Lujo Bauer
Professor, CMU-Africa, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Software and Societal Systems Department
Lujo Bauer is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and in the Software and Societal Systems Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University in 2003.
Bauer’s research interests span many areas of computer security and privacy, and include building usable access-control systems with sound theoretical underpinnings, developing languages and systems for run-time enforcement of security policies on programs, and generally narrowing the gap between a formal model and a practical, usable system. His recent work focuses on developing tools and guidance to help users stay safer online, and in examining how advances in machine learning can lead to a more secure future.
Bauer served as the program chair for the flagship computer security conferences of the IEEE (S&P 2015) and the Internet Society (NDSS 2014) and is an associate editor of ACM Transactions on Information and System Security.
Helping Users Manage Online Data
On the Future of AI
Education
2003 Ph.D., Computer Science, Princeton University
1999 MA, Computer Science, Princeton University
1997 BS, Computer Science, Yale University
Affiliations
Research Interests
- access control and authorization
- AI and ML for security
- Applications of security and privacy
- authentication and passwords
- autonomy
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- cybersecurity
- data security and privacy
- data/network science systems
- emerging applications security
- Formal methods
- formal methods for security
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT security and privacy
- language-based security
- ML and AI
- mobile and app security and privacy
- network security
- privacy
- secure systems
- security of AI and ML
- smart infrastructure
- social networks security and privacy
- software security
- systems security
- Usability and human behavior
- usable privacy and security
- usable security
- web security
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
First round of Future Enterprise Security Initiative funded projects announced
CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative is underway as the first round of funded proposals has been announced.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Nokia Bell Labs sponsors CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative
Nokia Bell Labs expands its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, becoming a sponsor of CyLab's Future Enterprise Security Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Study reveals third-party tracking abundant on abortion clinic sites
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals over 99 percent of abortion clinic web pages include third-party tracking, putting the privacy of those visiting these websites at risk.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
iPhone security compromises prove difficult to detect
Mobile phones can be abused to enable stalking through methods like location tracking, account compromise, and remote surveillance. While experts can help victims detect and recover from this type of technology abuse, researchers at Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute say typical users aren't equipped to identify and resolve these issues on their own.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab well represented at SOUPS 2022
There is no shortage of Carnegie Mellon (CMU) students and faculty participating in this year's Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS).
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Microsoft expands its strategic partnership
Microsoft has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University CyLab in becoming a founding sponsor of CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Aryaka becomes strategic partner
The company will serve as a founding sponsor of Carnegie Mellon’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
VMware to sponsor CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative
VMware recently announced it will be a founding sponsor of CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative, which has a mission of rethinking security across enterprise ecosystems through innovations in artificial intelligence, computer science, engineering, and human factors research.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
“Adulting” for cybersecurity, GANs, and more: CyLab’s 2022 seed funding awardees
Over $400K in seed funding has been awarded to 18 different faculty and staff across seven departments at Carnegie Mellon to support security and privacy research.
US News
Bauer quoted on field of cybersecurity
ECE’s Lujo Bauer was quoted by US News about cybersecurity for their article on preparing for a career in the field.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Cisco announces strategic partnership with Carnegie Mellon CyLab
The mission of Cisco Research, the research arm of multinational tech leader Cisco Systems, is to foster research collaborations with “the best university researchers in the field.” Thus, the company has announced a new partnership with Carnegie Mellon University CyLab.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Study explores tensions between IoT device owners and “incidental users”
A team of CyLab researchers conducted a study exploring the tensions that may arise between device owners and incidental users, who may or may not be comfortable as incidental users.