Social Cybersecurity: Reshaping Security Through An Empirical Understanding of Human Social Behavior
Date and Time
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Location
Computer Science Small Auditorium (Room 105)
Type
CS Department Colloquium Series
Speaker
Host
Prof. Nick Feamster
Sauvik Das is a PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. His research, which intersects HCI, data science and cybersecurity, aims to empower people with novel security systems that mitigate costs of time, effort and social capital. His work has won three best paper or honorable mention awards at premier venues (UbiComp 2013, CHI 2016 and 2017) as well as an Honorable Mention for the NSA’s Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Award in 2014. His work has also been covered by the popular press, including features on the Financial Times, Slate, Ars Technica and The Atlantic. In addition, he is a NDSEG Fellow, a Qualcomm Innovation Fellow, a Stu Card Graduate Fellow, and a NSF EAPSI Fellow. Prior to CMU, Sauvik earned a Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Georgia Tech.