Sam Delaughter
Postdoctoral Researcher at Inria
Cambridge, Massachusetts, France
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Top SchoolSam Delaughter is a postdoctoral researcher with 12 years of experience probing and hardening internet architectures against Denial of Service and volumetric attacks. Based at Inria after postdoctoral work at CAIDA and a PhD at MIT, Sam blends protocol analysis, measurement, and practical mitigation design across overlay networks, QoS, naming and addressing, and censorship detection. He brings hands‑on systems experience from roles at Akamai, NASA Goddard, and university IT operations, which informs pragmatic, deployable research solutions. Sam also teaches computer systems courses and has a track record of turning complex protocol threats into testable hypotheses and prototypes. His work balances deep theoretical rigor with operational insight—often focusing on subtle protocol interactions and obfuscation techniques that standard defenses miss. Fluent in open research and policy concerns, he aims to improve global internet access and privacy through free and open source tools.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNon-Degree Computer Science, Non-Degree Computer Science at University of Massachusetts AmherstBachelor of Arts (BA) Interdisciplinary Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Interdisciplinary Studies at Hampshire College
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sdelaughter/Freezer-Monitor
Nov 2015 - Jan 2024
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 3 months
sdelaughter/dos-mitigation
Sep 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 review, 68 PRs, 205 pushes in 1 year
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