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Martin Kleppmann is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, specializing in local-first collaboration software, distributed systems, and security protocols. He teaches courses in Concurrent Distributed Systems, Cryptography, and Protocol Engineering and contributes to the Automerge open source project. Previously, he held a research fellow position at the Systems Research Group at TU Munich and worked at the University of Cambridge from 2015 to 2022. In addition to his academic work, Martin co-founded Rapportive and Go Test, both of which were acquired by larger companies. He published the book 'Designing Data-Intensive Applications' in 2017, covering a broad range of topics in database architecture and distributed data processing. His research includes peer-reviewed papers on collaborative text editing, security guarantees in messaging, and database consistency. Martin has been recognized with awards for his distinguished papers and contributions in multiple academic conferences. He is also involved in various musical projects and engages with the academic community through his blog and Patreon support for researchers.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, ENG
Teaching and researching in local-first collaboration software and distributed systems.
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