Aleksandra (Sasha) Korolova
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and the Princeton School of Public and Internatonal Affairs, Director of the Technology and Society Certificate Program, Information Technology Track, and CITP Steering Committee Member
Aleksandra Korolova is an assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University and the director of the Technology and Society Certificate Program, Information Technology Track Policy.
Aleksandra studies societal impacts of algorithms and machine learning, and develops and deploys algorithms that enable data-driven innovations while preserving privacy and fairness.She also designs and performs algorithm and AI audits.
Aleksandra is a recipient of the 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship, 2020 NSF CAREER award, a co-winner of the 2011 PET Award for outstanding research in privacy enhancing technologies for exposing privacy violations of microtargeted advertising and a runner-up for the 2015 PET Award for RAPPOR, the first commercial deployment of differential privacy.
Aleksandra’s most recent research, on discrimination in ad delivery, has received the 2019 CSCW Honorable Mention Award and Recognition of Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion, was a runner-up for the 2021 WWW Best Student Paper Award, and was invited for a briefing for Members of the House Financial Services Committee. Aleksandra joined Princeton in 2022 after being on the faculty at the University of Southern California.