PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Michael Mitzenmacher

Also known as Michael D. Mitzenmacher, Michael David Mitzenmacher

Michael Mitzenmacher is a Harvard computer scientist whose work on randomized algorithms extends to learned Bloom filters. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1991, studied at Cambridge on a Churchill Scholarship, and earned a Berkeley PhD in 1996. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1999 and was named one of 47 ACM Fellows in 2014. In 2018 he published a model of learned Bloom filters at NeurIPS, and in July 2026 he was helping develop Orla, a framework for building and running AI workflows. He is Thomas Watson Senior Professor of Computer Science at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Works
452
Citations
36,545
h-index
70

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1991–1992

    A Harvard degree and Cambridge

    He graduates summa cum laude from Harvard in 1991, then studies mathematics at Cambridge on a Churchill Scholarship.

  2. 1996–1999

    A Berkeley PhD, then Harvard

    He completes a computer science PhD at Berkeley in 1996 under Alistair Sinclair. He then works at Digital Systems Research Center until he joins the Harvard faculty in 1999.

  3. 2002

    An IEEE best paper award

    He shares the 2002 IEEE Information Theory Society Best Paper Award for work on low-density parity-check codes.

  4. 2005

    A textbook with Eli Upfal

    With Eli Upfal, he writes a textbook on randomized algorithms and probabilistic techniques, published by Cambridge University Press in 2005.

  5. 2014

    Named an ACM Fellow

    He is one of 47 computer scientists named 2014 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery.

  6. 2018

    Learned Bloom filters at NeurIPS

    He publishes a model of learned Bloom filters at NeurIPS 2018.

  7. July 2026

    Orla, an AI workflow framework

    He helps develop Orla, a framework that simplifies building and running AI workflows while optimizing them for cost, accuracy, and speed.

  8. As of October 2026

    Watson professor at Harvard

    He is Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Computer Science at Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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  1. About the Authors: Theory of Computing: An Open Access Electronic Journal in Theoretical Computer Science theoryofcomputing.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Michael Mitzenmacher - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Michael Mitzenmacher and Stuart Shieber named 2014 ACM Fellows seas.harvard.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. A Model for Learned Bloom Filters and Optimizing by Sandwiching papers.nips.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Advancing Efficient AI Workflows seas.harvard.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Michael D. Mitzenmacher | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences seas.harvard.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.