Rong Ching Chang studies political social behaviors online. How people reveal their political leanings and how to protect them from revealing. Who become radicalized over time, the echo chambers and polarization phenomenal on a cross platform manner. PhD student advised by Zubair Shafiq….Continue Reading Rong Ching Chang
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Yash Vekaria
Yash Vekaria‘s research interests include Security, Privacy and Machine Learning. His focus is towards making our web more secure and private with the use of ML-based techniques. He carries out web-based large-scale Internet measurements to study and improve the dynamics of web. PhD student advised by Zubair Shafiq….Continue Reading Yash Vekaria
Umar Iqbal
Umar Iqbal graduated in 2021 and completed a two year postdoc at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Washington University in St. Louis. He researches web privacy and security with an aim to bring more transparency and control…Continue Reading Umar Iqbal
Syed Mahbub Hafiz
Syed Mahbub Hafiz explored Private Information Retrieval (PIR), a Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography-based Technology, to turn it from a theoretical construct to a useful tool in the privacy practitioners toolkit….Continue Reading Syed Mahbub Hafiz
Shaoor Munir
Shaoor Munir conducts research on ensuring online privacy and security by targeting new practices being employed by trackers and advertisers. Specifically, his current research revolves around using machine learning algorithms to identify misuse of first party cookies, separate out functional and tracking methods bundled together in script, and evaluating security of future replacements for third…Continue Reading Shaoor Munir