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UChicago computer science faculty bring in new expertise

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Heather Zheng

Heather Zheng

Title: Neubauer Professor of Computer Science

Expertise: Data Science, Security and privacy

Departmental website: https://computerscience.uchicago.edu/people/profile/heather-zheng/

Lab website: http://sandlab.cs.uchicago.edu/

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