Overview

The DACES (Data structures and Algorithms for Communications Engineering Safety) is a research group devoted to the study of data structures and algorithms for ensuring the trust, reliability, and security of communications infrastructure. Through the lens of information theory, we aim to design and analyze algorithms for trustworthy systems with provable guarantees. Whenever possible, we liaise with experts on socio-politics and economics to further understand the consequences of our technical work.

Topics

Here are some subject areas we devote our attention to:

• Creating and Auditing Trustworthy Statistics and Machine Learning:
  • Attack Models for Data Privacy, Security, Robustness
  • Solution Models for Data Privacy, Security, Robustness
• Representation, Learning, and Verification of Structured Data and Outcomes:
  • Graph Embeddings and Relational Graph Learning
  • Verification of Computational Science (including Materials Science)
  • Safety of Quantum Information

People

Check out the faculty and students in the group!

Courses

• Fall 2025: Topics in Informaton-Theoretic Cryptography

Tutorials

• SIGMOD 2025 Tutorial

Outreach

Most of our outreach is done through the activities of NaijaCoder, Inc.