Teaching and Advising

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Courses

Spring 2021: Privacy in Statistics and Machine Learning . Co-tuaght with Jonathan Ullman at Northeastern.
Fall 2020: (CS 330) Introduction to Algorithm Design and Analysis.
Spring 2020: (CS591 S1) Algorithms in Society.
Fall 2019: (CS 330) Introduction to Algorithm Design and Analysis.
Fall 2018: (CS591 S1) Privacy in Machine Learning and Statistical Inference. See the syllabus for details. Auditors are welcome!
Spring 2018: (CS506) Computational Tools for Data Science
Fall 2017: Algorithmic Foundations of Adaptive Data Analysis

Before I moved to BU:

Spring 2017: (CMPSC 465) Algorithm design and analysis
Fall 2016: Randomized Algorithms
Spring 2016: (CSE 546) Cryptography
Fall 2015: (CSE 565) Algorithm Design and Analysis
Spring 2015: (CSE 597E) Data Privacy
Fall 2014: (CSE 565) Algorithm Design and Analysis
Fall 2012: Privacy, Learning and Games
Spring 2012: (CMPSC 465) Introduction to Algorithms
Fall 2011: (CSE 598D) Pseudorandomness
Spring 2011: (CSE 546) Cryptography
Fall 2010: (CSE 565) Algorithm Design and Analysis
Spring 2010: Algorithmic Aspects of Data Privacy
Fall 2009: (CMPSC 465) Introduction to Algorithms
Spring 2009: (CSE 546) Cryptography.
Fall 2008: (CSE 565) Algorithm Design and Analysis
Spring 2008: Theoretical CS seminar
Fall 2007:
- Introduction to Cryptography
- Data Privacy
Spring 2007: CSE 465: Introduction to Algorithms
Spring 2005:Short course on database privacy at Weizmann.

Postdocs and Students

Postdocs:

Audra McMillan, 2018-
Jalaj Upadhyay, 2015-2017 (afterwards: Johns Hopkins, Apple)
Raef Bassily, 2012-2015 (afterwards: UC San Diego, Ohio State)

Current Students:

Jiayu Zhang (Ph.D.)
Gavin Brown (Ph.D)
Marika Swanberg (Ph.D.)
Meghna Sengupta (Ph.D.)
Palak Jain (Ph.D., co-mentored by Alley Stoughton and Mayank Varia)

Former Students:

Om Thakkar, Ph.D. 2019. First position: Google.
Ye Zhang, Ph.D. 2015. First position: Google.
Abhradeep Guha Thakurta, Ph.D. 2014. First position at Microsoft Research and Stanford. Currently a tenure-track faculty member at UC Santa Cruz and Research Scientist at Google.
Megan Heysham, M.S. 2014. First position: Amazon. Currently at Hitachi.
Laxman Vembar, M.S. 2008. First position at Bloomberg.
Ashwinkumar Gopalrathnam, M.S. (Electrical Engineering) 2008. Currently at Bloomberg
S. Ranjit Ganta, Ph.D. 2008 (co-advised with Raj Acharya). First position at Oracle.

Graduate applicants

If you are interested in BU's graduate program, please look at BU Computer Science for information on admission and a description of the program. Research assistantships are available for strong candidates interested in working in cryptography and theory. Make sure to indicate my name, "cryptography" or "algorithms" prominently in your application if you want our group to consider you. Our department receives many applications, and I cannot review all of them personally.

Last modified: Tue Jan 21 14:51:19 EST 2020
Adam Smith