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I am a graduate student in the [Department of Computer
Science](http://cis.upenn.edu) at the [University of
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Pennsylvania](http://www.upenn.edu). There, I am associated with the [Theory
Group](http://theory.cis.upenn.edu), the [PL
Club](http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~plclub/), and the [Privacy
Group](http://privacy.cis.upenn.edu). I am very fortunate to be co-advised by
[Benjamin Pierce](http://cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce) and [Aaron
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Roth](http://cis.upenn.edu/~aaroth).
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I am supported by the Simons Graduate Fellowship in Theoretical Computer
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Science. Previously, I was awarded an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program.
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## Research Interests ##
I spend my time thinking about questions in **verification**, **programming
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languages**, and **algorithms**. My work has mostly centered on [**differential
privacy**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy), a rigorous
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definition of privacy that is currently under extensive study.
From the verification side, I am interested in using formal methods---such as
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[**type systems**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system) and [**program
logics**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoare_logic)---to verify that programs are
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differentially private. From the algorithms side, I am interested in
applications of differential privacy to optimization, machine learning, and
mechanism design.
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## Service ##
- **TPDP 2017** PC
- **MFPS 2017** PC
- **PLDI 2016** ERC