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Lujo Bauer is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and conducts research principally in computer science and social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, information systems, computer networks and communications, and signal processing.

The scientist's research frequently addresses topics related to privacy, security, and data protection. Other key areas include anomaly detection techniques and applications, adversarial robustness in machine learning, user authentication and security systems, advanced malware detection techniques, privacy-preserving technologies in data, and mobile crowdsensing and crowdsourcing.

Lujo Bauer has published extensively, with a strong presence in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Pervasive and Mobile Computing. Other publication venues include JAMA Internal Medicine and Health Affairs.

Notable recent papers include:
"What makes people install a COVID-19 contact-tracing app? Understanding the influence of app design and individual difference on contact-tracing app adoption intention" (2021, Pervasive and Mobile Computing)
"'I would have to evaluate their objections': Privacy tensions between smart home device owners and incidental users" (2021, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies)
"Speculative Privacy Concerns about AR Glasses Data Collection" (2023, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies)
"Did you know this camera tracks your mood?": Understanding Privacy Expectations and Preferences in the Age of Video Analytics" (2021, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies)
"OmniCrawl: Comprehensive Measurement of Web Tracking With Real Desktop and Mobile Browsers" (2021, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies)

Lujo Bauer collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors. These include Keane Lucas, Camille Cobb, Sruti Bhagavatula, Michael K. Reiter, and Yuvraj Agarwal. Collaborations with these researchers reflect ongoing work in topics related to privacy, security, and data protection within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Accessorize to a Crime: Real and Stealthy Attacks on State-of-the-Art Face Recognition

    Mahmood Sharif;Sruti Bhagavatula;Lujo Bauer;Michael K. Reiter

  • Guess Again (and Again and Again): Measuring Password Strength by Simulating Password-Cracking Algorithms

    P. G. Kelley;S. Komanduri;M. L. Mazurek;R. Shay

  • Of passwords and people: measuring the effect of password-composition policies

    Saranga Komanduri;Richard Shay;Patrick Gage Kelley;Michelle L. Mazurek

  • Edit automata: enforcement mechanisms for run-time security policies

    Jay Ligatti;Lujo Bauer;David Walker

  • Encountering stronger password requirements: user attitudes and behaviors

    Richard Shay;Saranga Komanduri;Patrick Gage Kelley;Pedro Giovanni Leon

  • How does your password measure up? the effect of strength meters on password creation

    Blase Ur;Patrick Gage Kelley;Saranga Komanduri;Joel Lee

  • Measuring password guessability for an entire university

    Michelle L. Mazurek;Saranga Komanduri;Timothy Vidas;Lujo Bauer

  • Android taint flow analysis for app sets

    William Klieber;Lori Flynn;Amar Bhosale;Limin Jia

  • Fast, lean, and accurate: modeling password guessability using neural networks

    William Melicher;Blase Ur;Sean M. Segreti;Saranga Komanduri

  • Privacy expectations and preferences in an IoT world

    Pardis Emami-Naeini;Sruti Bhagavatula;Hana Habib;Martin Degeling

  • Run-Time Enforcement of Nonsafety Policies

    Jay Ligatti;Lujo Bauer;David Walker

  • Composing security policies with polymer

    Lujo Bauer;Jay Ligatti;David Walker

  • Do Users' Perceptions of Password Security Match Reality?

    Blase Ur;Jonathan Bees;Sean M. Segreti;Lujo Bauer

  • “I added '!' at the end to make it secure”: observing password creation in the lab

    Blase Ur;Fumiko Noma;Jonathan Bees;Sean M. Segreti

  • Expandable grids for visualizing and authoring computer security policies

    Robert W. Reeder;Lujo Bauer;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Michael K. Reiter

  • Tag, you can see it!: using tags for access control in photo sharing

    Peter Klemperer;Yuan Liang;Michelle Mazurek;Manya Sleeper

  • Can long passwords be secure and usable

    Richard Shay;Saranga Komanduri;Adam L. Durity;Phillip (Seyoung) Huh

  • Measuring real-world accuracies and biases in modeling password guessability

    Blase Ur;Sean M. Segreti;Lujo Bauer;Nicolas Christin

  • A General Framework for Adversarial Examples with Objectives

    Mahmood Sharif;Sruti Bhagavatula;Lujo Bauer;Michael K. Reiter

  • What matters to users?: factors that affect users' willingness to share information with online advertisers

    Pedro Giovanni Leon;Blase Ur;Yang Wang;Manya Sleeper

  • Measuring Password Guessability for an Entire University (CMU-CyLab-13-013)

    Michelle L. Mazurek;Saranga Komanduri;Tim Vidas;Lujo Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorrie Faith Cranor
Lorrie Faith Cranor Carnegie Mellon University
Michael K. Reiter
Michael K. Reiter Duke University
Nicolas Christin
Nicolas Christin Carnegie Mellon University
Blase Ur
Blase Ur University of Chicago
David Walker
David Walker Princeton University
Patrick Gage Kelley
Patrick Gage Kelley University of New Mexico
Frank Pfenning
Frank Pfenning Carnegie Mellon University
Edward W. Felten
Edward W. Felten Princeton University
Norman Sadeh
Norman Sadeh Carnegie Mellon University
Gregory R. Ganger
Gregory R. Ganger Carnegie Mellon University

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