2026

Mar 09

CyLab awards 2026 seed funding Opens in new window

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.

Feb 27

CyLab study shows user-centric threat modeling framework helps privacy experts spot twice as many digital privacy flaws Opens in new window

New CyLab research that expands on previous work with the UsersFIrst threat modeling framework shows that a user-centered approach to evaluating privacy notices and choices can make a measurable difference.

Feb 25

Lorrie Cranor receives 2026 ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award Opens in new window

Lorrie Cranor, director of Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, has been named a recipient of the 2026 ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award, one of the highest honors in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI).

Feb 13

CyLab faculty, students present research and organize events at NDSS Symposium 2026 Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the 33rd Annual Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium. Held at Wyndham San Diego Bayside from February 23rd through the 27th, the event fosters information exchange among researchers and practitioners of network and distributed system security.

Feb 07

Sarah Scheffler serves as planning committee chair for 2026 Privacy and Public Policy Conference Opens in new window

Sarah Scheffler, assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon’s Departments of Engineering and Public Policy and Software and Societal Systems, will serve as a the planning committee chair of the second Privacy and Public Policy Conference (PPPC), hosted at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

Feb 06

Foresight Institute announces 2025 Norm Hardy Prize winners for advances in usable security Opens in new window

Foresight Institute is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Norm Hardy Prize: Dr. Pardis Emami-Naeini, Dr. Lorrie Faith Cranor, and Dr. Yuvraj Agarwal, for their contributions to advancing usable security through the development of a layered cybersecurity label for smart home devices.

Feb 05

CMU Brings Data Privacy Day to the Heinz History Center Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon University’s Privacy Engineering program took its annual celebration of International Data Privacy Day beyond campus this year, welcoming families and community members to a free, hands-on event at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.

Jan 27

Alum spotlight: Trevor Hadick Opens in new window

A healthcare marketing consultant and a national match official for US Soccer, Trevor Hadick (‘17) goes from one pitch to another.

Jan 26

CyLab’s Sarah Scheffler discusses new research on age verification technologies at FTC workshop Opens in new window

CyLab faculty member Sarah Scheffler, assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon’s Departments of Engineering and Public Policy and Software and Societal Systems, participated as a panelist at the Federal Trade Commission's public, virtual Age Verification Workshop on January 28.

Jan 26

Tapping into risk in America’s drinking water Opens in new window

A new Drinking Water Utilities Climate Risk Index finds utilities serving 67 million people face high climate risk. Yet 36% of their bonds omit climate change, revealing gaps in preparedness.

Jan 20

Leveraging blast furnace operations to reduce emissions Opens in new window

A recent study analyzed the variations in operations across the global blast furnace fleet and its impact on carbon dioxide emissions, finding that emissions could have been reduced both globally and nationally if each furnace had operated at either its own historical minimum emissions intensity or the observed national minimum.

Jan 19

Fuchs joins World Economic Forum meeting in Davos Opens in new window

CMU’s Erica Fuchs returns to the World Economic Forum annual meeting to participate in and moderate sessions alongside global tech, business, and government leaders.

Media mentions


National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Karplus speaks at National Academies webinar

EPP’s Valerie Karplus was a panelist during a webinar hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that explored the promise and potential of energy parks.

Open Culture

Fischhoff featured on overconfidence and cognitive bias

EPP’s Baruch Fischhoff was featured by Open Culture for an interview about the dangers of overconfidence and cognitive bias.

Marketplace

Whitacre quoted in Marketplace

EPP/MSE’s Jay Whitare spoke with Marketplace about the shift battery producers and suppliers are making from products that powered electric vehicles to those that can hold electricity for the grid.

Baruch Fischhoff book release and celebration

EPP’s Baruch Fischhoff is releasing a new book, Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices, on October 14.

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