Picture of Apu

Apu Kapadia, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Computer Science
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Indiana University Bloomington

Bio Publications CV
Contact Photos

Research Interests

My research focuses on computer security and privacy with an emphasis on usable security and human centered computing. A large body of my research has focused on privacy in the context of the Internet of Things ('IoT') and ubiquitous computing (where computers are 'everywhere' and not always accompanied by a display or keyboard), as well as social networks.

My recent work is centered on privacy in the context of pervasive photography, where in this case digital cameras are 'everywhere' (e.g., as smartphones or wearable cameras), and photo sharing has become more socially networked. I am also examining how cameras as assistive devices can improve privacy for people with visual impairments. With smart voice assistants gaining popularity, I have begun to explore privacy in the context of audio and speech based interactions with these devices.

In the past I was intrigued by 'accountable anonymity' (how do you hold an anonymous misbehaving user accountable for their actions when they are indeed anonymous?) and applying crowdsourcing to security problems.

Visit the Privacy Lab's homepage for more information about our group's research.

Teaching

Undergraduate
I-230: Analytical Foundations of Security: Fall 2012, Fall 2015
I-308: Information Representation: Spring 2011
INFO-I/CSCI-B 430: Security For Networked Systems: Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
INFO-I/CSCI-B 433: Systems & Protocol Security & Information Assurance: Spring 2017, Spring 2018

Undergraduate/Graduate
I-430/520: Security For Networked Systems: Spring 2013, Spring 2015
I-433/533: Systems & Protocol Security & Information Assurance: Spring 2012
INFO-I400/H400/I590 Advanced Security and Privacy: Spring 2010
CS 38: Security and Privacy (Dartmouth College): Fall 2007

Graduate
CSCI A-542: Technical Foundations of Cybersecurity: Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
CSCI-P 538 Computer Networks: Fall 2013, Fall 2014
CSCI-B 649/INFO-I 590: Advanced Topics in Privacy: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2016

Advising

PhD Students
Alicia Freel
Sabid Bin Habib
Sabila Nawshin

Graduated PhD Students
Imtiaz Ahmad, Assistant Profesor, Grand Valley State University
Taslima Akter, Postdoc (CIFellow), UC Irvine
Yasmeen Rashidi, Assistant Professor, Umm Al Qura University
Rakib Hasan, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Tousif Ahmed, Privacy Engineer, Google
Qatrunnada Ismail, Assistant Professor, King Saud University
Roberto Hoyle, Associate Professor, Oberlin College
Shirin Nilizadeh, Assistant Professor, UT Arlington
Robert Templeman, Executive Director of Cybersecurity Innovation, Indiana University

Former Postdocs
Sameer Patil, Associate Professor at University of Utah

I was privileged to know
Patrick Tsang, obituary

Poker Odds in Texas Hold'em? I do not recommend gambling, but it was a fun coding project in grad school.