Ariel Procaccia

Ariel Procaccia is a distinguished academic in the field of computer science, holding positions such as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University from September 2011 to June 2017, where tenure was achieved in 2018. Following this role, Ariel Procaccia served as a Postdoctoral Researcher before advancing to the title of Gordon McKay Professor and later Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University in July 2025. Currently, Ariel Procaccia is a Visiting Researcher at Meta, contributing to the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) initiative since February 2025. Prior to these roles, Ariel Procaccia completed a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with postdoctoral research experience at Microsoft from September 2008 to August 2009.