Gautam Kamath

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

University of Waterloo

Le Salonneur

Gautam Kamath is an assistant professor at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science. 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.

Interests

Statistics
Machine Learning
Data Privacy
Robustness

Education

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

Vikrant Singhal

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Waterloo

Postdoctoral Researcher

Vikrant Singhal is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science. His research interests include statistics and machine learning, with a focus towards data privacy. His non-research interests include motorsport, soccer, anime, and music.

Interests

Statistics
Machine Learning
Data Privacy

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 2021

Northeastern University
MS in Computer Science, 2018

Northeastern University
BS in Computer Science, 2016

University of Southern California

Alex Bie

MMath Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Graduate Researcher

Alex Bie is a student in the MMath Computer Science program at the University of Waterloo. He is interested in privacy and fairness in machine learning.

Interests

Privacy
Fairness

Education

BMath in Computer Science, 2021

University of Waterloo

Christian Covington

MMath Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Graduate Researcher

Christian Covington is a student in the MMath Computer Science program at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science, co-advised with Xi He. His research interests include statistical validity in adaptive data analysis settings and statistical data privacy.

Interests

Statistical Validity
Data Privacy
Robustness

Education

BA in Statistical Science, 2016

Cornell University

Mahbod Majid

MMath Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Graduate Researcher

Mahbod Majid is a student in the MMath Computer Science program at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science. His research interests include private and robust statistics.

Interests

Private Statistics
Robust Statistics

Education

BS in Computer Engineering, 2020

Sharif University of Technology

Argyris Mouzakis

PhD Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Graduate Researcher

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.

Interests

Machine Learning Theory
Algorithmic Statistics
Privacy
Applied Probability

Education

Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019

National Technical University of Athens

Matthew Regehr

MMath Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Graduate Researcher

Matthew Regehr is a student in the MMath Computer Science program at the University of Waterloo. He has research experience in reinforcement learning and is excited to begin exploring privacy and fairness in machine learning.

Interests

Machine Learning
Privacy
Reinforcement Learning

Education

BSc with Honors in Computing Science, 2021

University of Alberta

Sourav Biswas

BMath Computer Science & BBA Finance Student

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Sourav Biswas is an undergraduate researcher at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science. His research interests include machine learning, computer vision and statistics, with a focus on applications in autonomous vehicles, finance, and sports. He has past experience as a quantitative analyst and software engineer.

Interests

Statistics
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Data Privacy

Education

BMath in Computer Science, 2022 (Expected)

University of Waterloo
BBA in Finance, 2022 (Expected)

Wilfrid Laurier University

Jimmy Di

BMath in Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Jimmy Di is an undergraduate student at University of Waterloo with a major in Computer Science and minor in Physics. His research interests include privacy and robustness in the context of machine learning.

Interests

Machine Learning
Privacy
Robustness

Education

BMath in Computer Science, 2022 (Expected)

University of Waterloo

Andrew Guo

Bachelors of Software Engineering

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Andrew Guo is an undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include machine learning and computer vision.

Interests

Machine Learning
Computer Vision

Education

Bachelors of Software Engineering, 2024 (Expected)

University of Waterloo

Chirag Jindal

Bachelor of Computer Science

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Chirag Jindal is a student in the BCS program at the University of Waterloo. He is excited to explore his research interests in Machine Learning with a focus on machine unlearning and data poisoning. He has past experience as a full stack and backend software engineer.

Interests

Machine Unlearning
Data Poisoning
Backend Engineering

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science, 2023 (Expected)

University of Waterloo

Xingtu Liu

BMath Student

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Xingtu Liu is an undergraduate student at University of Waterloo with a major in Computer Science and minors in Pure Math and Statistics. His research interests include deep learning, statistics, and optimization.

Interests

Deep Learning Theory
Machine Learning
Statistics
Optimization

Education

BMath in Computer Science, 2021 (Expected)

University of Waterloo

Nicholas Vadivelu

BMath Computer Science & Statistics Student

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Nicholas Vadivelu is a student and undergraduate researcher at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include machine learning, statistics, and programming languages.

Interests

Machine Learning
Statistics
Programming Languages

Education

BMath in Computer Science & Statistics (Double Major), 2022 (Expected)

University of Waterloo

Landy Xu

BMath Computer Science & Statistics student

University of Waterloo

Undergraduate Researcher

Landy Xu is an undergrduate researcher at Unveristy of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science. Her research interests include machine learning, data privacy and statistics.

Interests

Machine Learning
Data Privacy
Statistics
Programming

Education

BMath in Computer Science & Statistics, 2022 (Expected)

Unversity of Waterloo

Sushant Agarwal

Research Assistant

University of Waterloo

Research Assistant

Sushant Agarwal is a Research Assistant at the University of Waterloo. His research interests broadly include Theoretical Machine Learning, with a recent focus on the ethical issues (Fairness, Interpretability, Privacy, Robustness) that arise in ML.

Interests

Theoretical Computer Science
Machine Learning
Ethical aspects (Fairness, Interpretability, Privacy, Robustness) in ML

Education

MMath in Computer Science, 2020

University of Waterloo
BSc Hons. in Mathematics & Computer Science, 2017

Chennai Mathematical Institute

Shubhankar Mohapatra

PhD Computer Science Student

University of Waterloo

Affiliated Researcher

Shubhankar Mohapatra is a PhD student at University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science supervised by Xi He. His research interests include differentially private learning, federated learning with a focus on data cleaning and health informatics.

Interests

Data Privacy
Machine Learning
Federated Learning
Data Cleaning

Education

MMath in Computer Science, 2020

University of Waterloo
BTech in Computer Science Engineering, 2016

IIIT Bhubaneswar

Pranav Subramani

MMath Data Science Student

University of Waterloo

Affiliated Researcher

Pranav Subramani is a student in the MMath Data Science at the University Of Waterloo. His focus is on probabilistic programming and Bayesian inference, and he is interested in differential privacy and adversarial robustness.

Interests

Probabilistic Programming
Bayesian Inference
Differential Privacy
Adversarial Robustness

Education

BMath in Computer Science, 2020

University of Waterloo
BMath in Combinatorics and Optimization, 2020

University of Waterloo

Linfeng Ye

MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering student

University of Waterloo

Affiliated Researcher

Linfeng Ye is a Master of Engineering student in University of Waterloo’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department. His research interests include computer vision, optimization, and machine learning.

Interests

Computer Vision
Optimization
Machine Learning

Education

B.E in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2020

Xi'an University of Science and Technology

Alumni

Ishaq Aden-Ali, Affiliated Researcher (July 2020 - September 2020), now PhD student at UC Berkeley
Pranav Subramani, Undegraduate Researcher (September 2019 - June 2020), now Master’s Student at University of Waterloo
Vikrant Singhal, Visiting Researcher (September 2019 - December 2019), now PhD student at Northeastern University