Norman Sadeh is a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He co-founded and co-directs CMU’s Privacy Engineering Program, and also co-founded and for ten years co-directed CMU’s PhD Program in Societal Computing. Dr. Sadeh’s privacy research has been credited with influencing the development of privacy-enhancing solutions at companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook, and results of his research have informed activities at regulatory agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and the California Office of the Attorney General.

Lecture Title:Usable Privacy and Security in the Age of AI and the Internet of Things: An Engineering Perspective

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things are contributing to the collection and use of our data across ever more diverse scenarios. In the process they open the door to new privacy and security threats. Yet these technologies can also contribute to the development of solutions that help address these threats. Many of these threats have to do with the limitations we, humans, have when it comes to recognizing threats and protecting ourselves against them. This presentation will provide an overview of work in usable security and privacy over the past 15 years drawing on research conducted with my collaborators at Carnegie Mellon University. This will include our work on the development of privacy and security assistants, our work on privacy and security nudging, our work on semi-automated compliance analysis, and our work on a privacy infrastructure for the internet of things and its deployment in smart cities. The presentation will briefly discuss my experience commercializing some of these technologies through a company I founded in 2008 and sold for $225M to Proofpoint in 2018. Finally, I will also discuss how our research has been integrated into some of our education programs at CMU, including our privacy engineering program, and how it has influenced developments in both industry and government over the years.