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Adam Smith

A theoretical computer scientist working on data privacy and cryptography and their connections to machine learning, statistics, and information theory. He co-invented differential privacy, a rigorous framework for analyzing privacy in statistical databases, work recognized with the 2017 Gödel Prize and now used in deployed systems.

Last verified: August 22, 2026

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