p2
library of machine learning-based texas hold 'em solvers
hi, i'm patrick
i'm a software engineer, policy person, recovering lawyer, and near-professional hobbyist.
right now i am at the recurse center in new york.
here is what i've been up to. also, i have a blog.
featured projects (github)
fast.law
LLM-driven automated ingestion and indexing of legal sources
reaper
fully automated binary reverse engineering using ghidra and iterated LLMs
lettris
fun word game
oy
the simplest possible social media network
rebook
library of algorithms for bulk document dewarping
kolmafia js
javascript execution engine for kingdom of loathing client "kolmafia"
journal.tools
suite of automated processing tools for draft law review articles
publications (google scholar)
AutoCTF: Creating Diverse Pwnables via Automated Bug Injection (WOOT 2017)
Patrick Hulin, Andy Davis, Rahul Sridhar, Andrew Fasano, Cody Gallagher, Aaron Sedlacek, Tim Leek, Brendan Dolan-Gavitt. a CTF with automatically-generated bugs, before LLMs.
LAVA: Large-Scale Automated Vulnerability Addition (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2016)
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, Patrick Hulin, Engin Kirda, Tim Leek, Andrea Mambretti, William K. Robertson, Frederick Ulrich, Ryan Whelan. automatically creating a corpus of vulnerable programs to test vulnerability detection systems.
Repeatable Reverse Engineering with PANDA (PPREW @ ACSAC 2015)
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, Josh Hodosh, Patrick Hulin, Tim Leek, Ryan Whelan. system-level and embedded reverse-engineering using whole-system record and replay.
boring stuff
education
j.d.
yale law school | 2020
yale law journal, workers and immigrants rights advocacy clinic, legislative advocacy clinic.
s.b. in mathematics
massachusetts institute of technology | 2014
classes: randomized algorithms, cryptography, compilers, os engineering, algebra i/ii.
other: undergraduate association, tEp xi.
work experience
policy director
office of governor ned lamont | 2020 - 2026
complex policy, legislative, and administrative initiatives. energy affordability, permitting reform, cannabis legalization, gun safety, automated criminal record erasure.
associate staff
mit lincoln laboratory | 2014 - 2017
software vulnerabilities, automated reverse engineering, and assorted offensive security topics. see publications section.