Gautam Kamath is an assistant professor at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science. He is also a Faculty Member at the Vector Institute, and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair. His research interests include statistics and machine learning, with a focus on settings which are common in modern data analysis, including privacy, robustness, and high-dimensional data. He leads The Salon, which studies Statistics, Algorithms, Learning, and Optimization.
PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SM in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BSc in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2012
Cornell University
Argyris Mouzakis is a student in the Computer Science PhD program at the University of Waterloo. His research interests broadly lie at the intersection of Theoretical Computer Science and Probability & Statistics.
Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019
National Technical University of Athens
Matthew Regehr is a PhD student in computer science at the University of Waterloo. His research interests are broadly machine learning theory and differential privacy. His current research projects focus on theory and algorithms for differentially private accounting.
MMath in Computer Science, 2023
University of Waterloo
BSc with Honors in Computing Science, 2021
University of Alberta
Valentio Iverson is an undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include machine learning theory, and its connection to probability, statistics and optimization.
BMath in Computer Science, 2026 (Expected)
University of Waterloo
Jack Sanderson is an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago. His research interests include open-weight model tampering, data poisoning, backdooring, and the failure modes of AI systems more broadly.
BA in Computer Science & BA in Statistics, 2027 (Expected)
University of Chicago