Vitaly Feldman is a research scientist at Apple AI research working on theoretical aspects of machine learning and private data analysis. Recent topics include role of memorization in learning, tools for analysis of generalization, distributed privacy-preserving learning, privacy-preserving optimization, and adaptive data analysis. He also worked on understanding of natural learning systems: learning by the brain and evolution as learning. Vitaly holds a PhD from Harvard (2006) and was previously a research scientist at IBM Research - Almaden (2007-2017).