### Stephanie Hyland

Stephanie Hyland is a PhD candidate at Cornell University where she is applying machine learning to biomedical data. Originally from Ireland, she studied theoretical physics at Trinity College Dublin and mathematics at Cambridge University. Her interest in information freedom and personal privacy led her to co-found Ireland's first student-run Pirate Party in 2010, which runs one of Ireland's only Tor exits. She current resides in Manhattan, where she is now involved with CryptoParty NYC.