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Ben Livshits is the Chief Technology Officer of Eclipse. Previously, he was the Vice President of Research at zkSync and the Chief Scientist at clipseBrave. He is also an Associate Professor at Imperial College London, a PhD from Stanford University, and a Research Scientist at Microsoft Research. He graduated from Cornell University and Stanford University, has written hundreds of academic papers, and holds dozens of patents.
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Gary
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Mandy Campbell
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