I am a Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University and an Affiliate Professor at Georgetown Law. Before Joining Georgetown I was at the Department of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Computation and Society, Harvard University.
I studied at the Weizmann Institute of Science, under the supervision of Prof. Moni Naor.
Research Interests: I work towards establishing rigorous practices for privacy in computation: identifying problems that result from the collection, sharing, and processing of information, formalizing these problems and studying them towards creating solid practices and technological solutions. I am particularly interested in intersection points between privacy and various disciplines within and outside computer science including cryptography, machine learning, game theory, complexity theory, algorithmics, statistics, databases, and more recently privacy law and policy.
Recent awards:
- ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award (2021) for fundamental contributions to the development of differential privacy. With Avrim Blum, Irit Dinur, Cynthia Dwork, Frank McSherry, and Adam Smith.
- Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) (2019) for my work with Aaron Bembenek, Alexandra Wood, Mark Bun, Marco Gaboardi, Urs Gasser, David R. O’Brien, Thomas Steinke, and Salil Vadhan "Bridging the Gap Between Computer Science and Legal Approaches to Privacy" [Harvard JOLT 2018].
- TCC Test of Time Award (2018) for my work with Dan Boneh and Eu-Jin Goh "Evaluating 2DNF Formulas on Ciphertexts" [TCC 2005].
- Godel Prize (2017) for my work with Cynthia Dwork, Frank McSherry, and Adam Smith "Calibrating Noise to Sensitivity in Private Data Analysis" [TCC 2006, JPC 2017]. See also here and here.
- TCC Test of Time Award (2016) for my work with Cynthia Dwork, Frank McSherry, and Adam Smith "Calibrating Noise to Sensitivity in Private Data Analysis" [TCC 2006].
- ACM PODS Alberto O. Mendelzon Test-of-Time Award (2013) for my work with Irit Dinur "Revealing Information while Preserving Privacy" [PODS 2003]