Jaromil

Hi! I’m Denis Roio, also known as Jaromil. I am the Scientific Director of the Plan ₿ Foundation in Lugano and the founder of Dyne.org.

I work across cryptography, philosophy, free software, and art. My research focuses on algorethics, digital autonomy, and the social impact of cryptographic technologies. My latest major creation is Zenroom, a language and virtual machine for human-readable cryptography.

I hold an old-school Ph.D., literally in philosophy. Over the years I have coined the term "Algorithmic Sovereignty" and published on ethics and society, media theory, mathematics, and cryptography.

Since 1999 I have started and facilitated free and open source software projects, cultural initiatives, and research collaborations, including work supported by European Commission programmes.

Watch some video recordings of my talks.

Read further on my blog.

Contact me via private E-mail: J @ Dyne.org.

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Connect on social media: LinkedIn.


Stylo portrait courtesy of Robert Lloyd

Stylo portrait courtesy of Robert Lloyd. Public signing key follows
GPG: 6113 D89C A825 C5CE DD02 C872 73B3 5DA5 4ACB 7D10


Publications

Alma mater: University of Plymouth, Planetary Collegium
ORCID record: ORCID0000-0003-3457-1453
Profile on Google Scholar, and ResearchGate.
All publications open access.

Papers

Selected list of academic papers:

EU Grants

This is our Dyne.org foundation profile on the European research portal.
All software we do is open-source, we support the public code for public money campaign.

Software

Coding like Bob Ross Github Badge
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Videos

I am a keynote (and TEDx) speaker, you are welcome to get in touch for public events.

Watch our video channel on Dyne.org TV.
Portraits of people interviewed in blockchain society

Articles and interviews

For many years I've collected free books and musings on files.dyne.org/books

Readable screenshot of the newspaper page

Artworks

Reproduction of the Forkbomb artwork

"Arguably the most elegant forkbomb ever written, has become a secret code of recognition among hackers." Prof. Florian Cramer

German Pavillion at Venice Biennale of Architecture

Animated infographic of the German Pavillon exhibition Screenshot of Jaromil's interview on ASCII Rastasoft flag Picture of Jaromil's solo exhibition 'data portraits' in Palermo