iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We’re thrilled to share that U.S. News & World Report has released its 2027 Best Colleges undergraduate rankings, with Carnegie Mellon University’s undergraduate Cybersecurity program ranked #1 in the nation for the sixth consecutive year!

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How is #AI reshaping #cybersecurity? At the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship’s CMU Lab to Market event, panelists explored emerging threats, the need for autonomous defenses, and how academia, industry, and government can collaborate to build more secure AI systems. #CMUStartupWeek #LabtoMarket

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Want to help cultivate rewarding partnerships in #cybersecurity, #privacy, #AI, and #blockchain research? CyLab is hiring an Assistant/Associate Director of Partnerships! Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/cylab-hiring

011

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

. @lorriecranor.bsky.social, @cylab.bsky.social Director, visited Mayor @coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social of @cityofpittsburgh.bsky.social this week to discuss her children’s book “Privacy, Please!” and share strategies for having age-appropriate conversations with preschoolers about personal boundaries.

Photo of Mayor Corey O'Connor and Lorrie Cranor posing behind a desk in the mayor's office, holding a copy of the children's book "Privacy, Please!"

052

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Many thanks to Prof. @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social, Professor in the @cmus3d.bsky.social and Director of the Software Engineering Ph.D. program, for stopping by CyLab today to share his research on (sub)-structural information flow: a simple, scalable, and general foundation for security reasoning.

Photo of Professor Jonathan Aldrich giving a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Many thanks to Professor David Kohlbrenner of the University of Washington for visiting CyLab today to share his research on software #security and transistor physics in aging computer systems.

Photo of David Kohlbrenner giving a classroom lecture at Carnegie Mellon University

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Data Privacy Day 2026 is underway at the Heinz History Center! Stop by the first floor Great Hall between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a full day of programming. Details and schedule: privacy.cs.cmu.edu/cmu-privacy-...

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year from all of us at CyLab!

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Each year, @cylab.bsky.social publishes the CyLab Year-In-Review, showcasing some of our exciting research highlights and other #security and #privacy related activities from the previous year. Check out the 2024-2025 publication, and DM us to request a hard copy: www.cylab.cmu.edu/about/year-i...

Image of the cover artwork from the 2024-2025 CyLab Year-in-Review

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Day 2 of the @cylab.bsky.social Partners Conference has featured some insightful talks on system and hardware security, #crypto, and #blockchain, as well as the CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award lecture by Serge Egelman (@v0max.bsky.social), Founder and Chief Scientist at AppCensus.

Photo of Serge Egelman giving a lecture at the 2025 CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Lorrie Cranor, CyLab Director, presenting the 2025 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award to Serge Egelman

Photo of Riccardo Paccagnella giving a lecture at the 2025 CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Rose Silver giving a lecture at the 2025 CyLab Partners Conference

030

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The 2025 @cylab.bsky.social Partners Conference is underway!

Photo of Lorrie Cranor presenting at the CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Dean Martial Hebert presenting at the CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Jason Griess presenting at the CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Sarah Scheffler presenting at the CyLab Partners Conference

030

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

CyLab Ph.D. students Alexandra Nisenoff and @elijahboumasims.bsky.social present their research at this week’s @acm.org Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control’s (SIGSAC) Conference on Computer and Communications Security (#acm_ccs). Learn more: www.cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/10...

Photo of Alexandra Nisenoff presenting research at ACM CCS

Photo of Elijah Bouma-Sims presenting research at ACM CCS

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

. @cmu.edu alum and @umich.edu faculty member Ke Wu presents her research on mechanism design for automated market makers at today's afternoon session of the International Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT’25).

Photo of Ke Wu presenting research at the International Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT) 2025

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Prof. @nc2y.bsky.social Christin and Prof. Ariel Zetlin-Jones, Co-Directors of the CyLab Secure #Blockchain Initiative, joined Michael Lisanti, CyLab Senior Director of Partnerships, to provide opening remarks at the seventh International Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT’25).

Photo of Nicolas Christin giving remarks at the International Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT) 2025

Photo of Ariel Zetlin-Jones giving remarks at the International Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT) 2025

Photo of Michael Lisanti giving remarks at the International Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT) 2025

020

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The afternoon sessions of the @cmu.edu's Secure Blockchain Summit featured conversations on #AI, identity, and trust, as well as a series of lightning talks on emerging #blockchain research. Many thanks to all of our speakers, attendees, and sponsors! #web3

Photo of Tanusree Sharma giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

Photo of Andrew Miller giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

Photo of Giulia Fanti giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

Photo of Shuang Liu giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

030

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The 2025 @cmu.edu Secure Blockchain Summit is underway! This morning’s sessions featured discussions on #DeFi and economic & security risks for #crypto. #blockchain #web3

Photo of Srivatsan Ravi giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

Photo of Rod Garratt giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

Photo of Thomas Rivera giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

Photo of Guillermo Angeris giving a lecture at the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Summit

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We've been in our orange era all along!

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The @cmus3d.bsky.social Research Experience for Undergraduates in Software Engineering (REUSE) concluded today. Thirty-four students spent the summer doing engaging research projects in areas spanning all of computer science, which they presented during today’s final poster session. Congrats to all!

Photo of Carnegie Mellon REUSE student presenting their research during the REUSE poster session

Photo of Carnegie Mellon REUSE students presenting their research during the REUSE poster session

Group photo of Carnegie Mellon REUSE students

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Day 2 of the @cylab.bsky.social Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop featured dynamic talks by @iluetkeb.bsky.social, Andrea Bajcsy, and Vivan Amin and breakout sessions on strategic approaches to building trusted middleware and toolchains to foster a secure, privacy-preserving robotics ecosystem.

Photo of Ingo Lütkebohle speaking at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

Photo of attendees talking during a breakout session at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

Photo of Andrea Bajcsy speaking at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Day 1 of the @cylab.bsky.social Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop is underway with introductions and technical talks! Attendees will collaborate in breakout sessions this afternoon to tackle research challenges on topics ranging from policy considerations to threat models and human factors.

Photo of Christopher Timperley speaking at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

Photo of Phillip Koopman speaking at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

Photo of Lujo Bauer speaking at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

Photo of Kassem Fawaz speaking at the CyLab Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

In a groundbreaking development, a team of @cmu.edu researchers f/ Brian Singer, @lujobauer.bsky.social, and Vyas Sekar demonstrated that large language models (LLMs) are capable of autonomously planning and executing complex network attacks. Read more about their research: bit.ly/when-llms-au...

030

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Many thanks to @paulohm.bsky.social, Professor of Law at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social, for visiting @cylab.bsky.social today to discuss his work connecting recent landmark papers in machine learning to important, interesting, and emerging questions in the law. #ML

Photo of Lorrie Cranor introducing Paul Ohm during his lecture at Carnegie Mellon University

Photo of Paul Ohm lecturing at Carnegie Mellon University

010

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Professor Lorrie Cranor (@lorriecranor.bsky.social), CyLab Director, gives the keynote presentation at Cyburgh 2025, presented by @pghtechcouncil.bsky.social. In her keynote, Prof. Cranor shared examples of usable #privacy and #security research. #PTCCyburgh #Cyburgh2025 #PittsburghTech #InfoSec

Photo of Lorrie Cranor giving the keynote presentation at Cyburgh 2025

030

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Electrical and Computer Engineering (@cmu-ece.bsky.social) alum Anna Gerchanovsky (MS ‘24) and CyLab postdoctoral research alum Eric Zeng (@ericzeng.bsky.social) present #security and #privacy research at this week’s @chi.acm.org #CHI2025 in Yokohama, Japan.

Photo of Anna Gerchanovsky presenting research at CHI 2025

Photo of Eric Zeng presenting research at CHI 2025

130

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Students from @cmu.edu's Privacy Engineering Program shared their research during today’s Privacy in Software poster session. The students highlighted their implementations of different privacy-enhancing technologies, including differential #privacy, homomorphic encryption, and federated learning.

Photo of a Carnegie Mellon University Privacy Engineering student sharing their research at a poster session

000

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Many thanks to Seth Neel, Senior Research Scientist at Google Research, for visiting campus today to discuss his research on machine unlearning as part of the @cylab.bsky.social Seminar Series.

Photo of Seth Neel lecturing at Carnegie Mellon University

000