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JT Hamrick

I am a senior security integration engineer at Rivian Automotive.

I received a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Tulsa in 2020. I received an MS in Computer Science at the University of Tulsa in 2017. I received a BS from the University of North Texas in 2013 with a major in computer science and a minor in business management.

Download CV (PDF) [ here ].

News

Bloomberg wrote an article about my research into cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes.

My research examining DDoS attacks and price manipulation at Mt. Gox was cited by the SEC.

Research

JT Hamrick, Farhang Rouhi, Arghya Mukherjee, Amir Feder, Neil Gandal, Tyler Moore, and Marie Vasek. "The Economics of Cryptocurrency Pump and Dump Schemes". In Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, June 2019. [ Paper ]

Amir Feder, Neil Gandal, JT Hamrick, Tyler Moore, and Marie Vasek. "The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrencies". In Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, June 2018. [ Paper ]

Neil Gandal, JT Hamrick, Tyler Moore, and Tali Oberman. "Price Manipulation in the Bitcoin Ecosystem". In Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, June 2017. [ Paper ]

Neil Gandal, Tyler Moore, Amir Feder, and JT Hamrick. "The Impact of DDoS and Other Security Shocks on Bitcoin Currency Exchanges: Evidence from Mt. Gox". In Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, June 2016. [ Paper ]

Theses

JT Hamrick. "Price Manipulation in the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem". Dissertation, The University of Tulsa. March 2020. [ Paper | Presentation ]

Contact

Email: jameshmrck [at] gmail [dot] com