Seny Kamara
@senykamara.com
Head of Research & Distinguished Scientist @ MongoDB | ex-Professor @ Brown University | Aroki co-founder (acquired by MongoDB) | ex-Microsoft Research. More at senykamara.com
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Can't believe we have survived an academic year: cntr.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
The CNTR celebrates its one-year-anniversary and launches the Socially Responsible Computing Handbook.
The horizon is wide open for Brown’s young and hungry Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR).
cntr.brown.edu
April 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Can't believe we have survived an academic year: cntr.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
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"Rethinking Security from the Ground Up" an interview with
@rikkebjerg.bsky.social (based in @isg-rhul.bsky.social) in @themarkup.org It's a good interview, go read it.
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
@rikkebjerg.bsky.social (based in @isg-rhul.bsky.social) in @themarkup.org It's a good interview, go read it.
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
Rethinking Security from the Ground Up – The Markup
Professor Rikke Bjerg Jensen explores how social context shapes security
themarkup.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Rethinking Security from the Ground Up" an interview with
@rikkebjerg.bsky.social (based in @isg-rhul.bsky.social) in @themarkup.org It's a good interview, go read it.
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
@rikkebjerg.bsky.social (based in @isg-rhul.bsky.social) in @themarkup.org It's a good interview, go read it.
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
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The 23andME bankruptcy shows why data protection is important. But for genetic data, the problems are even more serious. Genetic data is used in so many places and is collected so widely that there are dangerous leaks everywhere. So much so that we wrote a paper on it. arxiv.org/abs/2502.09716 1/n
arxiv.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The 23andME bankruptcy shows why data protection is important. But for genetic data, the problems are even more serious. Genetic data is used in so many places and is collected so widely that there are dangerous leaks everywhere. So much so that we wrote a paper on it. arxiv.org/abs/2502.09716 1/n
Congratulations to the 2025 MongoDB PhD Fellows! This year's recipients are conducting exceptional research in database optimization, machine learning, and data structures—be sure to check out their work!
www.mongodb.com/blog/post/an...
www.mongodb.com/blog/post/an...
Announcing the 2025 MongoDB PhD Fellowship Recipients | MongoDB Blog
Learn about this year's MongoDB PhD Fellowship recipients, the areas that they study and what they have been working on.
www.mongodb.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 MongoDB PhD Fellows! This year's recipients are conducting exceptional research in database optimization, machine learning, and data structures—be sure to check out their work!
www.mongodb.com/blog/post/an...
www.mongodb.com/blog/post/an...
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I spoke to Wired about the 23andMe bankruptcy and how the company would protect your data. Spoiler: It won't.
NEW: In case you're wondering what happens to the genetic data you sent to a company that's now filed for bankruptcy so you'd have something to talk about at Thanksgiving, @emilymullin.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social have you covered: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here's what that means for your genetic data.
www.wired.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I spoke to Wired about the 23andMe bankruptcy and how the company would protect your data. Spoiler: It won't.
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My book “Metaracism” offers a way for us to see & understand the complexity, interconnections, & compounding effects produced by systemic racism. Once we know how it works, we can better see and target its weaknesses.
#SystemicRacism #BlackSky #booksky #AcademicSky #authors #SocialJustice
#SystemicRacism #BlackSky #booksky #AcademicSky #authors #SocialJustice
March 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My book “Metaracism” offers a way for us to see & understand the complexity, interconnections, & compounding effects produced by systemic racism. Once we know how it works, we can better see and target its weaknesses.
#SystemicRacism #BlackSky #booksky #AcademicSky #authors #SocialJustice
#SystemicRacism #BlackSky #booksky #AcademicSky #authors #SocialJustice
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Brown's Center for Tech Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign is hosting an AI Policy Summer School in Providence and DC, hosted by @reniebird.bsky.social. Several great speakers. Deadline April 5.
cntr.brown.edu/summer-school
cntr.brown.edu/summer-school
CNTR Tech & Policy Summer School
cntr.brown.edu
March 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Brown's Center for Tech Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign is hosting an AI Policy Summer School in Providence and DC, hosted by @reniebird.bsky.social. Several great speakers. Deadline April 5.
cntr.brown.edu/summer-school
cntr.brown.edu/summer-school
The MongoDB Research ML team just released their latest work on ORiGAMi: a machine learning architecture for the document model.
Check out the:
blog post: www.mongodb.com/blog/post/or...
paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.17348
code: github.com/mongodb-labs...
Check out the:
blog post: www.mongodb.com/blog/post/or...
paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.17348
code: github.com/mongodb-labs...
ORiGAMi: A Machine Learning Architecture for the Document Model | MongoDB Blog
Learn how ORiGAMi adapts a Transformers-like ML architecture to MongoDB's document model to enable predictions directly from semi-structured data.
www.mongodb.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The MongoDB Research ML team just released their latest work on ORiGAMi: a machine learning architecture for the document model.
Check out the:
blog post: www.mongodb.com/blog/post/or...
paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.17348
code: github.com/mongodb-labs...
Check out the:
blog post: www.mongodb.com/blog/post/or...
paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.17348
code: github.com/mongodb-labs...
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On mathematical pluralism and the diffraction limits of our computational lenses.
Mathematical Pluralism
Multiplicity in the math of AI, Systems, and Society.
www.argmin.net
March 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On mathematical pluralism and the diffraction limits of our computational lenses.
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It was quite an experience drafting and delivering remarks at Stand Up For Science RI. I do a ton of public speaking, but speaking at a rally is an entirely different proposition. I wrote a brief note about my experience, including the text of my remarks.
blog.geomblog.org/2025/03/stan...
blog.geomblog.org/2025/03/stan...
Standing up for Science
It's been forever since I've written a blog post. Twitter, and then X, and then Bluesky, has absorbed most of my hot takes. But I think mor...
blog.geomblog.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It was quite an experience drafting and delivering remarks at Stand Up For Science RI. I do a ton of public speaking, but speaking at a rally is an entirely different proposition. I wrote a brief note about my experience, including the text of my remarks.
blog.geomblog.org/2025/03/stan...
blog.geomblog.org/2025/03/stan...
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The call for submissions for the Re-Imagining Cryptography & Privacy Workshop (ReCAP 2025) is now available on our website: recapworkshop.online
Deadline: April 10, 2025.
We welcome work and perspectives from social scientists, humanities scholars, community organizations, and technologists!
Deadline: April 10, 2025.
We welcome work and perspectives from social scientists, humanities scholars, community organizations, and technologists!
March 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The call for submissions for the Re-Imagining Cryptography & Privacy Workshop (ReCAP 2025) is now available on our website: recapworkshop.online
Deadline: April 10, 2025.
We welcome work and perspectives from social scientists, humanities scholars, community organizations, and technologists!
Deadline: April 10, 2025.
We welcome work and perspectives from social scientists, humanities scholars, community organizations, and technologists!
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Reading the news about NSF REUs being canceled is awful. I directly benefited from participating in UCSB's math REU in number theory and UCLA's summer school in logic, both funded by the NSF.
Undergraduate research opportunities are incredibly valuable, both for the students and for the progress of the work. And having undergraduate research experience is a massive help for grad school admission. REU cancellations harm students’ preparedness & career prospects, and slow research progress
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Reading the news about NSF REUs being canceled is awful. I directly benefited from participating in UCSB's math REU in number theory and UCLA's summer school in logic, both funded by the NSF.
If you need a visa to attend Crypto 2025 (crypto.iacr.org/2025/) please make sure to start the process early this year by reaching out the general chair Francisco Rodríguez Henríquez at [email protected]
Crypto 2025
Crypto 2025
crypto.iacr.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If you need a visa to attend Crypto 2025 (crypto.iacr.org/2025/) please make sure to start the process early this year by reaching out the general chair Francisco Rodríguez Henríquez at [email protected]
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They already tried, with MOOCs. We were told we'd need only like 5 universities to produce "the best" content, the rest could shut down and everyone could learn from MOOCs instead. Which showed exactly how much they understood about education, learning, humans, and other things not measured in bits.
in 8-10 years someone from Silicon Valley is going to invent the university, genuinely unaware that it's been done before
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
They already tried, with MOOCs. We were told we'd need only like 5 universities to produce "the best" content, the rest could shut down and everyone could learn from MOOCs instead. Which showed exactly how much they understood about education, learning, humans, and other things not measured in bits.
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Statistics allowed Sara Neequaye to see the direct application of math. Unsatisfied with taking college courses in calculus, she became interested in learning statistics and figured it would pair well with her public health interests: magazine.amstat.org/...
February 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Statistics allowed Sara Neequaye to see the direct application of math. Unsatisfied with taking college courses in calculus, she became interested in learning statistics and figured it would pair well with her public health interests: magazine.amstat.org/...
We recently made a major update to our statistical framework for modeling and analyzing leakage in cryptography: eprint.iacr.org/2023/813.pdf
This version includes bounds for several statistical inference attacks using new entropy notions and introduces an approach to automating leakage attacks
This version includes bounds for several statistical inference attacks using new entropy notions and introduces an approach to automating leakage attacks
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We recently made a major update to our statistical framework for modeling and analyzing leakage in cryptography: eprint.iacr.org/2023/813.pdf
This version includes bounds for several statistical inference attacks using new entropy notions and introduces an approach to automating leakage attacks
This version includes bounds for several statistical inference attacks using new entropy notions and introduces an approach to automating leakage attacks
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"One thing is certain: The changes we make ourselves will be healthier than the ones our adversaries demand."
New work for @undark.org:
undark.org/2025/02/06/o...
New work for @undark.org:
undark.org/2025/02/06/o...
The End of Science’s Peacetime
Opinion | Defending the practice of science from its adversaries will require dealing with some uncomfortable truths.
undark.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"One thing is certain: The changes we make ourselves will be healthier than the ones our adversaries demand."
New work for @undark.org:
undark.org/2025/02/06/o...
New work for @undark.org:
undark.org/2025/02/06/o...
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We need a federal data privacy law now.
Or we’ll continue down the road of a piecemeal strategy of banning popular foreign apps, while the US data broker industry continues to monetize the data of all Americans, mostly without our consent or notice. #AIBillofRights
Or we’ll continue down the road of a piecemeal strategy of banning popular foreign apps, while the US data broker industry continues to monetize the data of all Americans, mostly without our consent or notice. #AIBillofRights
I’m concerned that Americans are flocking to a number of adversary-owned social media platforms. We still need a comprehensive and risk-based approach to assessing and mitigating the risks of foreign-owned apps.
January 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
We need a federal data privacy law now.
Or we’ll continue down the road of a piecemeal strategy of banning popular foreign apps, while the US data broker industry continues to monetize the data of all Americans, mostly without our consent or notice. #AIBillofRights
Or we’ll continue down the road of a piecemeal strategy of banning popular foreign apps, while the US data broker industry continues to monetize the data of all Americans, mostly without our consent or notice. #AIBillofRights
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Come work with the rather excellent @bedow.bsky.social (and also me)
Excited to announce a funded PhD position analysing the Social Foundations of Cryptography here at King's College London with me and @malb.bsky.social . Applications open now, feel free to reach out for a chat.
social-foundations-of-cryptography.gitlab.io
Link in next post!
social-foundations-of-cryptography.gitlab.io
Link in next post!
Social Foundations of Cryptography · An EPSRC funded research project grounding cryptographic notions in ethnographic findings.
social-foundations-of-cryptography.gitlab.io
January 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Come work with the rather excellent @bedow.bsky.social (and also me)
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Jimmy Carter was the only US President to have lived in public housing.
He lived a life of service and consequence. May he rest in peace.
He lived a life of service and consequence. May he rest in peace.
For decades, he and his wife Rosalynn spent a week a year building homes with Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit organization that constructs housing for low-income people.
Wearing their own tool belts, they helped build or renovate about 4,300 homes. wapo.st/49ZLa55
Wearing their own tool belts, they helped build or renovate about 4,300 homes. wapo.st/49ZLa55
December 30, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Jimmy Carter was the only US President to have lived in public housing.
He lived a life of service and consequence. May he rest in peace.
He lived a life of service and consequence. May he rest in peace.
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Submission deadline approaching for the IACR Communications in Cryptology (CiC).
Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this diamond open access journal.
Deadline: January 13, 2025 (AoE)
Details and submission guidelines: cic.iacr.org/callforpapers
#cryptography #iacr
Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this diamond open access journal.
Deadline: January 13, 2025 (AoE)
Details and submission guidelines: cic.iacr.org/callforpapers
#cryptography #iacr
December 13, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Submission deadline approaching for the IACR Communications in Cryptology (CiC).
Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this diamond open access journal.
Deadline: January 13, 2025 (AoE)
Details and submission guidelines: cic.iacr.org/callforpapers
#cryptography #iacr
Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this diamond open access journal.
Deadline: January 13, 2025 (AoE)
Details and submission guidelines: cic.iacr.org/callforpapers
#cryptography #iacr
If you’re curious about the design and analysis of encrypted algorithms and encrypted databases, I’m putting together a collection of resources at encryptedsystems.org
EncryptedSystems.org
encryptedsystems.org
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
If you’re curious about the design and analysis of encrypted algorithms and encrypted databases, I’m putting together a collection of resources at encryptedsystems.org
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Hello folks, ramping up my participation on this lovely platform.
I know the election was last week, but if you want to learn more about how voting works, the mechanics of it, especially in the US, you might enjoy my podcast.
how.voting.works
3 episodes out, 1 more later this week.
I know the election was last week, but if you want to learn more about how voting works, the mechanics of it, especially in the US, you might enjoy my podcast.
how.voting.works
3 episodes out, 1 more later this week.
How Voting Works
how.voting.works
November 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Hello folks, ramping up my participation on this lovely platform.
I know the election was last week, but if you want to learn more about how voting works, the mechanics of it, especially in the US, you might enjoy my podcast.
how.voting.works
3 episodes out, 1 more later this week.
I know the election was last week, but if you want to learn more about how voting works, the mechanics of it, especially in the US, you might enjoy my podcast.
how.voting.works
3 episodes out, 1 more later this week.