Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye
Regular biography
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye is a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Imperial College London, where he heads the Computational Privacy Group. His research focuses on the development of automated methods to red team AI systems and privacy-preserving mechanisms. He holds a joint affiliation between the Department of Computing and the Data Science Institute. His research interests include AI Security and privacy, machine learning, AI safety, memorization, automated attacks, and anonymization. He is also involved in the design of privacy-preserving mechanisms and attacks on differential privacy. His work includes the development of automated attacks and the study of memorization in AI systems.
Scholar-generated biography
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye is an Associate Professor at Imperial College London specializing in AI Security and Privacy. His research explores the intersection of data privacy, machine learning, and the ethical use of personal data. He investigates the re-identifiability of metadata, anonymization techniques, and the privacy implications of big data analytics. His work includes studies on human mobility, credit card metadata, and mobile phone data for development. He also examines privacy-conscientious data usage, generative models for re-identification, and the design of privacy-enhancing technologies. His research highlights the challenges of balancing data utility with individual privacy in the digital era.