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Professor Douglas Leith is the Chair of Computer Systems at the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. His research spans online privacy (investigating data collection by Google/Apple devices and COVID-19 contact-tracing apps) and predictive analytics (machine learning for recommender systems and decentralized algorithms).
Research Interests:
His work includes privacy verification for digital ecosystems, differential privacy frameworks, and transformer-based neural networks for cold-start problems. Past projects cover wireless networks, multipath TCP, and nonlinear control theory for wind turbines.
Awards & Grants:
- Royal Society Research Fellowship (1995-2005)
- Principal Investigator on multiple Science Foundation Ireland grants (e.g., €1.8M for privacy-enhanced analytics, €3M for green networks)
Teaching: He instructs courses on Machine Learning (CS7CS4/CSU44061) and Optimization for Machine Learning (CS7DS2).
