About me

I am an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences). My research goal is understanding and improving human-centered security, privacy, and trust in sociotechnical systems.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Purdue University, working under the supervision of Dr. Z. Berkay Celik and part of PurSec Lab. Before that I received my Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

News

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[July 2026] WIRED wrote a piece on our PETS 2026 paper - (Link to article)!

[July 2026] Our PETS 2026 paper on US military members' mobile apps won the Best Student Paper Award at PETS. Congratulations Joshua!

[May 2026] Our work on US military members and mobile apps targeting them was accepted to PETS 2026. Congratulations Joshua!

[May 2026] Our work on students and scams was accepted to SOUPS 2026. Congratulations Alexandra!

[October 2025] Two papers accepted to IEEE S&P Oakland 2026 - Congratulations Katie, Brandon and Devin!

[October 2025] Two papers accepted to IEEE S&P Oakland 2026 - Congratulations Katie, Brandon and Devin!

[September 2025] Our work on LLMs and Values was accepted to the main findings of EMNLP 2025.

[August 2025] I just joined FIU as an assistant professor.

[May 2025] I successfully defended my PhD dissertation! Very grateful to my research advisor for his support. Big thanks to my friends, family and mentors.

[April 2025] Our work on user privacy concerns with conversational AI agents (done in collaboration with UC Irvine) was accepted to IEEE S&P. Congrats Mutahar!