Umar Iqbal

Assistant professor
Washington University in St. Louis

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  1. I am an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Washington University in St. Louis.

    My research focuses on computer security and privacy. Specifically, I focus on bringing transparency and control in computing systems to empower users, platforms, and regulators to improve user privacy and security. Current focus areas include AI, web, and technology policy.


Updates

  • Organizing Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2) Workshop 2026 (co-located with PETS)

  • Talk on agentic systems security at DuckDuckGo

  • Contributed to Web Almanac Generative AI Chapter

  • Organizing MADWeb 2026-27 Workshop (co-located with NDSS)

  • Talk on measurement-driven privacy audits ACM SIGMETRICS 2025

  • Lightening talk on securing AI Agents at Agentic AI Summit, UC Berkeley

  • Yuhao is nominated as a ML and Systems Rising Star 2025!