#  Faculty 

 



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##  Core Faculty 

 



 ### Anurag Anshu

Assistant Professor of Computer Science



 

   ![Anurag Anshu. Headshot. Anurag is seen in three-quarter view in front of a white background. Anurag wears a collared shirt. He has short dark hair and light brown skin. His mouth is closed, but he is smiling.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/anurag_1.13.22.jpg?itok=0SY9iIH2) 

 

 

 

  [### Boaz Barak

 ](https://www.boazbarak.org/)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science



 

   ![Boaz Barak. Sepia-tone headshot, looking to the viewer's right. Boaz has dark hair, a beard, and glasses.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/boaz_1.13.22.jpg?itok=a2SNiv92) 

 

 

 

  [### Sitan Chen

 ](https://www.sitanchen.com/)Assistant Professor of Computer Science  
*Joins SEAS Faculty Fall Semester 2023*



 

   ![Sitan Chen. Headshot. Sitan is in front of a dark gray background. He has short black hair, coppery skin and dark almond-shaped eyes. He is wearing a light gray T-shirt and smiling broadly.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/sitan_1.18.22.jpg?itok=eQIuGSeO) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  [### Cynthia Dwork

 ](https://dwork.seas.harvard.edu/)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science  
Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, Radcliffe Institute  
Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Law School  
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Statistics



 

   ![Cynthia Dwork, a light-skinned woman with curly auburn hair and glasses, sits at a cafe in front of a bank of windows.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/cynthia_1.13.22.jpg?itok=xC1PIi8t) 

 

 

 

  [### Yannai A. Gonczarowski

 ](https://yannai.gonch.name/scientific/)Assistant Professor of Economics and of Computer Science



 

   ![Yannai Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/yannai-5x5.jpg?itok=YR_4_8nT) 

 

 

 

 ### Adam Hesterber

Lecturer in Computer Science  
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science



 

   ![Adam Hesterberg. Headshot. Adam is wearing a black T-shirt and facing the camera. He has light skin and light brown hair and is wearing small wire-framed glasses.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/adam_1.18.22.jpg?itok=0AhSDWtv) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  [### Harry Lewis

 ](https://dwork.seas.harvard.edu/)Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science



 

   ![Harry R. Lewis. Headshot. Harry is wearing a shirt and tie and a tweed suit jacket and looking at the viewer from an angle. He has short light brown hair and is smiling.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/harry_1.18.22.jpg?itok=NPkpJ2R3) 

 

 

 

  [### Michael Mitzenmacher

 ](https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~michaelm/)Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Computer Science



 

   ![Michael Mitzenmacher. Black and White Headshot of Michael, who is looking right. He has short dark hair and is smiling.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/michael_theory_group_webpage_copy.jpg?itok=_-iuo3Cz) 

 

 

 

  [### Seth Neel

 ](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=1326892)Assistant Professor of Business Administration



 

   ![Seth Neel. Headshot. Seth has olive skin and short black curly hair. He is wearing a suit and tie and smiling broadly at the camera.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/seth_1.18.22.jpg?itok=eA9GAJ_d) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  [### Madhu Sudan

 ](https://madhu.seas.harvard.edu/)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science



 

   ![Madhu Sudan](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/madhu.jpg?itok=IOCL4sIE) 

 

 

 

  [### Salil Vadhan

 ](https://salil.seas.harvard.edu/)Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics



 

   ![Salil Vadhan. Headshot. Salil is in a sunny indoor location. He is bald, with medium-brown skin. He is facing the viewer and smiling broadly.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/salil_theory_group_webpage_copy.jpg?itok=97tCwhX9) 

 

 

 

  [### Leslie G. Valiant

 ](https://people.seas.harvard.edu/~valiant/)T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics



 

   ![Leslie Valiant. Headshot. Les is facing the viewer. Behind him is a bookshelf full of many brightly-colored books. He has short white hair and glasses and is smiling.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/les_theory_group_webpage_copy.jpg?itok=ZLvoiIhb) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

##  Adjacent Faculty 

 



  [### Yiling Chen

 ](https://yiling.seas.harvard.edu/)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

   ![yilingchen-web.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/yilingchen-web.jpg?itok=-8unA_ao) 

 

 

 

  [### Noam Elkies

 ](https://people.math.harvard.edu/~elkies/)Professor of Mathematics  
Harvard University



 

   ![noam-d.-elkies_photo-by-tony-rinaldo_373px_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/noam-d.-elkies_photo-by-tony-rinaldo_373px_0.jpg?itok=85ykr5s5) 

 

 

 

  [### Steven J. Gortler

 ](http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~sjg/)Robert I. Goldman Professor of Computer Science  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

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  [### Sham Kakade

 ](https://sham.seas.harvard.edu/)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Statistics  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

   ![Sham Kakde](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/Sham-Kakade.jpg?itok=fqRAwhi-) 

 

 

 

 ### Rebecca Nesson

Dean of Academic Programs  
Associate Senior Lecturer on Computer Science  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

   ![Rebecca Nesson headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/rebecca_nesson-18-headshot.jpg?itok=oHYlt5IH) 

 

 

 

  [### David Parkes

 ](https://parkes.seas.harvard.edu/)John A. Paulson Dean  
George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

   ![parkes2.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/parkes2.jpg?itok=_v_kvWvr) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  [### Ariel Procaccia

 ](https://procaccia.info/)Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

   ![Ariel Procaccia](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/portrait_0.jpg?itok=VEEthy_S) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

##  Emeritus Faculty 

 



  [### Michael O. Rabin

 ](https://www.seas.harvard.edu/person/michael-rabin)Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Computer Science, *Emeritus*  
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences



 

   ![Michael O. Rabin](/sites/g/files/omnuum4596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/seas-toc/files/rabin_3.6.2022.jpg?itok=-a40aV_5)