| The University of Edinburgh , BSc | 1999 |
| Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science |
Joshua Baer
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. an 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, SenseArray, a flexible predictive analytics system, and OneSpot, currently in stealth. Specialties Peer to peer software architectures, collaborative filtering, predictive analytics, data mining, web application architectures, online privacy, artificial intelligence, intellectual property and the Internet, business plan development Ian grew up in County Meath, Ireland, attended university in Edinburgh, Scotland, and currently resides in Austin, Texas.
