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'''Serene''' is an American classical concert pianist<ref name="AAPI Serene">{{cite web |title=Serene |url=https://www.aapimusicians.com/post/serene |website=Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Musicians |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> and technologist who created the [[Snowflake (software)|Snowflake]] transport mechanism which was used heavily by [[Tor (network)|Tor]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Küchemann |first=Fridtjof |title=Zugang für Iraner: Per Snowflake ins TOR-Netzwerk |language=de |work=FAZ.NET |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/zugang-fuer-iraner-per-snowflake-ins-tor-netzwerk-18346679.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0174-4909}}</ref>
'''Serene''' is an American classical concert pianist<ref name="AAPI Serene">{{cite web |title=Serene |url=https://www.aapimusicians.com/post/serene |website=Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Musicians |date=3 May 2021 |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> and technologist who created the [[Snowflake (software)|Snowflake]] transport mechanism which was used heavily by [[Tor (network)|Tor]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Küchemann |first=Fridtjof |title=Zugang für Iraner: Per Snowflake ins TOR-Netzwerk |language=de |work=FAZ.NET |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/zugang-fuer-iraner-per-snowflake-ins-tor-netzwerk-18346679.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0174-4909}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Serene is ethnically Chinese and spent her childhood in a variety of regions within North America.<ref name="AAPI Serene" /> As a pianist, she is largely self-taught; she also taught herself to write code at age 9.<ref name="Authority">{{cite web |last1=Sylvan |first1=Edward |title=Serene On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry |url=https://medium.com/authority-magazine/serene-on-the-five-things-you-need-to-shine-in-the-music-industry-c427e386a72e |website=Medium |publisher=Authority Magazine |access-date=18 December 2021 |language=English}}</ref> She attended [[Carnegie Mellon University]], graduating with a degree in computer science<ref name="AAPI Serene" /> in 2012.
Serene is ethnically Chinese and spent her childhood in a variety of regions within North America.<ref name="AAPI Serene" /> She attended [[Carnegie Mellon University]], graduating with a degree in computer science<ref name="AAPI Serene" /> in 2012.


== Career in software ==
== Career in software ==
She worked as a programmer for technology incubator Google Ideas,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bratton |first1=Benjamin H. |title=The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty |date=2015 |publisher=The MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0-262-02957-5 |page=592 }}</ref> now [[Jigsaw (company)|Jigsaw LLC]]. While working at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was a recipient of the [[Open Technology Fund]]’s Information Controls Fellowship, focusing on Snowflake,<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDevitt |first1=Dan |title=Information Controls Fellows Reflect On Their ICFP Experience |url=https://www.opentech.fund/news/information-controls-fellows-reflect-on-their-icfp-experience/ |website=Open Technology Fund |access-date=18 December 2021 |date=18 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wie eine Ex-Google-Ingenieurin dabei hilft, Internet-Zensur zu umgehen |url=https://futurezone.at/netzpolitik/snowflake-snowstorm-serena-internet-zensur-iran-russland-hilfe/402325935 |access-date=17 February 2023 |work=futurezone.at |date=12 February 2023 |language=de}}</ref> a pluggable transport enabling censorship circumvention for [[The Tor Project]].
She worked as the first engineer for technology incubator Google Ideas,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bratton |first1=Benjamin H. |title=The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty |date=2015 |publisher=The MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0-262-02957-5 |page=592 }}</ref> now [[Jigsaw (company)|Jigsaw LLC]]. While a senior fellow at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was a recipient of the [[Open Technology Fund]]’s Information Controls Fellowship, where she created [[Snowflake (software)|Snowflake]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDevitt |first1=Dan |title=Information Controls Fellows Reflect On Their ICFP Experience |url=https://www.opentech.fund/news/information-controls-fellows-reflect-on-their-icfp-experience/ |website=Open Technology Fund |access-date=18 December 2021 |date=18 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wie eine Ex-Google-Ingenieurin dabei hilft, Internet-Zensur zu umgehen |url=https://futurezone.at/netzpolitik/snowflake-snowstorm-serena-internet-zensur-iran-russland-hilfe/402325935 |access-date=17 February 2023 |work=futurezone.at |date=12 February 2023 |language=de}}</ref> a pluggable transport enabling censorship circumvention for [[The Tor Project]] as its first use-case.


She is the founder of Snowstorm, an attempt to commercialize the Snowflake transport technology. Snowflake came to prominence when the [[Tor (network)|Tor network]] began using it to prevent hostile actors from blocking access to Tor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Castro |first1=Chiara |title=Snowstorm: the bridge to reconnect a splintering web |url=https://www.techradar.com/features/snowstorm-the-bridge-to-reconnect-a-splintering-web |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=TechRadar |date=1 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Binder |first1=Matt |title=Snowflake helped Tor users thwart Russian censorship. Now the VPN is branching out as Snowstorm. |url=https://mashable.com/article/snowstorm-beta-launch-anti-censorship-vpn-snowflake-tor |work=Mashable |access-date=15 February 2023 |date=10 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Jared |title=Snowstorm is a censorship-blocking VPN that might actually work |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90847122/snowstorm-is-a-censorship-blocking-vpn-that-might-actually-work |access-date=15 February 2023 |work=Fast Company |date=8 February 2023}}</ref>
She is the founder of Snowstorm, the rearchitected V2 and commercialization of the Snowflake transport technology. In July 2023, Snowstorm finished its seed round of $3 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shu |first1=Catherine |title=Snowstorm raises seed to keep the internet free |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/19/snowstorm/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=22 August 2023 |date=19 July 2023}}</ref> Snowflake came to prominence when the [[Tor (network)|Tor network]] began using it to prevent hostile actors from blocking access to Tor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Castro |first1=Chiara |title=Snowstorm: the bridge to reconnect a splintering web |url=https://www.techradar.com/features/snowstorm-the-bridge-to-reconnect-a-splintering-web |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=TechRadar |date=1 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Binder |first1=Matt |title=Snowflake helped Tor users thwart Russian censorship. Now the VPN is branching out as Snowstorm. |url=https://mashable.com/article/snowstorm-beta-launch-anti-censorship-vpn-snowflake-tor |work=Mashable |access-date=15 February 2023 |date=10 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Jared |title=Snowstorm is a censorship-blocking VPN that might actually work |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90847122/snowstorm-is-a-censorship-blocking-vpn-that-might-actually-work |access-date=15 February 2023 |work=Fast Company |date=8 February 2023}}</ref>

Serene is an advisory board member of the World Ethical Data Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moreno |first1=Johan |title=As The Internet Freedom Project Expands, Snowflake Becomes Snowstorm |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johanmoreno/2023/02/08/as-the-internet-freedom-project-expands-snowflake-becomes-snowstorm/ |website=Forbes |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>


== Career as a musician ==
== Career as a musician ==


As of 2021, SERENE is a [[Bösendorfer#Bösendorfer artists|Bösendorfer Artist]], the sole non-conservatory pianist with such an affiliation.<ref name="boesendorfer">{{cite web |title=Serene |url=https://www.boesendorfer.com/en/artists/serene |website=Boesendorfer |language=en}}</ref> She presented her Bösendorfer debut with the symphony at the Vienna Konzerthaus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nachrichten |first1=Salzburger |title=Vom Computer ans Klavier: Pianistin Serene im Konzerthaus |url=https://www.sn.at/kultur/musik/vom-computer-ans-klavier-pianistin-serene-im-konzerthaus-139117726 |access-date=10 September 2023 |work=Salzburger Nachrichten |date=22 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref> She has performed with [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]], using EEG and generative AI music technology.<ref>{{cite news |title=Features: 9 women in cybersecurity you may not know but you should follow in 2024 |work=Tech Radar |date=8 March 2024 |url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/9-women-in-cybersecurity-you-may-not-know-but-you-should-follow-in-2024}}</ref>
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Serene has given performances at both concert halls and such non-traditional settings as San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and inside a decommissioned Boeing 747 at Burning Man.<ref name="Authority" /> She received a composition credit on [[Kanye West]]’s opera ''Mary'' (2019).<ref name="AAPI Serene" /> She has released two EPs: ''Unraveling'' (2019), a collection of piano works by [[Maurice Ravel]], and ''Rachmaninoff Concert No. 3'' (2020). She experiences [[synesthesia]]<ref name="Authority" /> and has written code to project abstract, moving visualizations behind her performances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pianist Brings Innovation, Master Class in Instrumental Expression to Groton |url=https://www.groton.org/news-detail-title?pk=1203339&fromId=245736 |website=Groton |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pianist Serene Performs Virtually at Groton School |url=https://grotonherald.com/happenings/pianist-serene-performs-virtually-groton-school |work=Groton Herald |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Millstein |first1=Lincoln |title=Self-taught pianist Serene to perform at Grace Farms |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/Pianist-Serene-Grace-Farms-synesthesia-New-Canaan-17723409.php |work=CT Insider |date=17 January 2023}}</ref> She also has collaborated with [[Blue Man Group]] founder [[Chris Wink]] on music-technology projects and social-distanced events at Las Vegas's [[Area15|AREA15]]. As of 2021, SERENE is a [[Bösendorfer#Bösendorfer artists|Bösendorfer Artist]],<ref name="Authority" /> the sole non-conservatory pianist with such an affiliation.<ref name="boesendorfer">{{cite web |title=Serene |url=https://www.boesendorfer.com/en/artists/serene |website=Boesendorfer |language=en}}</ref> She has been invited to perform as a Grand Prize Virtuoso winner<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 "Vienna" Grand Prize Virtuoso selected winners |url=https://www.grandprizevirtuosointernationalmusiccompetition.com/newpage7001d508 |website=www.grandprizevirtuosointernationalmusiccompetition.com |publisher=Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and at the San Francisco Botanical Garden's Flower Piano program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flower Piano at SF Botanical Garden |url=https://www.sfbg.org/flowerpiano |website=SF Botanical Garden |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Scenes And Sounds From Flower Piano's Second Year In Golden Gate Park: SFist |url=https://sfist.com/2016/07/19/scenes_and_sounds_from_flower_piano/ |work=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports |date=19 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Fifth "Flower Piano" |url=https://www.kdfc.com/culture/the-state-of-the-arts/a-fifth-flower-piano/ |work=Classical KDFC |date=10 July 2019}}</ref>

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Serene has given performances at both concert halls and such non-traditional settings as San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and inside a decommissioned Boeing 747 at Burning Man.{{cn|date=January 2024}} She received a composition credit on [[Kanye West]]’s opera ''Mary'' (2019).<ref name="AAPI Serene" /> She has released two EPs: ''Unraveling'' (2019), a collection of piano works by [[Maurice Ravel]], and ''Rachmaninoff Concert No. 3'' (2020). She has written code to project abstract, moving visualizations behind her performances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pianist Brings Innovation, Master Class in Instrumental Expression to Groton |url=https://www.groton.org/news-detail-title?pk=1203339&fromId=245736 |website=Groton | date=9 November 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pianist Serene Performs Virtually at Groton School |url=https://grotonherald.com/happenings/pianist-serene-performs-virtually-groton-school |work=Groton Herald |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Millstein |first1=Lincoln |title=Self-taught pianist Serene to perform at Grace Farms |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/Pianist-Serene-Grace-Farms-synesthesia-New-Canaan-17723409.php |work=CT Insider |date=17 January 2023}}</ref> She also has collaborated with [[Blue Man Group]] founder [[Chris Wink]] on music-technology projects and social-distanced events at Las Vegas's [[Area15|AREA15]].


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 17:49, 27 May 2024

Serene is an American classical concert pianist[1] and technologist who created the Snowflake transport mechanism which was used heavily by Tor.[2]

Early life and education

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Serene is ethnically Chinese and spent her childhood in a variety of regions within North America.[1] She attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a degree in computer science[1] in 2012.

Career in software

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She worked as the first engineer for technology incubator Google Ideas,[3] now Jigsaw LLC. While a senior fellow at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was a recipient of the Open Technology Fund’s Information Controls Fellowship, where she created Snowflake,[4][5] a pluggable transport enabling censorship circumvention for The Tor Project as its first use-case.

She is the founder of Snowstorm, the rearchitected V2 and commercialization of the Snowflake transport technology. In July 2023, Snowstorm finished its seed round of $3 million.[6] Snowflake came to prominence when the Tor network began using it to prevent hostile actors from blocking access to Tor.[7][8][9]

Serene is an advisory board member of the World Ethical Data Foundation.[10]

Career as a musician

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As of 2021, SERENE is a Bösendorfer Artist, the sole non-conservatory pianist with such an affiliation.[11] She presented her Bösendorfer debut with the symphony at the Vienna Konzerthaus.[12] She has performed with Grimes, using EEG and generative AI music technology.[13]

Serene has given performances at both concert halls and such non-traditional settings as San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and inside a decommissioned Boeing 747 at Burning Man.[citation needed] She received a composition credit on Kanye West’s opera Mary (2019).[1] She has released two EPs: Unraveling (2019), a collection of piano works by Maurice Ravel, and Rachmaninoff Concert No. 3 (2020). She has written code to project abstract, moving visualizations behind her performances.[14][15][16] She also has collaborated with Blue Man Group founder Chris Wink on music-technology projects and social-distanced events at Las Vegas's AREA15.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Serene". Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Musicians. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ Küchemann, Fridtjof. "Zugang für Iraner: Per Snowflake ins TOR-Netzwerk". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  3. ^ Bratton, Benjamin H. (2015). The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. p. 592. ISBN 978-0-262-02957-5.
  4. ^ McDevitt, Dan (18 March 2017). "Information Controls Fellows Reflect On Their ICFP Experience". Open Technology Fund. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Wie eine Ex-Google-Ingenieurin dabei hilft, Internet-Zensur zu umgehen". futurezone.at (in German). 12 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ^ Shu, Catherine (19 July 2023). "Snowstorm raises seed to keep the internet free". TechCrunch. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ^ Castro, Chiara (1 March 2023). "Snowstorm: the bridge to reconnect a splintering web". TechRadar. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  8. ^ Binder, Matt (10 February 2023). "Snowflake helped Tor users thwart Russian censorship. Now the VPN is branching out as Snowstorm". Mashable. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. ^ Newman, Jared (8 February 2023). "Snowstorm is a censorship-blocking VPN that might actually work". Fast Company. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ Moreno, Johan. "As The Internet Freedom Project Expands, Snowflake Becomes Snowstorm". Forbes. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Serene". Boesendorfer.
  12. ^ Nachrichten, Salzburger (22 May 2023). "Vom Computer ans Klavier: Pianistin Serene im Konzerthaus". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Features: 9 women in cybersecurity you may not know but you should follow in 2024". Tech Radar. 8 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Pianist Brings Innovation, Master Class in Instrumental Expression to Groton". Groton. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Pianist Serene Performs Virtually at Groton School". Groton Herald. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. ^ Millstein, Lincoln (17 January 2023). "Self-taught pianist Serene to perform at Grace Farms". CT Insider.
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