2021

Apr 05

Inferring what we share by how we share Opens in new window

A new study by CyLab/MechE’s Conrad Tucker shows that patterns in which information is shared online may indicate the information’s authenticity.

Mar 31

Corina Pasareanu receives ETAPS’ Test of Time Award

Corina Pasareanu, a researcher in CyLab, has received a Test of Time Award from the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS).

Mar 22

CyLab research impacts new privacy law

A groundbreaking law that gives consumers more agency over the sale of their private information was updated in California this week, and it reflects the work of two university teams.

Mar 17

CMU and Pitt launch center dedicated to combating extremist hate

Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are jointly launching a new center to study extremist hate. Scholars at both universities will partner through the Collaboratory Against Hate—Research and Action Center to develop effective tools that inhibit hate’s creation, growth, and destructive consequences.

Mar 09

The world’s largest online hacking competition launches next week

picoCTF 2021 begins March 16 at 12 p.m. and concludes March 30 at 3 p.m. ET. Participation is free, and all one needs to participate is a computer with basic Internet access.

Mar 08

CyLab researchers awarded MURI grant to study human-bot teams

Lujo Bauer, Matt Fredrikson, and Cleotilde Gonzalez are part of a team of researchers that was named a winner of a prestigious US Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award.

Feb 26

Third round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced

Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its third round of funding, which will support 12 Internet of Things (IoT)-related projects for one year.

Feb 25

CMU-Africa and CyLab aim to improve financial inclusion in emerging economies

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) CyLab and CMU-Africa have established the CyLab-Africa initiative, which aims to improve the cybersecurity of financial systems in Africa and other emerging economies.

Feb 22

Celebrating Engineers’ Week Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering is excited to celebrate Engineers’ Week 2021.

Feb 19

Phishing, fairness, and more: CyLab’s 2021 seed funding awardees

Over $350K in seed funding has been awarded to 14 different faculty and staff in seven different departments across three colleges at CMU.

Jan 25

How CyLab researchers are safeguarding digital transactions

A new programming language developed by CyLab Ph.D. student Ankush Das aims to reduce the number of errors made in smart contracts.

Jan 12

What if opting out of data collection were easy?

Recent work by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University CyLab has shown that it is possible to use machine learning techniques to automatically extract and classify some of these opt-out choices, and introduces a new, handy browser extension.

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