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Martin Abadi

Also known as Martín Abadi

Martin Abadi is a computer scientist whose research spans authentication in distributed systems, large-scale machine learning, and learning from private data. He earned a Stanford doctorate in 1987, took a principal researcher role at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley in 2006, and has worked at Google since 2014; he is now emeritus at UC Santa Cruz. His 2016 TensorFlow paper describes a system for large-scale machine learning in heterogeneous environments. In 2017, he coauthored PATE, a semi-supervised method that trains a student from noisy teacher votes while protecting private training data; the paper received an ICLR Best Paper Award.

Works
278
Citations
51,403
h-index
77

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

Photo of Martin Abadi

Timeline

  1. 1963–1987

    From Buenos Aires to Stanford

    He was born in Buenos Aires in 1963 and earned a Stanford doctorate in computer science in 1987.

  2. 1992

    Reasoning about authentication

    With Butler Lampson, Michael Burrows, and Edward Wobber, he describes a theory of authentication and an implementing system for distributed systems.

  3. 2006

    An industry research post

    He takes a principal researcher role at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley in 2006.

  4. Since 2014

    Joining Google

    He has been at Google since November 2014.

  5. 2016

    TensorFlow at scale

    His 2016 OSDI paper describes TensorFlow as a machine learning system that operates at large scale and in heterogeneous environments.

  6. 2017

    Learning from private data

    With four coauthors, he publishes research on PATE, a semi-supervised method that uses noisy teacher votes to train a student while protecting private data; the paper receives an ICLR 2017 Best Paper Award.

  7. As of October 2026

    Emeritus at Santa Cruz

    He is emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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  1. Biography and publications | Martin Abadi - Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies | Collège de France college-de-france.fr. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Authentication in Distributed Systems: Theory and Practice microsoft.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Martín Abadi research.google. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. TensorFlow: A system for large-scale machine learning research.google. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Research at Google and ICLR 2017 research.google. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. [1610.05755] Semi-supervised Knowledge Transfer for Deep Learning from Private Training Data arxiv.org. Checked 14 October 2026.