Kristin E. Lauter
Also known as Kristin Lauter
Kristin Lauter works at the intersection of machine learning and cryptography, with current research in private AI. She earned mathematics degrees at the University of Chicago, taught at Michigan, and spent 22 years at Microsoft Research, where her group developed Microsoft SEAL. Her 2016 report CryptoNets applied neural networks to encrypted data. She served as president of the Association for Women in Mathematics, became an AWM and SIAM Fellow, and received the SIAM Block Lecture Prize. She is Senior Director of FAIR Labs North America, where she works on AI4Crypto and Private AI.
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- FAIR (Meta)
- Works
- 228
- Citations
- 11,975
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- 45
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
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1990–1999
Chicago degrees and Michigan post
In 1990, 1991, and 1996, she earns mathematics degrees at the University of Chicago. At Michigan, she serves as Hildebrandt Assistant Professor of Mathematics from 1996 to 1999.
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1999–2021
Cryptography at Microsoft
She spends 22 years at Microsoft Research, joining in 1999 and serving as Partner Research Manager of its Cryptography and Privacy Group from 2008 to 2021. Her group develops Microsoft SEAL, an open-source library for homomorphic encryption. From 1999 to 2005, she works with Peter Montgomery to build and ship elliptic-curve cryptography at Microsoft.
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2014–2017
President of AWM
In 2014, she is named the next president of the Association for Women in Mathematics. She serves as its president from 2015 to 2017.
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February 2016
Neural networks on encrypted data
In February 2016, she coauthors the Microsoft Research technical report CryptoNets: Applying Neural Networks to Encrypted Data with High Throughput and Accuracy.
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2017–2022
Fellowships and a SIAM lecture
She becomes an AWM Fellow in 2017 and a SIAM Fellow in 2020. In 2022, she receives the SIAM Block Lecture Prize.
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2021–2025
Joining FAIR's West Coast labs
She joins FAIR in 2021 after 22 years at Microsoft Research. In September 2025, she leads Meta AI Research's West Coast labs.
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Since 2022
Senior Director of FAIR Labs
She is Senior Director of FAIR Labs North America, based in Seattle. Her current research areas are AI4Crypto and Private AI, at the interface of machine learning and cryptography.
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