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Jalaj Upadhyay

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Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
📍 United States

Jalaj Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University and the Chief Scientific Officer at Decompute. A former researcher at Apple, his expertise lies in differential privacy and theoretical computer science. He earned his PhD from the University of Waterloo and has received a Google Research Scholar Award for his work.

Jalaj is passionate about the intersection of different scientific fields, having developed a keen interest in mathematical physics and its application to privacy algorithms. He actively engages in a "Physics of ML" reading group, reflecting a deep curiosity that extends beyond his primary research focus and into his personal time.

After four years of dedicated effort, he and his team solved the complex problem of continual counting with privacy, a task that is simple without privacy constraints.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Assistant Professor
Job Level
Junior
Location
United States
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Differential Privacy
This is his primary area of research and expertise, evidenced by numerous publications and his faculty profile at Rutgers University.
AI Research Integrity
He has expressed admiration for AI work that shows tangible improvements on real research problems, critiquing the exaggerated hype in the field.
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Work history

9-2021
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
7-2024 - 5-2025
Chief Scientific Officer
Decompute
9-2019 - 8-2021
Researcher
Apple
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Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of Waterloo
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