Joseph Bonneau is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department of New York University’s Courant Institute. He holds BS and MS degrees from Stanford, and completed a PhD as a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2012, under the supervision of Professor Ross Anderson. Bonneau also completed postdoctoral fellowships at...
Julia B. Kieserman, a Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate at NYU Tandon, is interested in understanding how technology systems might impact human autonomy. Under the guidance of her advisor, Dr. Damon McCoy, she most recently worked on measuring the configuration of trackers on sensitive websites—a project that won Kieserman and her colleagues the 2025 Andreas Pfitzmann...
Md Raz is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, working under the direction of Dr. Ramesh Karri. His research interests focus on developing trustworthy hardware at both the PCB and ASIC levels, with an emphasis on integrating emerging technologies like Field Programmable Gate Arrays, additive manufacturing, and machine learning and /artificial intelligence....
Alon Hillel-Tuch joined NYU Tandon as an Industry Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the Fall of 2025, His research interests include hardware security, AI governance, and the intersection of technology and society. He also serves as Faculty Director of the OSIRIS Lab, driving its vision and mentoring students in cybersecurity research. He...
Qianxi Chen is a Ph.D. student advised by Professor Justin Cappos, Prior to embarking on his graduate studies, Qianxi earned his B.S. in Computer Science at Tandon in 2024. His research interests include operating systems, system security, software supply chain security, and WebAssembly. His current doctoral work focuses on developing a single-process sandbox that will...
Minghao Shao is a NYU Abu Dhabi Global Ph.D. fellow and Google Ph.D. fellow in Privacy, Safety, and Security. A Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and NYU Abu Dhabi, he is co-advised by Professors Muhammad Shafique and Ramesh Karri. Minghao received his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Computer Science...
Jianqiao “Cambridge” Mo is a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University, where he is advised by Assistant Professor Brandon Reagen. His research focuses on hardware acceleration for cryptography, with an aim of advancing end-to-end data privacy and integrity. A recipient of the Dante Youla Award for Graduate Research Excellence in...
Meet Udeshi is a PhD student advised by Professors Farshad Khorrami and Ramesh Karri. His research interests include hardware, control system, and cyber-physical system security, dynamic binary analysis, and machine learning for security. In his PhD studies, he is designing dynamic analysis and runtime monitoring frameworks for the security of cyber-physical systems. A graduate of...
Cat Mai is a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Science department, advised by Damon McCoy, who co-founded Cybersecurity for Democracy. She is broadly interested in the relationship between users and online advertising, particularly identifying discrimination in the ad delivery system. Cat received her B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Clark University in Worcester, MA.
Mukund Ramakrishnan is a second-year PhD student advised by Prof. Brandon Reagen. He earned his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University in 2024. His past work has broadly focused on hardware acceleration for various math and science applications, while his current research primarily focuses on designing accelerators for privacy-preserving computing and homomorphic...