Henry Corrigan-Gibbs

Henry Corrigan-Gibbs is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His research focuses on computer security, cryptography, and systems design, with a particular emphasis on privacy-preserving technologies.

Corrigan-Gibbs earned his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, where his dissertation Protecting Privacy by Splitting Trust introduced the Prio system—a scalable solution for computing aggregate statistics while preserving user privacy. This work has been deployed in Mozilla's Firefox browser, representing the largest-ever application of probabilistically checkable proofs (PCPs).

His research combines theoretical innovations with practical implementations to address real-world privacy challenges, particularly in scenarios requiring robust statistical analysis of user populations without exposing individual data. The Prio system exemplifies this approach by enabling encrypted contributions to statistics with efficient zero-knowledge verification.

• Scientific Awards:
  • 2020 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention