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Aleksandra Korolova

Also known as Sasha

Aleksandra Korolova is a computer scientist whose work combines privacy-preserving data collection with audits of discrimination in ad delivery. She grew up in Latvia, studied mathematics and computer science at MIT, earned a computer-science PhD at Stanford, and coauthored RAPPOR in 2014. After research and academic roles at Google, Snap, and USC, she joined Princeton’s computer science and public affairs faculty in 2022. Her honors include a 2011–2012 Stanford thesis award, a 2019 CSCW Honorable Mention, the 2020 NSF CAREER award, a 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship, and PECASE and FAccT awards in 2025; she directs Princeton’s Computing, Society and Policy minor and joined the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on AI in 2026. As of October 2026, she is an assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton.

Works
81
Citations
11,786
h-index
23
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 27 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2011–2012

    A Stanford thesis on privacy

    She grows up in Latvia and studies mathematics and computer science at MIT before earning a computer-science Ph.D. at Stanford. Her thesis on protecting privacy when mining and sharing user data wins Stanford’s Arthur L. Samuel Thesis Award for the best computer-science Ph.D. thesis in 2011–2012.

  2. 2014

    RAPPOR for private statistics

    In 2014, she coauthors RAPPOR, a technology for anonymously crowdsourcing statistics from end-user software with strong privacy guarantees.

  3. 2019–2020

    CSCW and NSF research awards

    Her research on discrimination in ad delivery receives the 2019 CSCW Honorable Mention and Recognition of Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion. She receives an NSF CAREER award in 2020.

  4. 2022

    Joining Princeton faculty

    She joins Princeton in 2022 as an assistant professor of computer science and public affairs, with a joint appointment in its School of Public and International Affairs. Before Princeton, she works as an assistant professor of computer science at USC, a research scientist at Google, and a privacy adviser at Snap.

  5. 2024

    A Sloan Research Fellowship

    The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation selects her as a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow in computer science. Her work addresses privacy, algorithmic fairness, and technology policy.

  6. 2025

    PECASE and FAccT awards

    She receives the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Her research on discrimination in ad delivery wins the 2025 FAccT Best Paper Award.

  7. 2025

    Directing a computing policy minor

    Princeton launches its undergraduate minor in Computing, Society and Policy in fall 2025, and she serves as its director.

  8. 2026

    Joining a United Nations AI panel

    In February 2026, the U.N. General Assembly confirms her appointment to the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. The panel examines AI risks, opportunities, and impacts.

  9. As of October 2026

    Assistant professor at Princeton

    As of October 2026, she is an assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University.

Career

  1. Since 2022Princeton UniversityAssistant Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs
  2. Since 2022Princeton UniversityJoint Appointment
  3. NowPrinceton UniversityDirector of the Computing, Society and Policy minor
  4. GoogleResearch Scientist
  5. University of Southern CaliforniaAssistant Professor of Computer Science

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. Stanford UniversityPhD in Computer Science

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Checked career sources: korolova.com.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Aleksandra Korolova - Bio korolova.com. Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. [1407.6981] RAPPOR: Randomized Aggregatable Privacy-Preserving Ordinal Response arxiv.org. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Adji Bousso Dieng and Aleksandra Korolova named to U.N. scientific panel on artificial intelligence | CS cs.princeton.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. Aleksandra Korolova awarded 2024 Sloan Fellowship | CS cs.princeton.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. Aleksandra Korolova | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation nsf.gov. Checked 27 October 2026.
  6. Aleksandra Korolova - Policy korolova.com. Checked 27 October 2026.
  7. Aleksandra Korolova, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton korolova.com. Checked 27 October 2026.