Michael Hay

About Me

I am an Associate Professor at Colgate University. Before coming to Colgate, I was a Computing Innovation Fellow at Cornell University, working with Johannes Gehrke. I completed my PhD at UMass Amherst in 2010 where my advisors were Gerome Miklau and David Jensen.

My research explores new technologies for privacy-preserving data analysis. The goal is to build software that provides rigorous privacy protection but at the same time allows researchers to analyze the data and discover aggregate trends. More broadly my interests include data management, data mining, social networks, and privacy. See my publications or my CV for more information.

Office hours

For Fall 2019:

• M 3:10-5:10
• Tu 12:30-1:20
• W 1:00-2:00

Teaching

• Spring 2019 COSC290: Discrete Structures
• Fall 2018 COSC460: Databases
• Spring 2018 COSC290: Discrete Structures
• Fall 2017 COSC290: Discrete Structures
• Spring 2017 CORE109S: In Data We Trust?
• Spring 2017 COSC480: Data Science
• Fall 2016 FSEM125: In Data We Trust?
• Fall 2016 COSC460: Databases
• (on leave for 2015-2016)
• Spring 2015 COSC101: Intro to Computing I
• Fall 2014 COSC101: Intro to Computing I
• Fall 2014 COSC460: Databases
• Spring 2014 COSC101: Intro to Computing I
• Spring 2014 COSC480: Artificial Intelligence
• Fall 2013 COSC101: Intro to Computing I
• Spring 2013 COSC101: Intro to Computing I
• Fall 2012 COSC101: Intro to Computing I
• Fall 2012 COSC480: Databases