Cornell Tech - Security & Privacy

Cornell Tech has one of the world’s leading academic research groups specializing in security, privacy, and cryptography. To a degree unusual in academic research, the security and privacy group regularly consults with industry practitioners to drive and inform its research. Our faculty are also known for their advocacy work in the public sector, as well as for their highly cited and award-winning research results.

Nicola Dell

Associate Professor

Nicola Dell is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Human-computer interaction
Computer security and privacy
Computing and social justice
Artificial intelligence

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2015
M.S., University of Washington, 2011
B.Sc., University of East Anglia, 2004

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Clinic to End Tech Abuse
Center for Applied Research on Work
Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative
Digital Life Initiative

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Ari Juels

Weill Family Foundation and Joan and Sanford I. Weill Professor

Ari Juels is a Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion. He is a member of the Computer Science field at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Blockchains
Applied cryptography
Privacy
Computer security
Machine learning

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996
B.A., Amherst College, 1991

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3)

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Greg Morrisett

Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost, Professor of Computer Science

Greg Morrisett is the Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech and a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Programming languages
Formal methods
Security

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1995
M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1991
B.S., University of Richmond, 1989

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Helen Nissenbaum

Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor

Helen Nissenbaum is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.

Research focus: Ethical perspective on policy, law, science, and engineering relating to information technology, computing, digital media and data science

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Rafael Pass

Professor

Rafael Pass is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University.

Research focus: Cryptography and its interplay with Computational Complexity and Game Theory

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Thomas Ristenpart

Professor

Thomas Ristenpart is an Associate Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Computer security

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2010
M.S., University of California, Davis, 2005

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative

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Vitaly Shmatikov

Professor

Vitaly Shmatikov is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Digital privacy
Computer security
Security and privacy issues in machine learning

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Stanford University

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Research Highlight: Ari Juels on Blockchains and Smart Contracts

Professor Ari Juels focuses his research on blockchains. Here, he discusses how smart contracts impact cryptocurrency transactions.

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Anonize

The ANONIZE system is based on a new cryptographic technology that ensures only survey targets can respond, and only once, while unconditionally guaranteeing anonymity: even if our servers are fully compromised, and all data is leaked, a link between users and their responses cannot be found. Anonize is a core component enabling privacy in the Brave browser (www.brave.com), which has 4 million active users. As such, it is one of the most widely employed advanced cryptographic protocols in practice.

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Town Crier

Town Crier is a bridge between smart contracts and existing websites commonly trusted for non-blockchain applications. It ensures data privacy and security for smart contracts and allows for transactions to be processed without sensitive information being leaked. Town Crier is a technology built by IC3 (Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts) and was acquired by Chainlink in 2018.

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OSO Security

Oso makes backend infrastructure security invisible for developers, and simple for operations. Oso is a normalized and consistent interface to core security controls – authentication, authorization, end-to-end encryption, and auditing.

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