Cynthia Dwork

Cynthia Dwork
Dwork lectures at Harvard Kennedy School in 2018
Born (1958-06-27) June 27, 1958 (age 66)
Alma materPrinceton University (BSE)
Cornell University (PhD)
Known forDifferential privacy
Non-Malleable Cryptography
Proof-of-work
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science[1]
InstitutionsHarvard University
ThesisBounds on Fundamental Problems in Parallel and Distributed Computation (1984)
Doctoral advisorJohn Hopcroft[2][3]
Websitedwork.seas.harvard.edu

Cynthia Dwork (born June 27, 1958[citation needed]) is an American computer scientist best known for her contributions to cryptography, distributed computing, and algorithmic fairness. She is one of the inventors of differential privacy and proof-of-work.

Dwork works at Harvard University, where she is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and Affiliated Professor at Harvard Law School and Harvard's Department of Statistics.

Dwork was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2008 for fundamental contributions to distributed algorithms and the security of cryptosystems.

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  3. ^ Dwork, Cynthia (1983). Bounds on Fundamental Problems in Parallel and Distributed Computation. cornell.edu (PhD thesis). Cornell University. hdl:1813/6427. OCLC 634017620. Free access icon