Riad Wahby
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests
- access control and authorization
- anonymity
- authentication and passwords
- blockchain
- cloud security
- cryptography
- cyber physical systems security and privacy
- data security and privacy
- embedded systems security
- formal methods for security
- hardware security
- IoT security and privacy
- language-based security
- manufacturing security
- network security
- privacy enhancing technologies
- protocol security
- software security
- systems security
- verification
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces third round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) has announced its third round of funded proposals, providing $130K to six groundbreaking research projects that are exploring the security and privacy of distributed ledger technology.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2025 seed funding
This year, CyLab has awarded more than $400K in seed funding to 16 CMU students, faculty, and staff members from five departments at the university.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Innovative CMU Secure Blockchain Initiative research, in collaboration with Anaxi Labs, focuses on improving the efficiency of cryptographic proof systems
A team of Carnegie Mellon researchers present an approach to cryptographic proof systems that involves compiling high-level software directly to a low-level representation without hand-written protocols and constraints.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab faculty, students present research at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students presented on a wide range of topics at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium. Held in Philadelphia on August 14-16, the event brought together experts from around the world, who highlighted the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.
BNN Bloomberg
Wahby quoted on cryptocurrency companies and technologies pioneered by professors
ECE’s Riad Wahby spoke with BNN Bloomberg about cryptocurrency technology developed from academics’ research.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab faculty, students to present at ACM CCS 2023
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control’s (SIGSAC’s) Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS). Held at the Tivoli Congress Center in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 26-30, the event brings together information security researchers, practitioners, developers, and users from all over the world to explore cutting-edge ideas and results.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CMU brings together experts from academia and industry during inaugural Secure Blockchain Summit
On May 8-9, the Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute hosted the University's first-ever Secure Blockchain Summit, bringing together experts from around the world to share their research and discuss the future of the technology and its applications.