David P. Woodruff

David P. Woodruff
Born1980 (1980)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MEng, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisEfficient and private distance approximation in the communication and streaming models
Doctoral advisorPiotr Indyk
Websitewww.cs.cmu.edu/~dwoodruf/

David Paul Woodruff (born 1980)[1] is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.[2] He completed his PhD at MIT in 2007.[3] One of his research contributions is an asymptotically optimal algorithm for the count-distinct problem.[4]

References

  1. ^ Woodruff, David Paul. "Efficient and private distance approximation in the communication and streaming models". DSpace@MIT. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  2. ^ "David P. Woodruff". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  3. ^ "David Woodruff". Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  4. ^ Kane, Daniel M.; Nelson, Jelani; Woodruff, David P. (2010). "An optimal algorithm for the distinct elements problem". Proceedings of the twenty-ninth ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGART symposium on Principles of database systems. pp. 41–52. doi:10.1145/1807085.1807094. ISBN 978-1-4503-0033-9.