Andy M. Lee

Teaching & Research

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Mamori: The Automated Smart Contract Auditing System

Abstract:

Mamori is a Web3 algorithmic smart contract auditing system focusing on zero-day economic exploits and MEV (Maximal Extractable Value), addressing the challenges of scalability, automation, exploit detection relevance, and efficacy in the Web3 security landscape. Our mission is to apply interdisciplinary technologies and protect against the ’unknown unknowns’ vulnerabilities. To achieve this, we leverage algorithmic parsing techniques to establish smart contract sequences, utilize reproducible stateful computation techniques, and incorporate innovative and customizable algorithmic feedback mechanisms. This paper identifies the gap in the security spectrum, the limitations of existing techniques, and explains how the Mamori’s architecture navigates these challenges, facilitating a new standard in smart contract auditing.

Does Personal Freedom Cause Innovations?

Abstract:

This study provides evidence that personal freedom liberalization has a significant (at 10% level) and a robust negative effect on patent per capita. Our empirical strategy includes the construction of a dichotomous measure of personal freedom to mitigate the measurement error and control for country fixed effects. The main results use a pooled panel model with IV strategy and show that liberalization decreases patent per capita by about 0.38% per year beginning from 10 years after liberalization.

Ideological Congruence: How Electoral Winners Affect Mental Health.

Abstract:

This study investigates the effect of being a regional electoral winner on mental health. Our empirical strategy includes pooled cross-sectional models across time series, pseudo-panel model and standard panel fixed effects model. The main results show the effectiveness of using standard panel fixed effects models with instrumental variable strategy, and it shows that being a regional electoral winner significantly decreases an individual's psychological distress.


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