# Applied Technology Lab

We're a research lab at Harvard. We build technology in the public interest.

> Untidy version for humans: https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/


A new research lab at Harvard — We build technology in the public interest.

## What we’re working on

- **Encrypted Spaces** — Open-source architecture for end-to-end encrypted collaborative applications. ([details](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/projects.md#encrypted-spaces))

- **Keyring** — Portable, interoperable, privacy-preserving identity infrastructure. ([details](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/projects.md#keyring))

- **Guillotine** — A hypervisor architecture for isolating malicious or misbehaving AI across software, hardware, networks, and physical infrastructure. ([details](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/projects.md#guillotine))

- **Transparency Hub** — Archiving policy documents to enable research and encourage informed consumer consent. ([details](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/projects.md#transparency-hub))

## Our goal is research with impact

We make software that developers, researchers, and organizations can use, inspect, adapt, and improve.

### How we choose our projects

1. The risk is near-term.
2. The technical gap is real.
3. A small, highly skilled team can make meaningful progress.
4. The outputs are concrete and useful.

### Our focus

AI systems and agents, future-proof cybersecurity, digital identity, and advanced cryptography

## Who we are

- [**James Mickens**](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md#james-mickens), Faculty Director

- [**Meg Marco**](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md#meg-marco), Director

- [**Yajaira Gonzalez**](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md#yajaira-gonzalez), Product Manager

- [**Alberto Leon**](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md#alberto-leon), Senior Engineer

- [**Brendan Miller**](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md#brendan-miller), Principal Engineer

- [**Nora Trapp**](https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md#nora-trapp), Senior Engineer

Full bios: https://www.appliedtechnologylab.org/people.md

## Partner with us.

If you're interested in partnering with the lab, please reach out using this form.

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