Ali Allami

Dr. Ali Allami serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Grinnell College, specializing in privacy-preserving technologies and distributed systems. His research bridges theoretical protocols with practical applications to advance secure computation in networked environments.

His academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Missouri–Columbia
• M.S. in Computer Science, Informatics Institute for Postgraduate Studies
• B.S. in Computer Science, Shatt Alrab University

Research interests focus on privacy engineering with emphasis on multiparty computation, privacy-preserving machine learning, and ethical data governance. His work develops novel methods for preserving privacy during distributed data aggregation and learning while maintaining utility, particularly through reinforcement learning frameworks under privacy constraints and trusted system design.

Publications appear in premier venues including IEEE COMPSAC, Computers & Security (Elsevier), and ACM SACMAT. Key contributions encompass secure comparison protocols, compiler frameworks for privacy-preserving computations, and innovative approaches to distributed firewall policies and stealth location-sharing protocols.

As a faculty member at Grinnell College, Dr. Allami mentors undergraduate researchers and integrates his expertise in privacy engineering into the computer science curriculum, fostering student development in critical areas of modern computing.