I am currently a PhD student of Cynthia Dwork in Harvard’s Theory of Computation group. I am broadly interested in theoretical computer science, with a focus on differential privacy and algorithmic fairness.

In 2021, I graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with an AB in Computer Science and Mathematics, a secondary in Statistics, and an SM in Computer Science. I was on the competitive programming team.

I grew up in Cary, North Carolina and attended Cary Academy. In my free time, I enjoy playing the piano.

Research

Differentially Private Learning Beyond the Classical Dimensionality Regime
Cynthia Dwork, Pranay Tankala, Linjun Zhang*
Preprint, 2024

From Pseudorandomness to Multi-Group Fairness and Back
Cynthia Dwork, Daniel Lee, Huijia Lin, Pranay Tankala*
Conference on Learning Theory (COLT), 2023

Privately Estimating a Gaussian: Efficient, Robust, and Optimal
Daniel Alabi, Pravesh Kothari, Pranay Tankala, Prayaag Venkat, Fred Zhang*
Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), 2023

K-Deep Simplex: Manifold Learning via Local Dictionaries
Abiy Tasissa, Pranay Tankala, James Murphy, Demba Ba**
Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP), 2023

Weighed ℓ1 on the Simplex: Compressive Sensing Meets Locality
Abiy Tasissa, Pranay Tankala, and Demba Ba**
Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP), 2021

* Alphabetical Order
** Contribution-Based Order

Contact

Email: firstname underscore lastname at g dot harvard dot edu

Some official websites refer to me by my full name, Pranay Bennett Tankala.