The Security & Privacy Research Group is a cross-faculty initiative at the University of Toronto. Our faculty work across areas like applied cryptography, hardware and systems security, privacy, and machine learning security.
Faculty

Law
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Privacy law, property law, and legal theory.
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Recent work includes investigation into online privacy policies, online harms, and mobile device permissions.

Global Affairs & Public Policy
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Global security, digital technologies, and human rights, including counterintelligence for civil society.
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Director of the Citizen Lab

Computer Science

Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Research at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and intelligent critical infrastructure.
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Investigates cyber deception technologies and intelligent honeypots for active defense, resilient and trustworthy AI for cyberattack detection, and quantum-enhanced cybersecurity for energy, industrial, and transportation systems.

Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Works on systems and platform security, including trusted execution and mobile/cloud security.
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Focuses on building practical defenses and secure computing abstractions.

Computer Science

Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Research at the intersection of security, privacy, and machine learning.
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Studies robust/secure ML and privacy-preserving learning techniques.

Computer Science
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Research in computer security and privacy, including applied cryptography and authentication.
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Recent work includes technology safety and privacy in interpersonal abuse settings.

Computer Science
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Research at the intersection of computer security and computer architecture.
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Focus areas include microarchitectural security, hardware/system security, and security for AI/ML systems.

Global Affairs & Public Policy
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Digital privacy, cybersecurity, and cybersecurity policy.
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Security of AI, security with AI, trustworthy AI, AI integrity.

Computer Science
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Research on foundational aspects of cryptography.
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Recent focuses include secure multiparty computation, zero knowledge, and post-quantum cryptography.

Global Affairs & Public Policy
Computer Science
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Research on privacy, security, and digital freedom on the Internet.
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Recent focuses include security and privacy measurement, organizational threat modeling, and censorship circumvention.