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.
Sekar received his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. He has been the recipient of multiple awards, including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2016. He earned his bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, where he was awarded the President of India Gold Medal. His work has been recognized with best paper awards at ACM SIGCOMM, ACM CoNext, and ACM Multimedia. In addition to being a professor of electrical and computer engineering, Sekar is affiliated with the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute.
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
- digital twins
- 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
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Nokia Bell Labs sponsors CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative
Nokia Bell Labs expands its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, becoming a sponsor of CyLab's Future Enterprise Security Initiative.
CMU-Africa
Afretec planning grants announced
The African Engineering and Technology Network, led by CMU-Africa, awarded six planning grants to research collaborations that will lead to socio-economic impact and focus on driving inclusive digital growth on the continent.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Carnegie Mellon faculty, students present at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium
An overview of papers, authored by members of CMU's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, being presented at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium
Best Life
Sekar talks cybersecurity on cell phones
ECE’s Vyas Sekar was quoted in Best Life on cybersecurity measures to protect your cell phone while out and about, particularly when using public charging stations. “It’s easy to modify the outlet if the attacker has physical access,” Sekar originally told the New York Times.
Sekar earns ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Paper Award
ECE’s Vyas Sekar and fellow researchers have earned ACM SIGCOMM’s Test of Time Paper Award, recognizing the lasting impact of their study, which remains a “vibrant and useful contribution” in today’s streaming landscape.
CMU Engineering
CMU launches initiative to transform nanosatellite capabilities
Researchers at CMU’s College of Engineering are working to develop computationally capable constellations of nanosatellites, equipped with machine learning techniques that extract valuable insights from the data while still in orbit.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Sekar earns IIT Madras Young Alumni Achiever Award
ECE’s Vyas Sekar has received the Institute of Technology Madras’ inaugural Young Alumni Achiever Award.
Technical.ly
Three Cylab research projects highlighted in Technically
Three research papers from CyLab on privacy and data protection were highlighted in an article by Technical.ly.
The Hacker News
Lumos system highlighted on The Hacker News
CyLab’s Lumos team was highlighted in The Hacker News for recent research.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Microsoft expands its strategic partnership
Microsoft has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University CyLab in becoming a founding sponsor of CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Aryaka becomes strategic partner
The company will serve as a founding sponsor of Carnegie Mellon’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
NSF awards CMU researchers $3M to accelerate next-gen networking, computing
CyLab researchers will use nearly $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help develop intelligent, resilient and reliable next-generation (NextG) networks.