Divvi Up for real-world Prio implementations

Academic Recognition

• 2023 MIT EECS Jerome Saltzer Award for teaching excellence
• 2020 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention
• 2016 Caspar Bowden Award for PET research
• 2015 IEEE Security & Privacy Distinguished Paper Award
• Multiple IACR Best Young Researcher Paper Awards (2015–2018)

Advising and Collaborations

Current advisees include:

• PhD students: Alexandra Henzinger, Ryan Lehmkuhl
• Postdoc: Emma Dauterman

Collaborates with industry (Apple, Google, Mozilla) and standards bodies (IETF, NIST) to translate research into practice.