Carnegie Mellon University

Current Topics in Privacy Seminar

Join weekly conversations with the architects of modern privacy—from Meta's data privacy engineers to Microsoft Research partners, from Google's cloud privacy leaders to Princeton's AI ethics pioneers. Our Current Topics in Privacy Seminar brings together the field's most influential voices, including former Big Tech privacy chiefs, DARPA researchers, and founders of privacy startups. Recent speakers include Danah Boyd (Microsoft Research/Georgetown), Daniel J. Solove (GW Law/TeachPrivacy CEO), and Arvind Narayanan (Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy). Whether you're exploring our program or already working in privacy, access these cutting-edge discussions in person at CMU Pittsburgh or virtually via Zoom. This isn't just a course—it's your direct connection to the privacy leaders defining tomorrow's standards.

Members of the CMU community interested in receiving notifications about the seminars each week should contact the course instructor to request to be added to the email list. 

Instructor: Hana Habib 

Time and location: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:50 PM.  All seminars will be held in Hamburg Hall, 1002 and will be available via Zoom.

Fall 2025 Privacy Seminars are co-sponsored by the Carnegie Bosch Institute.

Select seminars throughout the semester are also co-sponsored by the Block Center for Technology and Society and are indicated below.

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Fall 2025 Seminar Speakers

Available recordings can be viewed on Youtube by visiting the series playlist

August 26
Hana Habib
Course Introduction for 17-702 Privacy Seminar
September 2

Kirsten Martin

CMU Heinz College
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Recording Available
September 9

Privacy Engineering internship presentations

September 16

Privacy Engineering internship presentations

September 23

Amin RAhimian

University of Pittsburgh
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Recording Available
September 30

ryan calo

University of Washington
School of Law
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October 7

jacob gursky

Privacy Company
Jacob Gursky
October 14

fall break

No Seminar
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October 21

CanceLled

October 28

serge egelmen

ICSI/UC Berkeley
Serge Egelman
November 4

democracy day

No Seminar
November 11

Debra Berlyn

Project Goal

November 18

jillian fish

Westfield Insurance
Part-time Privacy Engineering Student
November 25

Sri Pravallika Maddipati

Google

December 2

Privacy Engineering Capstone presentations