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Roya Ensafi
Five papers by CSE researchers presented at USENIX Security 2023
Papers authored by CSE researchers at the conference cover a variety of topics related to computer security and privacy.CSE announces 2023 faculty promotions
The Division commends these individuals for their contributions to research, education, and the CSE community.Roya Ensafi joins World Economic Forum Global Future Council focused on complex risks
The Council brings together international thought leaders across government, industry, and academia to study complex, interconnected risk clusters.Reethika Ramesh awarded Rackham Barbour Scholarship
The scholarship will support her work on studying the security and privacy of networks.Ram Sundara Raman earns Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
The fellowship will help support his work to study global Internet censorship.Reethika Ramesh awarded Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement
The award recognizes active participation in research, leadership, and academic performance.Seven CSE faculty earn NSF CAREER Awards
The NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is the most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.Roya Ensafi selected for Sloan Research Fellowship
Sloan Research Fellowships recognize distinguished performance and unique potential to make substantial research contributions.Roya Ensafi receives NSF CAREER Award for efforts to combat censorship worldwide
Her goal is to advance the scientific understanding of contemporary online censorship and develop principled and effective countermeasures.Are VPNs really the answer?
New research shows that a VPN can be one tool in an internet user’s toolbox but often is not sufficient as the only solution for all privacy needs.U-M researchers win Applied Networking Research Prize in partnership with Citizen Lab and Princeton CITP
The ANRP recognizes the most groundbreaking results in applied networking, research in Internet standards, and upcoming figures in the field.Roya Ensafi named Morris Wellman Professor
Ensafi’s research focuses on Internet security and privacy, with the goal of creating techniques and systems to better protect users online.Tool to analyze the security, privacy of VPNs wins first place for applied security research in 2022
VPNalyzer has revealed a number of shortcomings in the design and implementation of popular virtual private networks. The paper earned first prize at New York University's CSAW '22 Applied Research Competition.The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study finds
Same app, same app store, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany.Research on key VPN vulnerabilities recognized with USENIX Internet Defense Prize, Best Paper Award
The study authored by Prof. Roya Ensafi's lab found that network administrators, like ISPs and governments, could easily detect and block the use of VPNs on a large scale.Roya Ensafi selected as finalist for ACUM Outstanding Advisor Award
Ensafi received a number of student nominations for the award.Roya Ensafi speaks at Summit for Democracy
Ensafi joined other experts to discuss how tech built with democratic values at its core can strengthen rules-based governance worldwide.Tool to analyze VPN security, privacy aids in Consumer Reports review
VPNalyzer was used by Consumer Reports to measure the effectiveness of popular consumer VPN providers.Her fight for your rights
Could censorship end the internet as we know it? Not if Roya Ensafi can help it.
Censored Planet: Tracking internet censorship without on-the-ground participation
Censored Planet is releasing technical details for other researchers and for activists.
CSE researchers report over $11M in research grants last quarter
The awards were distributed to 18 different primary investigators.
Roya Ensafi named inaugural Consumer Reports Digital Lab Fellow
The new fellowship program was designed to study the effects of connected products and services.
CSE researchers help organize 10th anniversary workshop on internet freedom
Prof. Roya Ensafi and PhD candidate Reethika Ramesh led organizing efforts for USENIX’s Tenth Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet.
Real-time monitor tracks the growing use of network filters for censorship
The team says their framework can scalably and semi-automatically monitor the use of filtering technologies for censorship at global scale.
How Russia’s online censorship could jeopardize internet freedom worldwide
The nation is using inexpensive commodity equipment to block 170K domains on more than 1K privately-owned ISPs.
Best paper award for analysis of a decade of malware reports
The research suggests that common blacklist-based prevention systems are ineffective.
Online censorship detector aims to make the internet a freer place
Censored Planet could provide new insight into the flow of online information
Study reveals new data on region-specific website blocking practices
A team of researchers unearthed new data on geographic denial of access to web content in a new paper.
Three CSE faculty selected for Google Faculty Research Awards
Profs. Jia Deng, Roya Ensafi, and Manos Kapritsos have been selected to receive Google Faculty Research Awards.