Name: Leah Ghazali
School: University of Richmond
Majors: Mathematics & Cognitive Science
Minor: Data Science & Statistics
Email: leah.ghazali@richmond.edu
Project: Data Privacy and Open Science
Mentor: Dr. Ruobin Gong, Assistant Professor of Statistics
Collaborators: Yuexin Zhang and Nami Jain
The focus of our project us to explore potential advantages and disadvantages of privacy methods, specifically differential privacy. We will analyze the current mindset towards data privacy protection, as well as whether new methods such as differential privacy can encourage individuals to participate in scientific research.