Adam Smith
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Computer Science
Boston University
United States of America
Biography
Adam Smith is a research professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Boston University. His research interests lie in data privacy and cryptography, and their connections to machine learning, statistics, information theory, and quantum computing. He obtained his Ph.D. from MIT in 2004 and has held visiting positions at the Weizmann Institute of Science, UCLA, and Harvard. He previously was a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State. He received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2009; a Theory of Cryptography Test of Time award in 2016; and the 2017 Godel Prize. These last two awards were joint with C. Dwork, F. McSherry, and K. Nissim.
Research Interest
Data privacy and cryptography, and their connections to machine learning, statistics, information theory, and quantum computing
Publications
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Nissim K, Raskhodnikova S, Smith A. Smooth sensitivity and sampling in private data analysis. InProceedings of the thirty-ninth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing 2007 Jun 11 (pp. 75-84). ACM.
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Dodis Y, Reyzin L, Smith A. Fuzzy extractors: How to generate strong keys from biometrics and other noisy data. InInternational conference on the theory and applications of cryptographic techniques 2004 May 2 (pp. 523-540). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
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Dwork C, McSherry F, Nissim K, Smith A. Calibrating noise to sensitivity in private data analysis. InTCC 2006 Mar 4 (Vol. 3876, pp. 265-284).
