2020

May 27

IoT labels will help consumers figure out which devices are spying on them

A team of CyLab researchers have developed a prototype security and privacy “nutrition label” that performed well in user tests. To develop the label, the team consulted with a diverse group of 22 security and privacy experts across industry, government, and academia.

May 26

After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they’re often weaker

A recent study authored by CyLab researchers shows that only a minority of people change their passwords after a security breach, and those that do often change them to weaker ones.

May 22

First real-time physics engine for soft robotics

Collaborators have adapted the sophisticated computer graphics technology used in blockbuster films and video games to simulate the movements of soft, limbed robots for the first time.

May 22

Passwords research group awarded the 2020 Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence

A group of CyLab faculty and graduate students were just awarded the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence for their contributions from a decade of passwords research.

May 20

Analyzing cells for future biomedical devices

Yu-li Wang has been awarded an NIH grant to support his research in cell migration and developing technologies for applications in biomedical devices.

May 18

Tools for reopening: Remote fever-scanning technologies

Researchers are developing affordable fever-screening technologies for buildings and first responders to detect fevers, using an algorithm to detect faces and measure temperature on the forehead.

May 14

Building smart cities with taxis

Pei Zhang has turned a fleet of taxis into a mobile sensing platform to collect data required to develop applications for a smart city.

Apr 30

Online status indicators during a pandemic: do they work?

People working from home have been using online status indicators to check whether their co-workers are available, but recent CyLab research shows that these indicators lead to some strange behaviors.

Apr 15

Q&A with Lujo Bauer

Many Americans are entering their fifth of working remotely, which has resulted in new paradigms in their own and their employers’ cybersecurity and privacy. CyLab's Lujo Bauer has been monitoring the situation.

Apr 10

Outsmarting a virus

Can machine learning help us to accelerate the antibody discovery process to fight highly infectious viral diseases like COVID-19 and save thousands of lives?

Apr 08

Q&A with Lorrie Cranor

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, CyLab director Lorrie Cranor says there are number issues related to privacy and cybersecurity that people need to be aware of.

Apr 02

Q&A with Vyas Sekar

As huge swaths of the world have shifted to remote work in response to COVID-19, CyLab's Vyas Sekar thinks that enterprises need to be thinking very critically about the security of their networks – maybe more now than ever.

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