Cynthia Dwork
Cynthia Dwork | |
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Dwork lectures at Harvard Kennedy School in 2018 | |
| Born | June 27, 1958 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (BSE) Cornell University (PhD) |
| Known for | Differential privacy Non-Malleable Cryptography Proof-of-work |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | IBM Research Microsoft Research Harvard University |
| Thesis | Bounds on Fundamental Problems in Parallel and Distributed Computation (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hopcroft |
| Website | dwork |
Cynthia Dwork (born June 27, 1958) is an American computer scientist renowned for her contributions to cryptography, distributed computing, and algorithmic fairness. She is one of the inventors of differential privacy and proof-of-work.
Dwork works at Harvard University, where she is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Affiliated Professor at Harvard Law School and Harvard's Department of Statistics.