Osman Yagan
Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Osman Yağan is a Full Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where he is also an affiliate faculty in the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science and a core member of CyLab Security and Privacy Institute. Prior to joining the faculty of the ECE department in August 2013, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in CyLab at CMU. Yağan received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, in 2011, and his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey) in 2007.
Yağan's research focuses on modeling, analysis, and performance optimization of computing systems, and uses tools from applied probability, network science, data science, and machine learning. In the context of data science and ML, he is working on statistical inference and decision making using sequential samples (e.g., multi-armed bandits), and resilient distributed machine learning. On the network science side, he has broad interests including robustness of cyber-physical systems with emphasis on critical infrastructure systems; secure and reliable design of large-scale ad-hoc networks with an increasing focus on emerging applications of Internet of Things; and contagion processes in complex networks with a focus on modeling, analysis, and control of spread of viruses, (mis)information, and opinions.
Yağan is a senior member of IEEE, and a recipient of a CIT Dean's Early Career Fellowship, an IBM Academic Award, and best paper awards in ICC 2021, IPSN 2022, and ASONAM 2023.
Education
2011 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland
2007 BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Applications of security and privacy
- automotive and transportation security and privacy
- big data
- blockchain
- critical minerals and energy security
- cryptography
- cyber physical systems security and privacy
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- cybersecurity + privacy
- data security and privacy
- data/network science systems
- digital twins
- energy and critical infrastructure security
- EVs and mobility
- Formal methods
- grid and energy infrastructure
- healthcare
- information networking
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT security and privacy
- mobility
- network science
- network security
- privacy
- privacy algorithms
- probability
- secure systems
- smart infrastructure
- social networks security and privacy
- statistics
- systems security
- time reversal
- wireless networks
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2026 seed funding
This year, CyLab awarded nearly $500,000 in seed funding to 10 research projects featuring CMU students, faculty, and staff PIs representing nine departments at the university.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces fourth round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) has announced its fourth round of funded proposals, providing $120K to four groundbreaking research projects that are exploring the security and privacy of distributed ledger technology.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces third round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) has announced its third round of funded proposals, providing $130K to six groundbreaking research projects that are exploring the security and privacy of distributed ledger technology.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2025 seed funding
This year, CyLab has awarded more than $400K in seed funding to 16 CMU students, faculty, and staff members from five departments at the university.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces second round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) has announced its second round of funded proposals, providing $90K to three groundbreaking research projects that are exploring the security and privacy of distributed ledger technology.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2024 seed funding
This year, CyLab has awarded $400K in seed funding to 17 CMU students, faculty, and staff members representing five departments at the university.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces first round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) is off and running, as six projects have been selected for its first round of seed funding. Through research, the initiative aims to revolutionize blockchain technology within enterprise ecosystems by tackling various challenges.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CMU brings together experts from academia and industry during inaugural Secure Blockchain Summit
On May 8-9, the Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute hosted the University's first-ever Secure Blockchain Summit, bringing together experts from around the world to share their research and discuss the future of the technology and its applications.
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.
CMU Engineering
Playing nice: self-driving and human-driven cars sharing the road
Akin to when Model Ts traveled alongside horses and buggies, autonomous vehicles and human-driven vehicles will someday share the road. How to best manage the rise of AVs is the topic of a new Carnegie Mellon policy brief.
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.
CMU Engineering
Keeping distributed systems secure
Carnegie Mellon researchers are working to design networks that keep our ever-increasing numbers of connected devices safe and secure.