Nicolas Christin
Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Software and Societal Systems Department
Courtesy Appointment, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Networking Institute
Nicolas Christin is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, jointly appointed in the School of Computer Science and the Department of Engineering & Public Policy. He is also a professor in the Software and Societal Systems Department and a core faculty member in CyLab, the university-wide information security institute. He also has a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Christin holds a Diplôme d'Ingénieur from École Centrale Lille, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. He was a researcher in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, prior to joining Carnegie Mellon in 2005.
Studying Cybercrime for Prevention and Enforcement
Education
2003 Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Virginia
2000 MS, Computer Science, University of Virginia
1999 Diplôme d'Ingénieur, École Centrale Lille, Franc
Affiliations
Research Interests
- AI and ML for security
- anonymity
- Applications of security and privacy
- authentication and passwords
- autonomy
- blockchain
- censorship resistance and measurement
- computer security
- cryptography
- cybersecurity
- information networking
- Measurement and analysis
- measurements of fraud, malware, spam
- ML and AI
- mobile and app security and privacy
- network security
- privacy
- privacy engineering
- privacy policy and regulation
- risk analysis and management
- security analytics
- security and privacy economics
- security of AI and ML
- security policy and regulation
- systems security
- threat analysis and modeling
- Usability and human behavior
- usable privacy and security
- web security
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab names 2022 Presidential Fellows
Each year, CyLab recognizes high-achieving Ph.D. students pursuing security and/or privacy-related research with a CyLab Presidential Fellowship that covers one year of tuition.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Carnegie Mellon faculty, students present at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium
An overview of papers, authored by members of CMU's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, being presented at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium
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
Algorand Foundation selects Carnegie Mellon to join ACE Program
The Algorand Foundation has selected Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as one of 10 global winners to join its Algorand Center of Excellence (ACE) Program. Over the next five years, Algorand's $50 million investment will support blockchain research and education hubs at each institution, aiming to grow a diverse and inclusive global community of blockchain researchers and educators.
The Guardian
Christin quoted on cryptotheft
EPP/CyLab’s Nicolas Christin was quoted by The Guardian on the threat of cryptotheft, a type of cybercrime where victims are robbed of their cryptocurrency.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Ripple becomes a founding sponsor of the CMU Secure Blockchain Initiative
The announcement comes three years after CMU announced a partnership with Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Crypto.com becomes strategic partner
The company will serve as a founding sponsor of Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure Blockchain Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Algorand Foundation becomes strategic partner
The Foundation will serve as a founding sponsor of Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure Blockchain Initiative.
WIRED
Christin quoted on dark web market
CyLab's/EPP's Nicolas Christin was quoted by WIRED about dark web marketplace White House Market’s unexpected and sudden closure.
WIRED
Christin quoted about dark web
CyLab/EPP’s Nicolas Christin was quoted by WIRED about dark web marketplaces.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
How does “normal” Internet browsing look today? Now we know.
A new CyLab study aims to capture what “normal” Internet browsing looks like to better understand how people are led to download malicious content, and to come up with ways to prevent that from happening.
Bloomberg
Christin quoted on cryptocurrency
CyLab’s Nicolas Christin was quoted in Bloomberg about China’s plans to get involved with cryptocurrency.