Leah's Webpage for DIMACS REU 2022

About Me

Name: Leah Ghazali

School: University of Richmond

Majors: Mathematics & Cognitive Science

Minor: Data Science & Statistics

Email: leah.ghazali@richmond.edu

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Project Overview

Project: Data Privacy and Open Science

Mentor: Dr. Ruobin Gong, Assistant Professor of Statistics

Collaborators: Yuexin Zhang and Nami Jain

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Project Description

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.