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 (Cornell University), 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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Spring 2026 Seminar Speakers

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

January 13
CLEMENT FUNG
CMU Cylab
Title: Improving the Effectiveness of ML-based Approaches for Industrial Control Systems Security
Clement Fung
January 20
DANIEL SMULLEN
CableLabs
Title: How Privacy Engineering Scales: From Professional Practice to Privacy Infrastructure
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January 27

EMMI BANE 
HP
Title: Data Narratives and Population Health: Introducing Implicative Data

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February 3

FIKIR WORDOFA
Intuitive Surgical
Title From Theory to Tech: Real-World Strategies for Operationalizing Privacy by Design

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February 10
MIEKE EOYANG
CMU (Institute for Strategy & Technology)
February 17 
JACOB GURSKY
Privacy Company
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February 24
PETER STORY
Clark University
MARCH 3

SPRING break

No Seminar
March 10

LORRIE CRANOR

CMU Cylab

March 17

Taha Kahn

CMU INI
March 24

FORTHCOMING

March 31

FORTHCOMING

April 7

Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna

FPF

April 14

FORTHCOMING

April 21

FORTHCOMING