Aleksandra Korolova

Latvian-American computer scientist and assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University, affiliated with the Center for Information Technology Policy. She studies societal impacts of algorithms, machine learning and AI, and develops privacy-preserving and fair algorithms; her work includes RAPPOR (an early commercial deployment of differential privacy) and audits of algorithmic bias in ad delivery. Previously a WiSE Gabilan assistant professor at USC, a research scientist at Google, and a privacy advisor at Snap Inc. Bronze medalist for Latvia at the IMO in 1998 and 2000.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED (with caveat). Aleksandra Korolova held a paid full-time role as Research Analyst at Bracebridge Capital, LLC, 2004-11 to 2005-05, per the LinkedIn index and caller lead. Bracebridge Capital is a Boston-based hedge fund founded 1994 (largest female-managed hedge fund globally, ~$12B AUM per Wikipedia), so the employer is classified as a hedge fund (quantitative-finance-adjacent). Caveat: the role itself rests on the LinkedIn index/caller lead, not on an independent primary source (no company page or announcement confirming it), and no source shows the specific strategy was systematic/algorithmic. Identity is strongly supported via IMO records, her own site, Wikipedia, and Princeton/CITP pages. No other quant/trading/hedge-fund employer appears.Sep 17, 2026
• Identity resolved: the Latvia IMO representative Aleksandra Korolova is a Latvian-American computer scientist, currently Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University; she also uses (Sasha) and the Latvian spelling Korolova. LinkedIn korolova matches.Sep 17, 2026
• Awards/timeline: NSF CAREER Award (2020), Sloan Research Fellowship (2024), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers PECASE (2025); co-winner of the 2011 PET Award, and her RAPPOR work (first commercial deployment of differential privacy) received the 2024 ACM CCS Test-of-Time Award.Jan 14, 2025
• Prior to Princeton (joined 2022), she was a WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of CS at USC, a Research Scientist at Google, and a Privacy Advisor at Snap Inc. - a research/academic career path after the brief Bracebridge stint.Jan 1, 2022
• PhD in Computer Science at Stanford, Cisco Systems Stanford Graduate Fellow, advised by Rajeev Motwani and Ashish Goel; thesis 'Protecting Privacy When Mining and Sharing User Data' won the 2011-2012 Arthur L. Samuel Thesis Award for best CS PhD thesis.Jan 1, 2012
• Grew up in Latvia, graduated from Riga secondary school #40, prepared for math olympiads at NMS (Nacionala matematikas skola) and learned algorithms at Progmeistars; credits the George Soros Foundation among opportunities.Sep 17, 2026
• Elected July 2026 to the Research committee of the IASEAI (International Association for Safe and Ethical AI) Council for a 2-year term; also a member of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, whose first Preliminary Report published July 2026.Jul 1, 2026
• Latvia IMO team 2000: Aleksandra Korolova scored 13 points (rank 190, 59%) and won a Bronze medal; official IMO record (contestant 5263).Jul 1, 2000
• Latvia IMO team 1998: Aleksandra Korolova (Korolova) scored 15 points (rank 183, 56.6%) and won a Bronze medal; official IMO record.Jul 1, 1998
• Princeton CS directory lists her 'on leave' as of the current directory snapshot, so a current on-campus role should not be inferred from the title alone (index-only status).Sep 17, 2026
• Research focus: privacy-preserving and fair algorithms, societal impacts of ML/AI, algorithmic-bias AI audits; work on ad-delivery discrimination won the 2025 FAccT Best Paper Award and drew press coverage.Sep 17, 2026
• I am Aleksandra Korolova - Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University, part of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy.Sep 17, 2026