Welcome to the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute

Facilitating collaborative research and training

Cybersecurity and privacy are emerging as central issues our society needs to tackle in the coming decade to secure our future. The Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI) at the University of Waterloo, is tackling these challenges head-on by fostering interdisciplinary research collaborations and increasing the visibility and strength of Waterloo's cybersecurity and privacy research. CPI is advancing discovery and partnerships in numerous application areas including:

  • Quantum computing & communication
  • Data science
  • Cryptography
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Policy & Legal
  • Social impacts of security and privacy

CPI’s vision is to be internationally recognized as a leading interdisciplinary research institute making significant impacts in improving information security and human privacy. Waterloo is uniquely capable of devising effective cybersecurity and privacy tools and technologies, commercializing these advancements, developing the next generation of cybersecurity leaders, and leading industry-academic collaboration. 


News

A chat with CPI member Leah Zhang-Kennedy about making her own mark in the globally impactful field of cybersecurity and privacy as an Assistant Professor in interaction design and user experience research, and director of the Safe Interactions Lab at the University of Waterloo’s Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business.

BTQ is pleased to announce its sponsorship with the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (“CPI”) at the University of Waterloo and establishing a multi-year relationship for R&D collaboration

CPI is excited to announce Diogo Barradas as interim Associate Director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI). Barradas has been a member of CPI since 2022 and assumes the role while the previous Associate Director, Anindya Sen, fills in as Acting Executive Director to cover a sabbatical.

The University of Waterloo, in partnership with the Perimeter Institute, hosted the TRuST Scholarly Network’s “Conversations on Artificial Intelligence: Should It Be Trusted?”lecture on Wednesday, January 17 as part of their series “Conversation on….”.

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