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Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, today announced it is collaborating with the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI) at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, to support critical research related to protecting and preserving data privacy and security.

Dr. Alfred Menezes, has launched a short "Kyber and Dilithium" course. The CPI member recently published an online course that introduces the quantum-safe key encapsulation and signature schemes based on lattices that were standardized by the US government's National Institute for Standards and Technology last month.
 

Congratulations to Vasisht Duddu and Rasoul Akhavan Mahdavi, the 2024 winners of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Excellence Graduate Scholarships. Generously sponsored by MasterCard and BTQ, each of these graduate students will receive $10,000 for attaining this prestigious award. We had many high calibre applicants for this year's scholarships, the competition was the highest level it has been since the inception of this award in 2019.

Explore the scholarly journey and legacy of CPI’s inaugural executive director, Florian Kerschbaum, and his globally impactful research as part of our ongoing Spotlight Series.

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute hosted a unique interdisciplinary workshop on campus that brought together University of Waterloo faculty, staff, and students, as well as industry representatives and visiting academics. Attendees spent an enjoyable and thought-provoking day Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Enterprise Theatre in East Campus 5 exploring algorithmic game theory by hearing perspectives from both economists and computer scientists in a special speaker/presentation format organized and led by CPI’s Acting Executive Director, Anindya Sen.

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.

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.