Dwork is known for placing privacy-preserving data analysis on a mathematically rigorous foundation. A cornerstone of her research is differential privacy, a strong privacy guarantee and a collection of methods that allow researchers to analyze large data sets containing sensitive personal information – such as medical and mortgage application records – while preserving the privacy of the individuals whose information is contained therein.
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