Computer Science

Research Areas


  • Computational Biology
  • Data Management

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Columbia University, 2005 - present
    • Associate Professor, Columbia University, 1996 - 2005
    • Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 1991 - 1996
    • Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 1987 - 1991
    • Summer Intern, IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, Hawthorne, NY, 1990
    • Teaching Assistant, Melbourne University, 1986 - 1988
    • Experimental Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
    • Organization, Melbourne, Australia, 1987
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Computational Biology
    • Data Management
  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF Young Investigator Award, 1994
    • Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1994
    • Packard Foundation Fellowship, 1993
    • NSF Research Initiation Award, 1992
    • IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1990
    • Melbourne University Pure Mathematics Prize, 1983 & 1984
    • Represented Australia at the International Mathematical Olympiad, 1981 & 1982
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Stanford University
    • BSc (hons), Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Melbourne

Research Areas


  • Graphics and User Interfaces
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Vision and Robotics
  • Accessibility Technology
  • Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Visualization
  • Wireless, Embedded & Sensor Systems  

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2025-
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2019-2025
    • Research Scientist, Snap Inc., 2018-2022
    • Software Engineering Intern, PhD, Google Research, 2014
    • Software Engineering Intern, PhD, Google Inc., 2012
    • Game Design and Development Intern, Funtank, LLC, 2010
    • Sophomore Summer Analyst, Bank of America Securities, 2007
       
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Affiliate Member, Data, Media, and Society Center, Data Science Institute;
    • Affiliate Member, Smart Cities Center, Data Science Institute;
    • Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Academic Research, Game Accessibility Conference, 2024
    • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2024
    • Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award, Columbia Engineering, 2023
    • Google Award for Inclusion Research (AIR), Google, Inc., 2022
    • Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia Engineering Alumni Association (CEAA), 2021
    • Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2019
    • “From Data to Solutions” Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship (IGERT), National Science Foundation, 2015
    • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, U.S. Dept. of Defense, 2011
    • Center for Technology, Innovation, & Community Engagement Fellowship, Columbia Engineering, 2009
    • Costantino Colombo Outstanding Leadership Service Award, Columbia Engineering, 2009
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Columbia University
    • MPhil, Computer Science, Columbia University
    • MS, Computer Science, Columbia University
    • BS, Computer Science, Columbia University

Research Areas


  • Privacy
  • Computer Security
  • Related legal and privacy aspects

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2014-
    • Affiliate Faculty at Columbia Law School, 2018 -
    • Technology Scholar, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, 2016
    • Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission, 2012-2013
    • Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2005-2014
    • Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2004
    • AT&T Fellow, AT&T Labs—Research, 1998-2004
    • Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories and AT&T Labs
    • Research, 1987-1998
    • Member of the Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1982-1987
    • Instructor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977-1978
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Usenix
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2023 Usenix Lifetime Achievement Award (“The Flame”), along with Matt Blaze and Susan Landau, for “profound and lasting impact on Computer Science, Com- puter Security, Law, and Public Policy through their groundbreaking research, their influential publications, and their dedication to advancing knowledge that informs public policy.”
    • 2019 “Test of Time”award for Bellovin and Merritt, “Encrypted key exchange:Password- based protocols secure against dictionary attacks”
    • 2016 ESORICS Outstanding Research Award
    • 2016 EFF Pioneer Award (co-winner with the other authors of the “Keys Under Doormats paper)
    • 2015 J.D. Falk Award (co-winner with the other authors of the “Keys Under Doormats” paper)
    • 2014 Elected to the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame
    • 2006 Received the 2007 NIST/NSA National Computer Systems Security Award
    • 2001 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
    • 1998 AT&T Fellow
    • 1995 Usenix Lifetime Achievement Award (“The Flame”), along with Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, for creating Usenet
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • MS, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • BA, Interdisciplinary between Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University

Research Areas


  • Security and privacy
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Data privacy
  • Cybersecurity
  • Quantum computing

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1997-
    • Chair of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1986-1987
    • Tenured Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1987-1997
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1984-1987
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1979–1984
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE
    • ACM
  • Honors & Awards
    • Popular Science Award of “What Best of what’s new”, 2016.
    • IBM Faculty Career Development Award
    • Numerous best paper awards and IEEE Security & Privacy “most influential” paper.
    • IEEE and ACM Fellow.

Research Areas


  • Graphics and User Interfaces
  • Natural Language Processing and Speech
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Design Automation
  • Generative AI & Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Additional Information


  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, University of Washington
    • MEng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
    • BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
    • BS, Economics, MIT

Research Areas


  • Economics & Computation
  • Game Theory

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2015 – now
    • Assistant professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2011 – 2015
  • Honors & Awards
    • SIAM Outstanding Paper Award, 2016
    • EATCS Presburger Award, 2015
    • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2012
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2012

Research Areas


  • Economics & Computation
  • Game Theory
  • Algorithms
  • Theoretical Computer Science

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2004-
    • Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University, 2002–2003
    • Head, Computing Principles Research Department, Avaya Laboratories, 2001-2002
    • Head, Computing Principles Research Department, Bell Laboratories, 1991-2001
    • Member of Technical Staff, Computing Science Research Center, Bell Laboratories, 1978-1991
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • John von Neumann Theory Prize, INFORMS, 2023
    • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020
    • EATCS Award, 2020
    • Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2018
    • Member, Academia Europaea, 2013
    • Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2011
    • Knuth Prize, 2005
    • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1998
    • Fellow, Bell Laboratories, 1997
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Princeton University
    • MS, Computer Science, Princeton University
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Research Areas


  • Computational Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Computational Biology

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2024 -
    • Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2019 - 2024
    • Core Faculty Member, New York Genome Center, 2019 -
    • Interdisciplinary Appointee, Systems Biology, Columbia University, 2019 -
    • Affiliate Member, Data Science Institute, Columbia University, 2019 -
  • Education
    • PhD, Information Engineering, University of Cambridge
    • MSc, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Imperial College London
    • BA & MEng, Information Engineering, University of Cambridge

Research Areas


  • Computational Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Applied and Theoretical Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Economics & Computation
  • Game Theory
  • Generative AI & Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Natural Language and Conversational AIs
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Algorithms
  • Complexity

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • The Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science, 2017 –
    • UC Berkeley,  1996-2017, where he was the C. Lester Hogan Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    • Professor, National Technical University of Athens, 1981-1988
    • Papadimitriou has also taught at Harvard, MIT, Athens Polytechnic, Stanford, and UC, San Diego
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Fellow, National Academy of Engineering (2002)
    • Fellow, Association for Computer Machinery (2001)
    • Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Honors & Awards
    • IEEE John von Neumann Medal, 2016
    • EATCS Award, 2015
    • Gödel Prize, 2012, along with Elias Koutsoupias
    • Elected to US National Academy of Sciences, 2009
    • IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award, 2004
    • Knuth Prize, 2002
    • John von Neumann Theory prize, 2024 (shared with Mihalis Yannakakis)

Research Areas


  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Wireless, Embedded & Sensor Systems
  • Sensor Systems
  • Mobile Health

Additional Information


  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • MS, Computer Science, Peking University
    • MS, Computer Science, Wuhan University
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2022-
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 2018 - 2022
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 2013 - 2018
  • Honors & Awards
    • UBICOMP 10-Year Impact Award, UBICOMP, 2024
    • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2019
    • ACM SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award, ACM SIGMOBILE, 2019
    • N2Women: Rising Stars in Networking and Communication, N2Women, 2017
    • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2017
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2016
    • Google Faculty Research Award, 2014

Research Areas


  • Security and Privacy
  • Data Management
  • Software Systems
  • Computer Architecture and Engineering
  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Privacy
  • Operating Systems
  • Scalable Data Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Sustainable Computing (Green Computing)
  • Hardware Accelerators
  • Networking

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019-2023
    • Senior Vice President of Email Protection, Barracuda Networks, 2016-2019
    • CEO and co-founder, Sookasa (Acquired by Barracuda Networks), 2012-2016
  • Honors & Awards
    • ACM CIDR Best Paper Award, 2024
    • Usenix OSDI Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award, 2022
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2022
    • Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2021
    • Usenix Security Distinguished Paper, 2019
    • ACM EuroSys Best Poster Award, 2018
    • SC Rising Star Award, 2017
    • Usenix ATC Best Student Paper, 2013
    • Sohnis Promising Scientist Award, 2011
    • Finalist, Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, 2011
    • Leonard J. Shustek Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2010
    • Technion President's Honors List, 2009-2010
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • BS, Computer and Software Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Research Areas


  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Vision and Robotics
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Natural Language and Conversational AIs

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Columbia University, Computer Science, 2021-
    • Amazon Scholar, 2021-
    • Research Director, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligene, 2018-2021
    • Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science, 2009-2021
    • Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science, 2001-2009
    • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science, 2000-2001
    • Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Psychology & Computer Science, 1996-2000
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Advisory Board, Neural Information Processing Society (NeurIPS)
    • Steering Committee, ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FaCCT) Conference
  • Honors & Awards
    • Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian AI Association, 2023
    • Test of Time Award, ICML, 2023
    • AI Chair, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (2020)
    • Pioneers of AI, NVIDIA (2016)
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, University of Toronto
    • MS, Computer Science, University of Toronto
    • BA, History and Science, Harvard University