Daniel G. Alabi

Professor Daniel G. Alabi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with affiliations in the Coordinated Science Laboratory and the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science. His research focuses on the theoretical foundations of privacy, security, and robustness in modern data-driven systems, drawing on tools from information theory, cryptography, and theoretical machine learning. His work investigates how privacy and security constraints interact with fundamental computational and statistical resources, including communication, randomness, time, memory, and sample complexity. By studying these tradeoffs, Professor Alabi aims to develop principled approaches for identifying, quantifying, and mitigating privacy and security risks in AI and ML systems. Prior to joining UIUC, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University and a Junior Fellow of the Simons Society of Fellows. He received his S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. In addition to his academic research, he is the president and co-founder of NaijaCoder Inc., reflecting his commitment to education and community building.