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I am a graduate student in the [Department of Computer
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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
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Group](http://theory.cis.upenn.edu), the [PL
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Club](http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~plclub/), and the [Privacy
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Group](http://privacy.cis.upenn.edu). I am very fortunate to be co-advised by
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[Benjamin Pierce](http://cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce) and [Aaron
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Roth](http://cis.upenn.edu/~aaroth).
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## Research Interests ##
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I spend my time thinking about questions in **verification**, **programming
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languages**, and **algorithms**. My work has mostly centered on [**differential
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privacy**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy), a rigorous
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definition of privacy that is currently under extensive study.
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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
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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
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applications of differential privacy to optimization, machine learning, and
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mechanism design.
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