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Leemon Baird is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph, a public distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. Baird is known for tghe invention of the hashgraph consensus algorithm[1], which offers an alternative to blockchain technology based on a Directed acyclic graph.

Early Life and Education

Leemon Baird received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the United States Air Force Academy.[2] He earned his Master's degree and PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, where his doctoral research focused on machine learning and cybersecurity.[3]

Career

Prior to entering the tech industry, Baird served as a professor of computer science at the United States Air Force Academy.[2] He has co-founded several tech startups, including Hedera Hashgraph in 2015, with Mance Harmon. Baird worked as Chief Scientist for Hedera Hashgraph between until May 2022, when he left the role[4] to center on the role as Co-CEO at Swirlds Labs, a company that builds open-source components for the Hedera ecosystem.[5] In April 2024, Baird stepped down from the role as Co-CEO to take on a new Chief Scientist position devoted to technical development.[6]

Contributions to Technology

Baird has published numerous papers and articles in the field of computer science, specifically focusing on distributed systems, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and algorithm design.[7] His main creation, the hashgraph consensus algorithm, is argued to enable high-throughput, low-latency consensus without extensive computational and energy demands.[8][9][10][11]

Hedera

With the hashgraph being his main technical contribution, the Hedera network is Baird's most important addition to the blockchain ecosystem. One of Baird's and Harmon's main innovations in this regard is the creation of a Governing Council to set the rules of the network.

The Hedera network has significantly grown since its official launch in 2018. The network has processed more than 30 billion transactions[12], launched an asset tokenization service,[13] and the Council currently counts with high profile members including: Google, IBM, Boeing, LG, University College London, Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, FIS, Magalu, Tata Communications, Avery Dennison, Chainlink Labs, Wipro, Standard Bank Group and Zain Group. The network's native token, HBAR, usually fluctuates between #20 and #30 in Coinmarketcap.[14]

References

  1. ^ Kleine, Darren (24 April 2020). "Journeys in Blockchain: Leemon Baird of Hedera Hashgraph". CoinTelegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "BTU #398 - A Future Built on Trust (Leemon Baird)". Beyond the Uniform. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  3. ^ "Leemon Baird, Ortsbo Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. ^ Hedera Team (29 April 2022). "Mance Harmon, Dr. Leemon Baird, and Hedera Development and Management Teams Transition to Swirlds Labs". Hedera. Retrieved 25 April 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Accelerate the future on Hedera". Swirlds Labs. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  6. ^ Labs, Swirlds (2024-04-15). "Swirlds Labs Appoints Eric Piscini as CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth". Swirlds Labs. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  7. ^ "L. Baird | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  8. ^ Platt, Moritz; Sedlmeir, Johannes; Platt, Daniel; Xu, Jiahua; Tasca, Paolo; Vadgama, Nikhil; Ibanez, Juan Ignacio (December 2021). "The Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Beyond Proof-of-Work". 2021 IEEE 21st International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security Companion (QRS-C). IEEE. pp. 1135–1144. arXiv:2109.03667. doi:10.1109/QRS-C55045.2021.00168. ISBN 978-1-6654-7836-6.
  9. ^ Schueffel, Patrick (2017). "Alternative Distributed Ledger Technologies Blockchain vs. Tangle vs. Hashgraph - A High-Level Overview and Comparison -". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3144241. ISSN 1556-5068.
  10. ^ Akhtar, Zuhaib (November 2019). "From Blockchain to Hashgraph: Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Wild". 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON). IEEE. pp. 1–6. arXiv:2303.14848. doi:10.1109/UPCON47278.2019.8980029. ISBN 978-1-7281-3455-0.
  11. ^ Ibañez, Juan Ignacio; Freier, Alexander (2023-09). "Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint Revisited: Proof of Work Mining for Renewable Energy Expansion". Challenges. 14 (3): 35. doi:10.3390/challe14030035. ISSN 2078-1547. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  12. ^ Nwaokocha, Amaka (13 January 2024). "Hedera network approves $408M of HBAR for ecosystem growth". CoinTelegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/inno/stories/news/2021/02/11/hedera-hashgraph-launches-tokenization-service.html. Retrieved 2024-04-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ "Hedera price today, HBAR to USD live price, marketcap and chart". CoinMarketCap. Retrieved 2024-04-25.

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