I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of California, Davis, under the guidance of Professor Zubair Shafiq. My research is focused on enhancing internet privacy for users worldwide by employing advanced machine learning and data analytics techniques.
Updates
May, 2024
- My paper on detecting tracking link decorations (PURL: Safe and Effective Sanitization of Link Decoration) got accepted to appear at USENIX Security 2024.
March, 2024
- My first law review article, “Google’s Chrome Antitrust Paradox, got accepted to appear in the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law.”
November, 2023
- Presented my work on first-party tracking cookies at ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Gave a talk titled: “Beyond Third-Party Cookies: Safeguarding User Data from Storage and Exfiltration with CookieGraph and PURL” at IMDEA Networks.
October, 2023
- My work on PURL was featured in The Register.
- Gave a talk on measuring and detecting tracking through link decorations at Ad-Filtering Dev Summit.
August, 2023
- Released arXiv preprint of my paper on tracking link decorations: PURL: Safe and Effective Sanitization of Link Decoration
July, 2023
- Attended IEEE Security and Privacy (S&P) conference in San Francisco, CA
May, 2023
- My paper on analysis and development of countermeasure against use of first-party tracking cookies (COOKIEGRAPH: Measuring and Countering First-Party Tracking cookies) got accepted at ACM CCS 2023.
October, 2022
- Gave a talk at Ad-Filtering Dev Summit on use of First-Party cookies for tracking
September, 2022
- Appeared on the DataSkeptic podcast to discuss first-party tracking cookies and counter measures discussed in COOKIEGRAPH paper
August, 2022
- Released arXiv preprint of my paper on first-party tracking cookies: COOKIEGRAPH: Measuring and Countering First-Party Tracking Cookies
- Attended USENIX Security 2022 Conference in Boston, MA
July, 2022
- Attended Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) 2022 Conference in Sydney, Australia
June, 2022
- Attended the IAB Tech Lab Transcend Summit in New York City
November, 2021
- Attended the ProperData Symposium in Irvine, CA
September, 2021
- Joined the PhD Program at UC Davis
- Left TPI Lab
April, 2021
- My paper on Natural Language Models got accepted at EACL 2021: Through the Looking Glass: Learning to Attribute Synthetic Text Generated by Language Models
November, 2020
- Joined TPI Lab