Umar Syed is a Research Scientist at Google, based in New York City. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University, where he was advised by Rob Schapire. Umar's primary research interests lie in machine learning. He has contributed to numerous publications in prestigious conferences and journals, including ICML, NeurIPS, and more. Umar's work encompasses areas such as label differential privacy, clustering, and private optimization. His research is focused on advancing machine learning techniques and their practical applications.