Eran Toch, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Maayan Roichman, Ph.D., post-doctoral researcher
Working on the work of AI engineers

Harpreet Singh, Ph.D., post-doctoral researcher
Working on machine learning and app debloating

Luiza Rezende, Ph.D. candidate, co-advised with Prof. Michael Birnhack
Working on fairness and privacy

Michael Khavkin, Ph.D. candidate
Working on human aspects of differential privacy

Danielle Movsowitz Davidow, Ph.D. candidate
Working on verifiable differential privacy

Noam Sheena, Masters student
Working on Identifying Dark Patterns in Mobile Applications

Yuval Goldenstein, Masters student, co-advised with Yoni Birman
Working on Data Sensitivity Analysis

Daniel Drori, Masters student
Working on Cognitive Aspects of Dark Patterns

Rottem Botton, Masters student
Working on Impromptu Contact Tracing

Group Alumni – Ph.Ds & Post Doctoral Fellows

1. Tamir Mendel, Doctoral Student (graduated 2022).
   Dissertation title: “Collective Online Safety Support for Older Adults”.
   Currently: Post-doctoral Researcher at NYU
2. Oshrat Ayalon, Doctoral Student (graduated 2021).
   Dissertation title: “User-Centered Privacy-by-Design”.
   Currently: Post-doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute
3. Frank Bolton, Doctoral Student (graduated 2021). Co-advised with Prof. Dov Te’eni. Dissertation title: “Mental Load-based Interruption Management”.
4. Rony Hirshpung, Doctoral Student (graduated 2016). Co-advised with Prof. Oded Maimon. Dissertation title: “Optimizing Privacy Choices”.
   Currently: Faculty member at Ariel University
5. Amit Rechavi, Post-doctoral Researcher (graduated 2019).
   Currently: Faculty member at Rupin
6. Hadas Chassidim, Post-doctoral Researcher (graduated 2016).
   Currently: Faculty member at SCE

Group Alumni – Master Students

1. Assaf Morag, M.A. thesis (graduated 2024)
   Thesis title: DPAR: a Data-driven Password Recommendation System
2. Jinmo Huang, Intern from Beijing Foreign Studies University.
   Working on peer help in mobile safety.
3. Eilat Lev Ari (graduated 2023)
   Thesis title: Product Managers Role in Incorporating Values into Digital Products
4. Doron Hillman, M.A. thesis (graduated 2023), co-advised with Dr. Yaniv Harel. Thesis title: Evaluating organizational anti-phishing campaigns on an enterprise scale”
5. Maya Arditi, M.A. thesis (graduated 2021), co-advised with Prof. Irad Ben-Gal. Thesis title: Privacy-Preserving Synthesis of Human Mobility Location Sequences.
6. Shahaf Donio, M.A. thesis (graduated 2019)
   Thesis title: “From Smart Cities to Smart Neighborhoods: What Drives Residents to Adopt Municipal Urban Technologies”
7. Ruth Sarig, M.A. thesis (graduated 2020), co-advised with Ran Wolff
   Thesis title: “Churn and Profile Deletion in Online Social Networks”
8. Ayelet Arditi, M.A. thesis (graduated 2018)
   Thesis title: “Inferential Location Privacy through Dimension Reduction”
9. Yoni Birman, M.A. thesis (graduated 2017)
   Thesis title: “Inferential Location Privacy through Dimension Reduction”
10. Netta Rager, M.A. thesis (graduated 2017), co-advised with Noam Shomron
    Thesis title: “Protecting Privacy in Personalized Genomic Databases”
11. Lena Petrykina, M.A. thesis (graduated 2017)
    Thesis title: “Incentivizing Users to Follow Information Security Practices”
12. Gabi Cohen, M.A. thesis, co-advised with Prof. Irad Ben-Gal (graduated 2015) Thesis title: “Analyzing Mobility Patterns with Zero-Knowledge Routine Diaries”
13. Omer Barak, M.A. thesis (graduated 2015)
    Thesis title: “Bootstrapping Semantic Locations from Human Mobility Data”
14. Hadar Shtern Salem, M.A. project (graduated 2021)
    Project title: “Views of Personal Genetics Testing and the Effect of Cancer Statistics”
15. Tsila Hamer, undergraduate research assistant (2014)
16. Hadar Neumann, undergraduate student project (2013).
    Project title: “Similarity in Privacy Behaviors”
17. Inbal Levi, graduate research assistant (2013)
18. Adi Nesher, undergraduate Student project (2012)
    Project title: “Smartphone Privacy Control Preferences Analysis”