Theoretical Computer Scientist & Cryptography Expert; Turing Award Winner; Leighton Family Professor at MIT; Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Duality Technologies
Shafi Goldwasser Biography
Shafi Goldwasser is recognized in the field of theoretical computer science and cryptography for her contributions to the mathematical foundations of secure communications. Goldwasser earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and a doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, where her research focused on probabilistic encryption. Her collaborative work with Silvio Micali introduced the concept of semantic security through randomness, establishing a framework that underpins modern cryptographic protocols. Goldwasser, Micali, and Charles Rackoff also developed zero-knowledge proofs, a class of interactive proofs that enable verification of information without revealing the information itself.
Goldwasser's research in cryptography and computational complexity has been recognized with several honors, including the Turing Award, the Gödel Prize, the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, and the RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics. She has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, and has received the IEEE Piore Award and the Franklin Institute's Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science.
Goldwasser holds the Leighton Family Professor of Mathematics chair at MIT and the C. Lester Hogan Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. She is also a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science and serves as research director for the Resilience Research Pod at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Goldwasser is co-founder and chief scientist of Duality Technologies, a company focused on homomorphic cryptography. Her research addresses the intersection of cryptography, artificial intelligence, and secure computation, with work exploring the application of cryptographic methods to secure AI systems.
In her talk, "On Trust: Backdoor Vulnerabilities and Their Mitigation," Goldwasser examines the challenges of establishing trust in machine learning systems, particularly in adversarial contexts. She discusses vulnerabilities such as backdoor attacks and highlights the importance of cryptographic techniques, including homomorphic encryption and secure computation, to ensure privacy and security in AI. Goldwasser emphasizes the need for proactive, verifiable computing measures to address trust in emerging technologies.
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