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Latanya Arvette Sweeney - Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology

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• Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at Harvard Kennedy School
• Professor in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• X.D. and Nancy Yang Faculty Dean of Currier House, Harvard College
• Editor-in-Chief of Technology Science
• Founding Director of Public Interest Tech Lab
• Founding Director of Data Privacy Lab

MIT, 2001

First black woman to earn PhD in computer science from MIT

Harvard University

Data PrivacyAlgorithmic FairnessTechnology ScienceSocietal Impact of TechnologyGovernment Technology Policy

• Pioneered the field known as data privacy
• Launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness
• Work cited in HIPAA Privacy Rule and other federal privacy regulations worldwide
• Work on discrimination in online ads ignited algorithmic fairness research
• 3 patents
• More than 100 academic publications
• 7000+ academic citations
• 3 company spin-offs

• Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Federal Trade Commission
• Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University (1998-2011)

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