Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Law School | Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Statistics
Cynthia Dwork is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Affiliated Faculty at Harvard Law School.
She uses theoretical computer science to place societal problems on a firm mathematical foundation.
Her recent awards and honors include the 2020 ACM SIGACT and IEEE TCMF Knuth Prize, the 2020 IEEE Hamming Medal, and the 2017 Gödel Prize.