Elissa Redmiles

Elissa Redmiles is the Clare Luce Boothe Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, with prior roles as a Faculty Member at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and a consultant at institutions like Microsoft Research, Meta, and the World Bank. Her research focuses on security, privacy, and online safety decision-making, employing computational, economic, and social science methods. She collaborates with marginalized communities to design equitable systems.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, advised by Michelle Mazurek. Awards include the ACM SIGSAC Early-Career Award and multiple top-tier conference recognitions.

Key contributions include work on child safety technology ethics, pandemic contact tracing strategies, and algorithmic fairness in digital platforms. She advocates for policies balancing innovation with societal impact. Labs/Teams: Knight-Georgetown Institute and Partnership on AI collaborations. Grants include Google and Facebook research awards.