Marshini Chetty - Department of Computer Science (original) (raw)

Marshini Chetty is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago where she directs the Amyoli Internet Research Laboratory (AIR lab). She specializes in human-computer interaction, usable privacy and security, and ubiquitous computing. Her work has won best paper and honorable mention awards at SOUPS, CHI, and CSCW, and she was a co-recipient of the Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers award. Her research has been featured in the NYTimes, CNN, Washington Journal, BBC, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, WIRED, and Slashdot. She has received generous funding from the National Science Foundation, through grants and an NSF CAREER award, as well as the National Security Agency, Facebook, and multiple Google Faculty Research Awards.

Research

Focus Areas: Human-Computer Interaction, Privacy, Security, Ubiquitous Computing, Usable security

Chetty specializes in human-computer interaction, usable privacy and security, and ubiquitous computing. Marshini designs, implements, and evaluates technologies to help users manage different aspects of Internet use from privacy and security to performance, and costs. She often works in resource-constrained settings and uses her work to help inform Internet policy.

Research

Security & Privacy

Understanding and defending against emerging threats in our increasingly computational world

Labs & Groups

Amyoli Internet Research (AIR) Lab

Marshini Chetty

Working to make the Internet more trustworthy and inclusive, drawing on human-computer interaction, usable privacy and security, ubiquitous computing, and...

Awards & Honors

2026

Future of Privacy Forum’s 2026 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award.

2023

Best Paper Honorable Mention, CHI

2021

CAREER Award

Best Paper Honorable Mention, CHI

2019

10th annual privacy papers for policymakers (PPPM) award

Distinguished paper award, SOUPS

2010

Georgia Tech GVU Foley scholar award

Intel Ph.D. Fellowship

Georgia tech research and innovation conference travel grant

2008

Georgia Tech GVU Foley scholar finalist

2007

Google Anita B.org scholarship

Georgia Tech Sam Nunn security fellowship

2006

2nd place at the ACM CHI student design competition

Google women of color scholarship to attend Grace Hopper conference

2005

Computer science merit certificate for academic achievement

Fulbright scholarship

2003

National research foundation equity scholarship

University of Cape Town University council bursary

2001

Class medal for CS 302F

Microsoft scholarship to attend Tech Ed conference

2000

HSBC bursary for academic achievement

William Campbell-Pill scholarship

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