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Danny Hillis
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American computer scientist (born 1956)
Danny Hillis appears in 13 mentions across 12 documents, primarily in email lists and conference attendee rosters from the mid-2010s. He is referenced alongside tech industry leaders in contexts related to Jeffrey Epstein's social and intellectual circles.
Hillis appears most frequently in curated lists of prominent scientists and technology leaders, including what appears to be seminar invitation lists and TED conference materials. He is mentioned in an email list labeled 'Seminar-MONEY' alongside figures like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Eric Schmidt. Several documents reference his work developing massively parallel computers and his company Thinking Machines. One email from 2016 suggests someone was discussing 'legislative ideas' with Hillis. He does not appear as a sender or primary correspondent in the released communications.
Key Highlights
- •Featured on multiple lists with other tech luminaries (Gates, Bezos, Schmidt, Page, Brin) in what appear to be Epstein-organized gatherings
- •Described in documents as the developer of revolutionary massively parallel computing algorithms at MIT in the late 1970s
- •Mentioned in TED2017 conference materials as a 'computer theorist' and 'inventor, scientist, author, engineer'
- •Referenced in a 2016 email discussing 'legislative ideas' in context of a Politico Magazine article
- •Appears in documents spanning approximately 2002-2019 based on dated materials
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2 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
NITY FAI CRACK WHOLE PROPOSAL HAWAII >O IMAGES DANNY HILLIS-ZORRO TEDCONVENLEON 02 ALHAMBRA SPAIN 03 727
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Sep 5, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
D BLAINE MIKE BLOCK ADAM BLY SCOTT BOLTON DAVID BROOKS MARK CUBAN ANTONIO DAMASIO JACK DANGERMOND DAVE GALLO FRANK GEHRY MATT GROENING HERBIE HANCOCK DANNY HILLIS BJARKE INGELS QUINCY JONES MARY JORDAN JON KAMEN JEFFREY KATZENBERG NORMAN LEAR YO-YO MA JOHN MAEDA JOHN MAZZIOTTA NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE TODD OLDHAM CR
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1 mentionEFTA00285053
Arrive Bedford, Jet Aviation Tristar Worldwide Transportation Confirm Martin's Institute 1-4:00pm Chomsky's (Valeria: 1:00pm Misha Gromov 1:00pm Danny Hillis 1:00pm Martin Nowak 1:00pm George Church 4:00pm Appt w/Lisa New (-1(I 5:00p an a d Misha to depart for airport via Tristar Worldwide Confirm 6
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Epstein CC <[email protected] >; Seminar-MONEY Marc Andreesen Paul Batista (Not sure this is who you mean) Jeff Bezos Sergey Brin Bill Gates Danny Hillis Danny Kahneman Jaron Lanier Dick Merkin (?) Michael Milken (?) Nathan Myhrvold Boris Nikolic Larry Page Tom Pritzker Eric Schmidt Jim Simons Jes
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
frey Epstein CC <[email protected]>; Seminar-MONE Y Marc Andreesen Paul Batista (Not sure this is who you mean) Jeff Bezos Sergey Brin Bill Gates Danny Hillis Danny Kahneman Jaron Lanier Dick Merkin (?) Michael Milken (?) Nathan Myhrvold Boris Nikolic Larry Page Tom Pritzker Eric Schmidt Jim Simons Jes Stal
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
:15 PM Joi Ito Re: From Politico Magazine talk to danny hillis he had some legisative ideas On Mon, Dec 12, 2016
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list for bannon steve
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ashandran, goelberg. demasio, shristakas brockman hillis, kaufman, seligman. gould, saks, john kery, georg
EFTA00285072.pdf
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uite 6 Katherine is Martin's assistant 401.862.1041, 11-12:30 m A t w Noam and Valeria Chomsky Ma, 12:30pm LUNCH w/Martin, Noam, Valeria, Joi Ito, Danny Hillis, Joscha Back Kevin Esvelt (Joi's friend) Lunch Catered by Formaggio (I The Chomsky's: EFTA00285073 Jai Ito: Danny Hillis: Joscha Bach: 3:30p
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k about to his investments. Sometimes it's for his own curiosity. He has changed my life. Because of his support, I feel I can do anything I want." Danny Hillis, an MIT-educated computer scientist whose company, Thinking Machines, was at the forefront of the supercomputing world in the eighties, and who used
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k about to his investments. Sometimes it's for his own curiosity. He has changed my life. Because of his support, I feel I can do anything I want." Danny Hillis, an MIT-educated computer scientist whose company, Thinking Machines, was at the forefront of the supercomputing world in the eighties, and who used
EFTA00214660.pdf
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k about to his investments. Sometimes it's for his own curiosity. He has changed my life. Because of his support, I feel I can do anything I want." Danny Hillis, an MIT-educated computer scientist whose company, Thinking Machines, was at the forefront of the supercomputing world in the eighties, and who used
EFTA00221107.pdf
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k about to his investments. Sometimes it's for his own curiosity. He has changed my life. Because of his support, I feel I can do anything I want." Danny Hillis, an MIT-educated computer scientist whose company, Thinking Machines, was at the forefront of the supercomputing world in the eighties, and who used
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February 18th at Cibo in Monterey. Among those emerging from the Gulfstream jets were Steve Case, Nathan Myhrvold, Jeff Bezos, Steve UPSIDE Riggio, Danny Hillis, Bran Ferren, Douglas Adams, Terry Gilliam, Kai Krause, and Joichi Ito. Fortunately, famed industry pioneer and gossip David Bunnell was there taki
EFTA00285019.pdf
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in Nowak's office. Make sure a Dry Erase Board is available. Martin's 0 ce: Joi Ito: Reid Hoffman: George Church: Martin Nowak: Larry Summers: Danny Hillis: Josh Ramo: Joscha Bach: Reminder: It is Larry' IMMEDIATLEY AFTER THE DINNER: Meet w/Larty Summers One on One -Dinner to be ordered om Yoki -Ca
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
hn Brockman {nn wrote: > >> To: Paul Allen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin. Hubert Burda, Steve Case. John Doerr, Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Fadell, Bill Gates, Danny Hillis, Maja Hoffman, Bill Joy, Salar Kamangar, Dean Kamen, Vinod Khosla, Marissa Mayer, Kary Mullis Elon Musk, Nathan Myhrvold, Pierre Omidyar, Larry Page,
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1 mentionEFTA00285047
Arrive Bedford, Jet Aviation Tristar Worldwide Transportation Confirm Martin's Institute 1-4:00pm Chomsky's (Valeria: 1:00pm Misha Gromov 1:00pm Danny Hillis 1:00pm Martin Nowak 1:00pm George Church 4:00pm Appt w/Lisa New (a) ( ) ril i 5:00pt and Misha to depart for airport via Tristar Worldwide Co
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
BERNSTEIN,RICHARD S MENIN,ROCHELLE PHILLIPS,GEORGE W AVIS JR,WARREN HARRISON,AU
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Cambridge, MA Tristar Limo Confirm Martin's Institute 11:30am Yau is available before 1pm 11:30am Martin Nowak is available ( L) 12:00pm Appt w/Danny Hillis, then go to MIT together (MM) 1-6:00pm of Ito and 'ends at the MIT Lab oi cell: EFTA00285139 Tristar Limo Confirm 6:30pm Go see Noam and Valeri
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l 16, Monday *** Brian Boyd to give talk at 4:00 at Harvard PED*** departs today at 6:45pm via Delta #2019*** 9:30 Steve Hanson 10:00 Breakfast w Danny Hillis a) Alice assistant: (Danny requested a spinach omelette and decaf coffee) 11:00 Appt w/Little 12:00 REMINDER to call Ythe 1:45 Danny Hillis to
TED2017: The future you
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Source: House Oversight Committee
ers, written a popular science blog and given frequent public talks. Her writing has appeared in Nautilus Magazine. marvelclimate.com @DrKateMarvel Danny Hillis Computer theorist Inventor, scientist, author, engineer -- over his broad career, Danny Hillis has turned his ever-searching brain on an array of su
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