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Gavin Brown

Differential Privacy Machine Learning Model Memorization Privacy-Preserving Statistical Algorithms Data Analysis Sensitivity
University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences

About

I am an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Department of Computer Sciences. Prior to that, I was a postdoc at the University of Washington with Sewoong Oh. I completed my PhD at Boston University, where I was advised by Adam Smith. I work on machine learning and data privacy. The outputs of data analysis depend on the details of individual data points, sometimes heavily. When is this necessary, and when can we avoid it? I am interested in understanding when and why machine learning models memorize large amounts of training examples. I also study this topic through the lens of differential privacy, a formal framework for reasoning about privacy in data analysis. In this area, I design algorithms for fundamental statistical problems.

Research Performance Summary

15
Total Papers
509
Total Citations
9
H-Index
2014-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Theoretically guided design of efficient polymer dielectrics

Year: 2014

Citations: 1

Venue: Journal of Applied Physics 115 (9)

Latest Recorded Paper

Tukey Depth Mechanisms for Practical Private Mean Estimation

Year: 2025

Citations: 1

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.18698

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
1
2024
4
2023
1
2022
2
2021
2
2019
2
2018
1
2017
1
2014
1

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 6
Journal 2
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Brown Smith Wang

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 1
Avg. Citations / Paper 1
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 9
Citations 440
Avg. Citations / Paper 48.9
H-Index 7

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 4
Citations 67
Avg. Citations / Paper 16.8
H-Index 2

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 1
Avg. Citations / Paper 1
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

grbrown5@wisc.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Private Mean Estimation Learning Minimal Context Side Channel Analysis