Nikhil Garg @nkgarg.bsky.social I study algorithms/learning/data applied to democracy/markets/society. Asst. professor at Cornell Tech. https://gargnikhil.com/. Helping building personalized Bluesky research feed: https://bsky.app/profile/paper-feed.bsky.social/feed/preprintdigest
Daniel Romero @danielmromero.bsky.social Associate Professor at UMSI, UMICHCS, and UMICHCSE working on Computational Social Science, Network Science, Science of Science, Complex Systems, and Social Media. 🇨🇴🇺🇸 dromero.org
ACM Policy Committees @acmpolicy.bsky.social
Trustworthy AI Talk Series @trust-ai-sem.bsky.social BlueSky account of the Trustworthy AI Talk Series, organized by @ebagdasa.bsky.social and @emilianodc.com
To some extent, it is a reboot of the PriSec-ML Interest Group series.
https://trust-ai-sem.github.io/
sorelle @friedler.net CS prof at Haverford, Chair @acm.org U.S. tech policy, @brookings.edu nonres Senior Fellow, former White House OSTP tech policy, co-author AI Bill of Rights, research on AI and society, @facct.bsky.social co-founder
formerly @kdphd 🐦
sorelle.friedler.net
Cella @cellllla.bsky.social She/her | CMU HCII PhD Student | Research Assistant @ Data & Society | Previously: UCI Informatics, Big Cartel Workers Union. Views are my own. http://cella.io
Clio Andris @cl10.bsky.social Atlanta ♡ GIS / VIS
The background banner image is % cloud cover data.
Daniel Epstein @depstein.net Associate Professor, University of California Irvine
https://depstein.net/
Blaine Hoak @blainehoak.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate in Computer Sciences @UWMadison advised by @pdmcdan | secure & trustworthy AI/ML | prev. Ph.D. Intern @Visa Research | she/her 🏳️🌈
Patrick Gage Kelley @pgk.bsky.social Researcher in privacy and safety online.
Lead Trust & Safety Research at Google
Actually an artist, writer, scholar.
Say hi.
SOUPS @soupsconference.bsky.social The 22nd Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2026) will take place on August 23-26, 2026 in Germany. SOUPS brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners in human computer interaction, security, and privacy.
Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social AI for storytelling, games, explainability, safety, ethics. Professor at Georgia Tech. Director of ML Center at GT. Time travel expert. Geek. Dad. he/him
Dr. Jacob Lagogiannis @logas.me F&M Assistant Professor
Usable Privacy and Security Researcher
32yo
https://logas.me
Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor of HCI at Carnegie Mellon studying the psychology of technology. NSF postdoc at NYU, PhD from Cambridge, BA from Stanford. stevenrathje.com
CyLab @cylab.bsky.social CyLab is @cmu.edu's Security & Privacy Institute. Our 300+ researchers are passionate about creating a world in which technology can be trusted. Follow our latest research at https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/.
@fuguux.com @fuguux.com
@fuguux.bsky.social @fuguux.bsky.social
@soniacarleton.bsky.social @soniacarleton.bsky.social
CMU Software & Societal Systems (S3D) @cmus3d.bsky.social At Carnegie Mellon University's Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D), we solve big, complex challenges at the critical intersection of technology and society.
Lexin Zhou @lexinzhou.bsky.social PhD candidate at Princeton | Research on AI Evaluation, Social Computing, AI Safety, RL | https://lexzhou.github.io
James Fogarty @profjayfo.bsky.social
Steven Wu @zstevenwu.bsky.social Computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon. Researcher in machine learning. Algorithmic foundations of responsible AI (e.g., privacy, uncertainty quantification), interactive learning (e.g., imitation/reinforcement learning).
https://zstevenwu.com/
Florian Schaub @fschaub.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Information & CSE, University of Michigan
CMU School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social The School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the world's premier institutions for CS and robotics research and education. We build useful stuff that works!
Wesley Hanwen Deng @wesleydeng.bsky.social Ph.D. @ CMU HCII. Developing tools and processes to support Responsible AI practices on the ground.
Currently focusing on AI red-teaming, auditing, and impact assessment.
Prev. Microsoft Research, Berkeley EECS.
https://www.wesleydeng.com
Zach Levonian @zwlevonian.bsky.social Human–computer interaction researcher. PhD from University of Minnesota. Tacoma, WA. Mastodon: zwlevonian@hci.social
Raelin @raelinm.bsky.social I post iphone photos from Pittsburgh, my hikes, and the occasional poem. More poems https://Medium.com/@RaelinMusuraca
Sanchari Das @drsancharidas.bsky.social Assistant Professor at George Mason University | Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington | specializing in security, privacy, HCI, AR/VR, and accessibility | Prev Institutions : University of Denver, ParityTech, XRSI, and American Express. 🙏
Danny Y. Huang @danny-huang.bsky.social NYU professor in usable security & privacy - https://hdanny.org/
Carolyn Rose, Kavčić-Moura Professor of Lang. Tech. and HCI, CMU @carolynrose.bsky.social I research interactive and explainable Sociotechnical Artificial Intelligence, building models that push the frontier of learnability and generalizability through data-deep exploration as well as technologies that support human collaboration and learning
James Nicholson @nicholson.phd Associate Professor of Human-Centred Cybersecurity at Northumbria University, UK || Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=knEVzDMAAAAJ
Cori Faklaris @heycori1.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at UNC Charlotte researching usable security, privacy, and AI. Director, SPEX research group and UNC Charlotte Cybersecurity Clinic. PhD, CMU HCII. Ex-journo. Cat mom.
Yuxuan Li @yuxuanli1225.bsky.social Second-year PhD student @CMU HCII.
Previously undergrad @Tsinghua CS and research intern @Berkeley AI Research @Berkeley InfoSchool.
https://yuxuanli.com/
Lorrie Cranor @lorriecranor.bsky.social
Pamela Wisniewski @pamwis.bsky.social (She/Mom/Dr.) HCI researcher focused on digital resilience and adolescent online safety. My opinions are my own.
Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer Assistant Professor of Data Science @ Cal Poly SLO
Phd in accessibility, tool-making, vis 📊 @hcii.cmu.edu. Prev: Adobe, Highsoft, Apple, Visa.
Move slo and repair things.
Disabled & making a ttrpg.
www.frank.computer
Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social Professor and Chair at @uw-hcde.bsky.social; Human-Computer Interaction researcher studying tech for health, education, & families; Academic mama. Views are my own.
Sherry Tongshuang Wu @sherrytswu.bsky.social Assist. Prof at CMU, CS PhD at UW. HCI+AI, map general-purpose models to specific use cases!
Shriram Krishnamurthi @shriram.bsky.social Brown Computer Science / Brown University || BootstrapWorld || Pyret || Racket
I'm unreasonably fascinated by, delighted by, and excited about #compsci #education #cycling #cricket and the general human experience.
James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science, Stanford - HCI & Design, Co-Founder & Co-Director Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social
Anhong Guo @anhongguo.bsky.social Assistant prof at UMich.
Amy J. Ko @amyko.phd Professor @ University of Washington Information School. Computing, learning, design, justice, kitties, tacos, coffee, gender, politics, and transit. I write at amyjko.medium.com. I maintain wordplay.dev, bookish.press, adminima.app, reciprocal.reviews.
Debra J Farber @privacyguru.bsky.social Post about Privacy, Security, Ethical Tech, AI & Safety
Vancouver, WA
https://shiftingprivacyleft.buzzsprout.com/
#PrivacySky
Interests: democracy; sci-fi; trivia; puzzles; & my beaglier
Jeremy Epstein @jeremyepstein.bsky.social Former WH OSTP privacy guy. NSF SaTC (cybersecurity and privacy) lead for a decade, now trying to figure out what's next. Dad, grandfather. Personal account, nothing official here.
Miranda Wei @mirandawei.bsky.social recent @uwcse phd grad. digital security, privacy, safety, and how all of the above are sociotechical. she/they.
Pradyumna Shome @pradyumna.bsky.social Security researcher, board gamer, long-distance runner, EDM enthusiast, boba guy, and dancing goat. Spending my tempo rubato admiring pointillism.
pradyumnashome.com
Jose Such @josesuch.bsky.social Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Head of Human-Centred & AI Security, Ethics and Privacy Lab - https://hasp-lab.github.io
Bryan Pendleton @bpguy.bsky.social (he/him) Xoogler, tinkerer, hacker, father, environmentalist and one time chronic early adopter.
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social HCI Assistant Professor at UMich researching accessibility, audio AI, sound interaction, XR, and health. Director, Soundability Lab. Previously, Google, Apple, Microsoft, UW, and MIT Media Lab.
https://dhruv-jain.com
Qiaosi (Chelsea) Wang @qiaosiwang.bsky.social 🐾Carnegie Bosch Postdoc @ Carnegie Mellon HCII
🤖Mutual Theory of Mind, Human-AI Interaction, Responsible AI.
👩🏻🎓Ph.D. from 🐝Georgia Tech HCC. Prev Google Research, IBM Research, UW-Seattle. She/Her.
🔗 http://qiaosiwang.me/
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Martin Shelton @mshelton.bsky.social Security therapist. Deputy director of digital security @freedom.press.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mshelton
Digisec newsletter: https://freedom.press/newsletters
Mary Anne Smart @maryannesmart.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor
Purdue University- S saschafahl @saschafahl.bsky.social Faculty@CISPA; Empirical Security
Mary Ellen Zurko @mzurko.bsky.social CyberSecurity with an emphasis on human use, integration, and impacts. Matron Saint of Usable Security. The only "Mary Ellen Zurko" on the web.
Neilly Tan @neillytan.com phd candidate @ uw hcde ✎ critical data, design systems, privacy, power
↳ pronounced “nee-lee” • she/her ⚢🏳️🌈 • neillytan.com ✧
@kellycaine.bsky.social @kellycaine.bsky.social
Vincent Conitzer @conitzer.bsky.social AI professor. Director, Foundations of Cooperative AI Lab at Carnegie Mellon. Head of Technical AI Engagement, Institute for Ethics in AI (Oxford). Author, "Moral AI - And How We Get There."
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~conitzer/
@haojian.bsky.social @haojian.bsky.social
CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute @hcii.cmu.edu We apply HCI methods to solve real-world problems. We are the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. #cmuhcii
🔴 https://hcii.cmu.edu/
drvotipka @drvotipka.bsky.social @TuftsCS professor. @umdcs Alum. Co-directory of @TSP lab. Interested in usable security in professional contexts.
Personal website: https://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~dvotipka
Lab website: https://tsp.cs.tufts.edu
@michaelvillena.bsky.social @michaelvillena.bsky.social
Sean Munson @smunson.com Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, co-Director of UW ALACRITY Center. Personal informatics & design of collaborative health interventions. Mountains, nature, & casual photography. Views my own. smunson.com
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com {Social, Data, Network, Information} Scientist, @cuboulder.info
Director, University of Colorado Public Interest Data Science Lab, @cupids-lab.org
High-tempo collaboration, information commons, public interest data science
https://www.brianckeegan.com/
Bogdan Vasilescu @vasilescu.bsky.social I shorten academic research papers to fit in 10 pages for a living, at CMU.
https://www.instagram.com/count_scratchula
http://bvasiles.github.io
Jeffrey Heer @jheer.org UW Computer Science Professor. Data, visualization & interaction. UW Interactive Data Lab, Vega, Ex-Trifacta. Sometimes Seattle, manchmal Berlin.
Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social Scientist. Dir. of Usable Security & Privacy at the International Computer Science Institute (icsi.berkeley.edu). Founder, AppCensus (appcensus.io). All opinions are those of his employer(s), and not his own.
https://www.guanotronic.com/~serge/
@sauvik.me's alt @scyrusk.bsky.social You're probably looking for @sauvik.me
yuxi 👩🏻🏫 @yuxiwu.com privacy, design, hiking, photography
postdoc @ northeastern khoury
Katharina Reinecke @katharinareinecke.bsky.social Professor at UW Allen School for Comp Science & Engineering, researching HCI and computing ethics, co-founder of LabintheWild.org
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~reinecke/
https://www.labinthewild.org/
Stephen MacNeil @stevemacn.bsky.social Assistant Professor, HCI Lab Director, Temple University
Currently passionate about computing education, assistive technology, and undergraduate research.
Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social Human-Computer Interaction @ CMU | Critical Computing + STS + Queer Art | he/they | https://jtaylor.lgbt | Incoming Postdoc at the University of Michigan
Joe Calandrino @jcalandrino.bsky.social
Nicolas Christin @nc2y.bsky.social Prof. at Carnegie Mellon University. Computer security, online crime, and assorted online seediness. Reformed(?) hacker. Economic migrant.
📍 Pittsburgh, PA, mostly
🕸️ https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc
Zakir Durumeric @zakird.com Internet Security, Trust, and Safety Researcher. Stanford CS Faculty, Censys Founder and Chief Scientist, ZMap Creator. https://zakird.com/
@lujobauer.bsky.social @lujobauer.bsky.social
Adryana H. @awyrm.bsky.social PhD student at GWU, security, privacy, and disability justice | fake philosopher | any pronouns, she/her is fine
a-wyrm.github.io
Ben Stock @benstock.bsky.social Tenured Faculty @c-i-s-p-a.bsky.social Helmholtz Center for Information Security- P Pratyush Mishra @pratyush.zip Current: Asst Professor at Penn CIS
Past:
Cryptographer at Aleo
Crypto and computer security PhD, UC Berkeley
he/him
Website: pratyush.zip
Photoblog: photos.pratyush.zip
Gianluca Stringhini @gianlucastringhini.com Associate Professor at BU. Cybersecurity and Cybersafety. Come for the memes, stay for the science. Skeets are my own
Maarten Sap @maartensap.bsky.social Working on #NLProc for social good.
Currently at LTI at CMU. 🏳🌈
Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee @hankhplee.bsky.social PhD student @CMU HCII | Prev: IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Brave
I develop tools that assist AI practitioners in identifying, reasoning about, and mitigating privacy risks during the development of AI products.
https://hankhplee.com/
Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social security, privacy, people
pointy-headed academic, phillies enjoyer
still tomorrow's gonna be another working day / just trying to get some rest
Eytan Adar @eytan.adar.prof Michigan faculty, http://www.cond.org
Daniel Zappala @zappala.bsky.social human-centered security research at BYU
Amy Zhang @axz.bsky.social Associate professor of social computing at UW CSE, leading @socialfutureslab.bsky.social
social.cs.washington.edu
Nilou Salehi @nilou.bsky.social hci+ai
co-founder/co-ceo @Across AI
prof @UC Berkeley
gif whisperer | 🐱🐱 mom
👩🏻🏫 niloufar.org
👩🏻💻 across.ai | https://bsky.app/profile/across-ai.bsky.social
Benjamin Berens @reaktanz.bsky.social Psychologist with phd in computer science conducting research in the area of cyber security and privacy
Mahmood Sharif @mahmoods01.bsky.social S&P researcher. SCS@TAU.
Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Former director of HCIL. Steering Committee Chair-Elect for CSCW. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com
Come for the academic expertise. Stay for the cookie content.
Collins Munyendo @collinsmunyendo.bsky.social Postdoc at UC Berkeley and Incoming Asst. Prof at NUS
Human factors in computer security and privacy
https://collinsmunyendo.github.io/
Franzi Roesner @franziroesner.bsky.social Professor (computer security and privacy, broadly construed) in the Allen School of CSE at the University of Washington. Also spend my time on parenting, reading, exercising, and writing poetry. She/her.
https://www.franziroesner.com
Kami Vaniea @kaniea.bsky.social Usable Security and Privacy researcher
Willie Agnew @willie-agnew.bsky.social Queer in AI 🏳️🌈 | postdoc at cmu HCII | ostem |william-agnew.com | views my own | he/they
Eran Toch @eranto.bsky.social I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.