Muhammad Talha Paracha
PhD Student
Education
- Bachelor of Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology – Pakistan
Biography
Muhammad Talha Paracha is a computer science doctoral student at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences, advised by David Choffnes. Talha's research revolves around conducting large-scale internet measurements to help improve the security and privacy of online systems.
A native of Pakistan, Talha graduated from the National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad with a Bachelor of Software Engineering. Talha is currently exploring different projects related to internet measurements and computer security and privacy. In the past, he conducted research in the areas of deep learning and computer vision. His goal is to help make the frequent security breaches and privacy leaks a thing of the past. Going forward, Talha would like to become an industry researcher.
Recent Publications
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Blocking without Breaking: Identification and Mitigation of Non-Essential IoT Traffic
Citation: Mandalari,A., Dubois,D., Kolcun,R., Paracha,M., Haddadi,H. & Choffnes,D.(2021). Blocking Without Breaking: Identification and Mitigation of Non-Essential IoT Traffic. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies,2021(4) 369-388. DOI: 10.2478/popets-2021-0075 -
When Speakers Are All Ears: Characterizing Misactivations of IoT Smart Speakers
Citation: Dubois, D. J., Kolcun, R., Mandalari, A. M., Paracha, M. T., Choffnes, D., & Haddadi, H. (2020). When speakers are all ears: Characterizing misactivations of iot smart speakers. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2020(4), 255–276. https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2020-0072