2025

Mar 27

EPP student wins Washington Prize

Katie Eisenman has been selected as the first place winner of the 2025 George Washington Prize, an award given annually in recognition of academic excellence, commitment to service, and leadership.

Mar 12

To ensure energy audits help climate goals, target emissions Opens in new window

Energy audits can be a useful tool for reducing industrial emissions, but new research co-led by Valerie Karplus found that clear climate-specific goals are a vital part of the equation.

Feb 20

Moderating content for end-to-end encryption Opens in new window

Sarah Scheffler, assistant professor of Software and Societal Systems and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, is currently conducting research that explores alternative content moderation methods for end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) that are still private and secure.

Feb 07

Accelerating green steel Opens in new window

In an annual gathering at CMU, global decarbonization leaders worked toward tackling the challenge of decarbonizing steel production while meeting increasing world-wide demand.

Jan 28

CyLab faculty, students to present at NDSS Symposium 2025 Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the 32nd Annual Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium. Held at Wyndham San Diego Bayside from February 24th through the 28th, the event fosters information exchange among researchers and practitioners of network and distributed system security.

Jan 27

Mind the gap: Testing the EV charging network Opens in new window

Researchers develop a metric to measure the gaps in EV charging coverage across the country, revealing the significant work that lies ahead in deploying charging infrastructure.

Jan 23

CyLab awards 2025 seed funding Opens in new window

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.

Jan 15

CMU and CLP Celebrate International Data Privacy Day on January 26 Opens in new window

In celebration of International Privacy Day, Carnegie Mellon University is collaborating with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) to host Data Privacy Day 2025 on Sunday, January 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at CLP-Main (Oakland).

Media mentions


WESA

Sioshansi discusses the cost of nuclear power

ECE/EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with WESA about the benefits and drawbacks of using nuclear power. “When you compare the cost of supplying customers using nuclear and you compare it to other electricity generation technology, it’s very difficult to justify that cost economically,” Sioshansi explains.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Nock highlights energy assistance program

CEE/EPP’s Destenie Nock published a story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about Peoples Energy Analytics, an organization that helps connect people with assistance programs to cover home energy costs.

Canary Media

Karplus quoted on EU energy plan

EPP’s Valerie Karplus was quoted in Canary Media about how Europe’s efforts to strengthen and decarbonize its energy supply could motivate other countries to follow their example.

CNN

Scheffler quoted on data protection and access

CyLab/EPP’s Sarah Scheffler was quoted by CNN about data protection, in response to Apple users losing access to Advanced Data Protection. “One of the very few ways to make sure that your data can’t be leaked if a company is breached is to make sure that the company (itself) doesn’t have it,” Scheffler explains.

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rEPPort

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