Carnegie Mellon University

Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity (IDeaS)

CMU's center for the study of disinformation, hate speech and extremism online

IDeaS Center for Informed Democracy & Social-cybersecurity

Our Faculty and Students

We work to develop a national community of scholars, practitioners and policymakers who collaborate to develop the theories, applications, educational practices and policies needed to foster an informed democratic society in a cybermediated environment.

Adjunct Faculty

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Iain Cruickshank
IDeaS and CASOS

Postdocs

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Iuliia Alieva

Post-doctoral Associate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Scott Leo Renshaw

Scott Leo Renshaw

Post-doctoral Associate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Graduate Students

Daniele Bellutta

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department
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Druta Bhatt

Public Policy & Management
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Judeth Oden Choi

Human Computer Interaction Institute
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Jiajia Hu

HCII: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Catherine King

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Christine Lepird

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department
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James Michelson

Knight Fellow
Philosophy
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Isabel Murdock

Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jack Parker

Knight Fellow
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Samantha Phillips

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department
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Sakthi Kumar Arul Prakash

Knight Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
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Christopher Rodriguez

Knight Fellow
Behavioral Marketing & Decision Research

Mansi Sood

Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

Joshua Uyheng

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Staff

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Sienna Watkins

Manager
CASOS Center, Center for IDeaS
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Richelle Brown-Robinson

Administrative Assistant
CASOS Center, Center for IDeaS

Associated People

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Randall F. Trzeciak

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI

Daniel L. Costa

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI

Andrew P. Moore

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI
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Dr. William Claycomb

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI

Robert Thibadeau 

Bright Plaza, Inc.

Former Members

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Janice Blane

Former Knight Fellow

Thomas Magelinski

Former Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Dr. David Danks

Department of Philosophy

University of California San Diego

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Cori Faklaris

Former Knight Fellow
Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Ramon Villa-Cox

Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
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Kiron Skinner

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Jeremy Straughter

Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
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Ashique KhudaBukhsh

Language Technologies Institute

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Douglas Sicker

College of Engineering, Design and Computing
University of Colorado Denver
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Matthew Babcock

Post-doctoral Associate
Institute for Software Research

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Nick Byrd

Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Humanities and Social Sciences

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Aurelia Augusta

Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
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Mason Broxham

Former Knight Fellow
Philosophy

Aman Tyagi

Former Knight Fellow
Engineering and Public Policy
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Ryan Kenny

Engineering and Public Policy

Associated Groups Past Students
DFRL Labs - Atlantic Council Lt. Col. David Beskow, PhD
SEI/CERT Division - Carnegie Mellon University Sumeet Kumar PhD
Iain Cruickshank, PhD
Rebecca Hehl, Engineering and Public Policy