Please visit my new website: maryannesmart.com
I am a sixth-year PhD candidate at UC San Diego in the CSE department, advised by Kristen Vaccaro. In my research, I identify shortcomings in privacy communication and develop explanations and tools to help people deepen their understanding of privacy. I will be joining the computer science department at Purdue University as an assistant professor of practice this coming Fall.
What Are the Chances? Explaining the Epsilon Parameter in Differential Privacy
Priyanka Nanayakkara, Mary Anne Smart, Rachel Cummings, Gabriel Kaptchuk, and Elissa Redmiles. USENIX Security 2023.
Understanding Risks of Privacy Theater with Differential Privacy
Mary Anne Smart, Dhruv Sood, and Kristen Vaccaro. CSCW 2022.
Approximate Data Deletion from Machine Learning Models
Zachary Izzo, Mary Anne Smart, Kamalika Chaudhuri and James Zou. AISTATS 2021.