Sofya Raskhodnikova

Professor of Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University

My research interests include sublinear-time algorithms (in particular, property testing), private data analysis, approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, and complexity theory. I am a member of the Algorithms and Theory group. Before joining BU, I was a professor in the CSE department at Penn State from 2007 to 2017. I got my PhD from MIT in 2003. From the fall of 2003 to 2006, I worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics. In 2013--2014, I was on sabbatical leave at Boston University for a special Privacy Year and also participated in the Privacy Tools project at Harvard University in Spring 2014. I participated in Foundations of Data Science in Fall 2018 and Data Privacy: Foundations and Applications in Spring 2019 at Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at Berkeley.

If you are interested in joining our CS graduate program, please look at http://www.bu.edu/cs/phd-program/ for information on admissions and a description of the program. Research assistantships are available for strong candidates interested in working in algorithms and theory. Our department receives many applications, and I cannot review all of them personally.

Check out this fun video video by Women In Theory.

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    Courses Taught at Penn State

    A Course Taught at Weizmann


    Professional activities

  • Editor of journals:
  • Program committee chair for
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  • Co-organizer of
  • Faculty at math and CS summer camps and school-year programs for kids
  • Area editor for Encyclopedia of Algorithms, 2nd Edition
  • Guest editor for
  • Lecturer for 2011 Program for Women and Mathematics (Institute for Advanced Study), a course on sublinear algorithms
    Slides: Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4

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