Mayana Pereira

About

Mayana is a Data Scientist at Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab – a philanthropic team of data scientists and researchers dedicated to using AI, Machine Learning and statistical modeling to tackle some of humanity’s greatest challenges. Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab partners with leading nonprofits, research institutions, NGOs, and governments to accelerate work across the AI for Good program portfolio—Earth, Accessibility, Humanitarian Action, Cultural Heritage, Health—as well as other pressing issues such as affordable housing, broadband access, digital skills, justice reform, legal compliance, etc.

Mayana’s research is currently focused on the intersection of digital safety/cybersecurity/software security and artificial intelligence, as well as the impacts of privacy-preserving techniques in machine learning deployment scenarios. Mayana is an active collaborator of OpenDP, an open-source project for the differential privacy community to develop general-purpose, vetted, usable, and scalable tools for differential privacy.