Tufts Security and Privacy

We seek to make the Internet safer through research focusing on how people build, operate, use, and defend systems. Our work spans a variety of areas including usable security, database security and privacy, and the theoretical foundations of security and privacy.

Our Research

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Secure
Development

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Vulnerability Discovery for All

Operating room

Medical System Security

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Online Safety and Privacy

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Network Defense

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Database Privacy

OUR AMAZING TEAM

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We have awesome people in our lab

Dan Votipka

Dan Votipka

Assistant Professor
TSP Co-Director

Johes Bater

Johes Bater

Assistant Professor
TSP Co-Director

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Megumi Ando

Assistant Professor
TSP Co-Director

Josephine Wolff

Josephine Wolff

Associate Professor

Susan Landau

Susan Landau

Bridge Professor
in Cyber Security and Policy

Jeff Foster

Jeff Foster

Professor

Ron Thompson

PhD Candidate

James Mattei

PhD Candidate

Samantha Katcher

PhD Candidate

Carson Powers

PhD Candidate

Sara Alam

PhD Student

Maria Fanelle

PhD Student

Tomi Idowu

PhD Student

Hamza Khalid

PhD Student

Kathy Quintanilla

Undergraduate

Matt Soto

Matthew Soto

Undergraduate

Cordelia Ludden

Undergraduate

Perucy Mussiba

Undergraduate

CJ Burton

Undergraduate

Lisa Dang

Undergraduate

Luke Boshar

Undergraduate

Suvi Lama

Undergraduate
University of Southern Mississippi

Harrison Schneider

Undergraduate

Joe-Ansel Puplava

Undergraduate

ALUMNI

Sarah Radway

Harvard University

Nickolas Gravel

Raytheon

Madeline McLaughlin

Recorded Future

Pavel Nabutovsky

Quoin

Christopher Pellegrini

Northeastern University

Jasper Geer

University of British Columbia

Sam Cohen

Colby College

Nathaniel Kennedy

Tufts University

Santana Koring'ura

Tufts University

Yijun Liu

Elon University

Gustavo Curioso

Redline Trading Solutions

Liana Wang

Apple

Bisrat Yismashewa

Tufts University

Deborha Dagnachew

Undergraduate
Boston University

Gabriel Terceros

Undergraduate
UMBC

Anh Pham

Undergraduate
Mount Holyoke College

Helena Simson

Tufts University

Ben Altschuler

MSCS

Yuling Wang

Tufts University

Arya Prasad

Tufts University

Ellis Hale

Undergraduate
UMBC

Yaejie (Gia) Kwon

Undergraduate
Swarthmore College

Esam Nesru

Undergraduate
UMBC

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS

We also work with awesome people

Michelle Mazurek

University of Maryland

Michael Hicks

Amazon Web Services

Kelsey Fulton

Colorado School of Mines

Marshini Chetty

University of Chicago

Rock Stevens

External Collaborator

Jaron Mink

Arizona State University

Get Involved

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Study Participants

We’re always looking for people to participate in our research. Follow this link to find current opportunities to participate in research.

Get your PhD

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Undergraduate Research

If you’re an undergrad, check out this info!