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
Differential Privacy and Changing the World
An interview with Assistant Professor Xi He, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo, Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, and CPI Member.
Professor XI He talks about her research and teaching, as well as the salient topics surrounding her research in differential privacy.
Making Waves in Cybersecurity and Privacy through Interdisciplinary Research
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 Technologies Joins the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute at the University of Waterloo
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 welcomes new interim Associate Director
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.
Events
Eye Data & AI Summit
The School of Optometry & Vision Science, alongside the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB), Waterloo.AI, Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute are hosting a full-day summit on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Gathering experts in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and privacy, leaders from the optometry profession in Canada, and industry to work collectively towards a national vision repository. Summit activities will include a combination of panel presentations and workshops to share use cases, identify needs, potential challenges and considerations required to develop infrastructure to receive, de-identify and organize vision and health data by optometry.