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Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes Kobbi Nissim, the McDevitt Chair of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and an affiliate professor at Georgetown Law. Nissim’s research works towards establishing rigorous practices for privacy in computation. He is 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.
Nissim’s recognitions include the 2013 ACM PODS Test-of-Time Award, the 2017 Gödel Prize and 2016 Theory of Cryptography Test of Time Award for the paper that introduced differential privacy, the 2018 Theory of Cryptography Test of Time Award, the 2019 Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and the 2021 Paris Kanellakis Award for “fundamental contributions to the development of differential privacy.”
This event is co-presented with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
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Kobbi Nissim is the McDevitt Chair of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and an affiliate professor at Georgetown Law. Prior to joining Georgetown, he was at Ben-Gurion University. From 2012 to 2017, Nissim was a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Center for Research in Computation and Society. He studied at the Weizmann Institute of Science, under the supervision of Moni Naor.
Nissim’s research works 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. He is 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.
Nissim is known for the introduction of differential privacy. His recognitions include the 2013 ACM PODS Alberto O. Mendelzon Test-of-Time Award (with Irit Dinur), the 2017 Gödel Prize and 2016 Theory of Cryptography Test of Time Award (with Cynthia Dwork, Frank McSherry, and Adam D. Smith) for the paper that introduced differential privacy, the 2018 Theory of Cryptography Test of Time Award (with Dan Boneh and Eu-Jin Goh), the 2019 Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and the 2021 Paris Kanellakis Award for “fundamental contributions to the development of differential privacy.”
To register for the event, visit the official event page.
The SRI Seminar Series brings together the Schwartz Reisman community and beyond for a robust exchange of ideas that advance scholarship at the intersection of technology and society. Seminars are led by a leading or emerging scholar and feature extensive discussion.
Each week, a featured speaker will present for 45 minutes, followed by an open discussion. Registered attendees will be emailed a Zoom link before the event begins. The event will be recorded and posted online.
