My name is Maaz Bin Musa and I am entering my 5th year as a Computer Science PhD student at The University of Iowa.
I am being advised by Dr. Rishab Nithyanand who also runs the SPARTA lab.
My work is best described as the intersection of privacy measurement and natural language processing. More concretely, my work focuses on auditing
data flows online and identifying entities involved in these flows. More recently, I have expanded my work to quantifying
compliance of these entities using natural language processing (NLP) techniques. My goal is to create a more transparent and accountable
online space for users.
Nov 2023
3MT Peoples choice award Link
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Nov 2023
Presented at Graduate Research Symposium Link.Sep 2023
Developed a PDF summarizer web extension LinkAug 2023
Developed a rain prediction telegram bot LinkMay 2023
Served as a artifact reviewer for PETS 23.Jun 2023
Paper Accepted "Forms of Disclosure" @ Harvard JOLT 23.
May 2023
Guest lecturer in Privacy Law and Technology (Privacy starter kit).Jul 2022
Awarded Best Paper Runner Up Award @ PETS 22
Jul 2022
Presented @ PETS 22Jul 2022
Attended PETS 22
May 2022
Started Internship @ ICSI Berkeley 22 
May 2022
Paper Accepted "ATOM" @ PETS 22
Nov 2021
Paper Accepted "Act or React" @ ICWSM 22
Jun 2020
Paper Accepted "CanaryTrap" @ PETS 20
Aug 2019
Started my PhD @ UIowa 
May 2019
Left TPI Lab @ LUMS