Michael Farb
Principal Research Programmer at Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Farb is a Principal Research Programmer at Carnegie Mellon University with over a decade of experience building secure mobile applications and cryptographic tooling. He leads development of SafeSlinger, an open-source secure messaging app and key-exchange library, reflecting deep practical expertise in mobile security that dates back to 1999. Based in Pittsburgh, he combines hands-on engineering with research-oriented rigor to deliver privacy-focused software used by security-conscious communities. His background in English gives him an uncommon strength in clear documentation and threat-model communication for technical audiences. Michael is at home navigating both legacy mobile platforms and modern cryptographic protocols, consistently translating complex security concepts into usable apps and libraries.
12 years of coding experience
BA English, BA English at Beloit College
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Github Skills (58)
threejs10
webvr10
espn10
boostrap10
c-library10
editing10
unity3d10
augmented-reality9
django-project9
virtual-reality9
csharp9
jekyll9
documentation8
python8
detector8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mwfarb/ARENA-py
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
Python library for accessing the ARENA
Contributions:153 pushes, 44 branches in 5 months
python-librarypythonarena
mwfarb/scion-apps
Sep 2018 - Oct 2020
Public repository for SCION applications
Contributions:466 pushes, 79 branches in 2 years 1 month
public-repositoryscion
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