Umar Iqbal
Pronouns: He/him/his
Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
- Office
McKelvey Hall, Room 1033
Google ScholarEducation
PhD, University of Iowa, 2021BS, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan, 2013
Expertise
Improving user privacy and security on the internet
Research
Umar Iqbal's research interests are in security and privacy. His research takes a data-driven approach to improve user privacy and security on the internet. He is particularly interested in building defenses against prevalent threats on the internet, preemptively anticipating and mitigating threats in emerging technologies, and exploring defenses that leverage law and policy.Biography
Professor Iqbal will join the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in Fall 2023. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Washington. He is a recipient of CRA/NSF Computing Innovation Fellowship (2021), University of Iowa Research Excellence Award (2021) and CSAW Best Applied Research Award (3rd place, 2020).