Pardis Emami-Naeini

Dr. Pardis Emami-Naeini is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Duke University and a Duke Science and Technology Scholar. Her research focuses on developing usable privacy and security solutions that empower individuals from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds to engage in safer, more informed interactions with technology. Her work has been featured by several media outlets, such as Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, and has influenced key organizations, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Consumer Reports, and the World Economic Forum, in creating usable and informative security and privacy labels for smart devices. Dr. Emami-Naeini earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020. She received the 2024 Google Research Scholar Award and has been recognized as a Rising Star in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2019) and a CMU CyLab Presidential Fellow (2019–2020).