PinnedInMIT MEDIA LABbyAlex Berke·Jan 22, 2020Crypto Voting & U.S. Elections: RealityOn the security of blockchain, internet, and end-to-end verifiable voting systems.
InACM CSCW BlogbyAlex Berke·Sep 26, 2024Insights from an experiment crowdsourcing data from thousands of US Amazon usersThe importance of transparency, money, and data use
InMIT MEDIA LABbyAlex Berke·Mar 1, 2021Private Delivery NetworksA 2030 survey and analysis of systems that address privacy and wealth inequality in e-commerce and delivery networks.
Alex Berke·Apr 29, 2020Contact Tracing Technologies: Methods and Trade-offsAn overview of existing contact tracing technologies, along with different methods and trade-offs to consider when building new ones.
InMIT MEDIA LABbyAlex Berke·Jan 22, 2020Crypto Voting & U.S. Elections: (Science Fiction) Short Stories From Potential FuturesThese stories consider two potential futures for U.S. democracy, branching from our present. One is dystopian, the other utopian.A response icon1A response icon1
InThe Celo BlogbyAlex Berke·Feb 18, 2019Arbitrage and Winning a Cryptocurrency Trading Competition at MITThere are numerous cryptocurrencies and crypto assets, and a variety of markets on which they are exchanged. Arbitrage opportunities arise…A response icon1A response icon1
InMIT MEDIA LABbyAlex Berke·Jan 10, 2019A Future-Forward Proposal for a System of Streets and Autonomous VehiclesThis post was contributed to the MIT Media Lab’s website as research…A response icon1A response icon1
Alex Berke·Jan 2, 2017Running While TravelingA habit that I did not fail throughout my time in Southeast Asia, is running every morning. Always the same distance, only less if my…
Alex Berke·Jan 2, 2017Travelogue 12/12: Explosives and Tea PartiesLast night: I was speaking to the owner of the homestay I was in about dinner. A BOOM went off in the surrounding mountains.
