Fraser Brown
Assistant Professor, Software and Societal Systems Department
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces third round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) has announced its third round of funded proposals, providing $130K to six groundbreaking research projects that are exploring the security and privacy of distributed ledger technology.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2025 seed funding
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.
CMU Engineering
Student donates bug bounty to support picoCTF’s cybersecurity education efforts
Seunghyun Lee discovered a series of bugs in Google Chrome’s WebAssembly type system that earned him a bug bounty, which he generously donated to CMU's picoCTF cybersecurity education platform.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Student bug bounty discovery supports picoCTF’s cybersecurity education efforts with $462,000 gift
Seunghyun Lee, a first-year Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department, recently discovered a series of bugs in Google Chrome's WebAssembly type system that earned him a bug bounty, which he generously donated to CMU's picoCTF cybersecurity education platform.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Innovative CMU Secure Blockchain Initiative research, in collaboration with Anaxi Labs, focuses on improving the efficiency of cryptographic proof systems
A team of Carnegie Mellon researchers present an approach to cryptographic proof systems that involves compiling high-level software directly to a low-level representation without hand-written protocols and constraints.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab faculty, students present research at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students presented on a wide range of topics at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium. Held in Philadelphia on August 14-16, the event brought together experts from around the world, who highlighted the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab announces second round of Secure Blockchain Initiative funded projects
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) has announced its second round of funded proposals, providing $90K to three groundbreaking research projects that are exploring the security and privacy of distributed ledger technology.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2024 seed funding
This year, CyLab has awarded $400K in seed funding to 17 CMU students, faculty, and staff members representing five departments at the university.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CMU brings together experts from academia and industry during inaugural Secure Blockchain Summit
On May 8-9, the Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute hosted the University's first-ever Secure Blockchain Summit, bringing together experts from around the world to share their research and discuss the future of the technology and its applications.