Amit Datta

Amit received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 with his thesis Fairness and Privacy Violations in Black-Box Personalization Systems: Detection and Defenses. Prior to that, he received his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2012.

Amit's expertise lies at the intersection of Privacy and Computer Science, where he translates foundational research into industry-scale engineering systems. His work focuses on architecting privacy-preserving solutions for major platforms that balance global regulatory requirements with business objectives and engineering constraints.

Currently, Amit is a Senior Privacy Engineer at Amazon, where he leads cross-organizational initiatives to mitigate large-scale regulatory risks. Previously, he was on the Privacy Engineering team at Snap.

Amit remains active in the professional community, serving on the Program Committee for the USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) for 2025 and 2026.