David Stein
Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MEng 2020
NYU School of Law, JD 2022
Bio
David Stein joined the Northeastern University community in 2024, as assistant professor of law and computer science within the School of Law and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He studies the interplay between emerging technologies and legal institutions. Previously, he served as the Frank J. Guarini Scholar of Global Law and Technology at the NYU School of Law, where was also a fellow at the Information Law Institute and taught a course on the regulation of global technologies.
Stein’s research has appeared in venues such as the Wisconsin Law Review, the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Santa Clara High Tech Law Journal and the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Before entering the academy, he spent a decade in the tech industry, where his work included roles as an early software engineer at Dropbox, director of product engineering at Braze and cybersecurity lead for Sidewalk Labs—Google’s smart city initiative. He is the named inventor on seven patented digital identity and database management technologies. Stein holds a JD from the NYU School of Law and an MEng and SB from MIT.
Fields of Expertise
- Data Security
- Law and Technology
- Privacy
- Privacy and Data Protection
- Science and Technology Studies
- Technology
Selected Works
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- “Digital Innovation,” in Toronto Tomorrow: The Master Innovation and Development Plan for the Quayside District, Volume 2 (2019) (co-author).
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- “Hot Apps: Recalibrating IP to Address Online Software,” 1014 Wisconsin Law Review 1013 (2024).
- “Data Insecurity Law,” 39 Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal 445 (2023).
- “Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration for Survivability,” 51 Journal of Spacecraft & Rockets 1735 (2014) (co-author).
- “Constraint-aware Coordinated Construction of Generic Structures,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2011) (co-author).
- “Experiments in Decentralized Robot Construction with Tool Delivery and Assembly Robots,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots 5085 (2010) (co-author).
- “Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration for Survivability: Application to Satellite Radar,” AIAA Space Forum 6728 (2009) (co-author).
David Stein
Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science