Vyas Sekar
Tan Family Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vyas Sekar is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and is affiliated with the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute. His research is at the intersection of networking, security, and systems. Sekar's current research focuses on systems for accelerating the deployment of innovative network middleboxes, and designing content distribution mechanisms to improve user experience. He has been the recipient of mulitple awards, including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2016.
Network Security: Making the Internet a Safer Place
Improving Video Streaming
Education
2010 Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
2003 BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Chennai
Affiliations
Research Interests
- access control and authorization
- AI and ML for security
- anonymity
- Applications of security and privacy
- authentication and passwords
- automotive and transportation security and privacy
- autonomy
- censorship resistance and measurement
- cloud security
- computer security
- computer/storage systems
- cyber physical systems security and privacy
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- cybersecurity
- distributed systems
- embedded systems security
- emerging applications security
- energy and critical infrastructure security
- Formal methods
- formal methods for security
- hardware security
- information networking
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- intrusion and anomaly detection and prevention
- IoT security and privacy
- manufacturing security
- Measurement and analysis
- ML and AI
- mobile and app security and privacy
- mobile systems
- network security
- protocol security
- secure systems
- security and privacy economics
- smart infrastructure
- systems security
- threat analysis and modeling
- Usability and human behavior
- verification
- web security
Media mentions
Lifewire
Sekar quoted on online hacking
ECE/CyLab’s Vyas Sekar was quoted on Lifewire about possible computer hacking of self-driving cars.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Third round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced
Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its third round of funding, which will support 12 Internet of Things (IoT)-related projects for one year.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CMU-Africa and CyLab aim to improve financial inclusion in emerging economies
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) CyLab and CMU-Africa have established the CyLab-Africa initiative, which aims to improve the cybersecurity of financial systems in Africa and other emerging economies.
CyLab
Fanti, Sekar, and Lin quoted on privacy research
ECE Ph.D. student Zinan Lin created a new tool that helps maintain online privacy when companies work together. His advisors are ECE’s Vyas Sekar and Giulia Fanti.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
World’s fastest open-source intrusion detection is here
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab have developed the fastest-ever open-source intrusion detection system—one that achieves speeds of 100 gigabits per second using a single server.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Four years since the Mirai-Dyn attack…is the Internet safer?
Four years after the Mirai-Dyn attack that brought down much of the Internet, a team of CyLab researchers are assessing the Internet’s resilience if a similar attack were to occur today.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
New tool simplifies data sharing, preserves privacy
According to a new study authored by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab and IBM, a new tool can help circumvent the privacy issue in data sharing.
Scott Institute
CMU Engineering faculty awarded Scott Institute seed grants
Eight research projects lead by CMU Engineering faculty have been awarded 2020 Seed Grants for Energy Research by the Scott Institue for Energy Innovation.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Second round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced
Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its second round of funding, which will support ten IoT-related projects for one year.
WTAE
Sekar offers insight on “juice jacking” threat
Officials around the country are warning travelers of a potential threat known as “juice jacking,” where unsuspecting travelers in need of charge for their devices plug into a manipulated charging station. While no actual cases have yet been reporter, ECE/CyLab’s Vyas Sekar told WTAE News, “What we know is the risk is real.”
The New York Times
CyLab’s Sekar warns about “juice jacking”
As a busy holiday travel season approaches, law enforcement agencies are warning about “juice jacking,” the latest way criminals can hack your accounts. Juice jacking occurs when unsuspecting users plug their devices into USB ports or use USB cables that contain malware. ECE/CyLab’s Vyas Sekar told the The New York Times that “there is a risk” in charging your devices at public charging stations.
CMU Engineering
Protecting 3D printers from attackers
CyLab’s researchers have developed a tool to identify security risks of networked 3D printers.