Omer Akgul

Postdoc @CyLab/@S3DatCMU. PhD from @umdcs.

[EMNLP 2026 @emnlpmeeting]

Senior Area Chair Highlights (7/9)

[Noura N. Alomar @Noura_7N]

If you are a privacy lawyer, please consider participating in our anonymous survey! We'd greatly appreciate your help.

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

Forgot to say this is a @SOUPSConference workshop😅. Submit! Submit! Submit!

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

📢📢📢WSIW is back for the 10th(!) time📢📢📢

Submit your work on security & privacy professionals. We accept many formats, get feedback on your work and/or publicize your research!

Last year was awesome, this year will be too!

~10 days left to submit: https://t.co/tbjwZVI8AV

[Joe Calandrino @inplaintext]

Evaluation of Ad Transparency Systems
(@kevinbryson_, @arthurborem, Moh, @_oakgul, @LauraEdelson2, @christinegeeng, Lauinger, @mmazurek_, McCoy, Ur - @UChicagoCS @umdcs @CyLab @KhouryCollege @nyutandon) #ConPro24
https://t.co/LEr0KC4iCz

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

The @FCC order gets many things right; however, it falls short of addressing several crucial consumer needs. See our (research based) list of suggested changes to substantially improve the label.

[CyLab @CyLab]

(1/6) @CyLab director @lorrietweet along with Yuvraj Agarwal and @_oakgul joined forces with @ConsumerReports to request amendments to the @FCC's Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things Order, to be voted on by the #FCC this week: https://t.co/TmTnStGeYn

[picoCTF @picoctf]

🚀 Announcement: picoCTF 2024 Registration Opens February 1st! 🥳
Attention hackers, coders, and cybersecurity enthusiasts!
🎉 We're thrilled to announce that registration for @CarnegieMellon #picoCTF2024 officially opens on February 1st.

[swisscyberstorm @swisscyberstorm]

The Swiss Federal Government has adopted a report on ethical hacking referencing two @swisscyberstorm 2023 speakers: @EdOverflow and @_oakgul. Read the report here (in German and French): https://t.co/fEf0OivaRP
Watch all SCS talks here: https://t.co/T4IWsfoWad
#SCS23 #bugbounty

[swisscyberstorm @swisscyberstorm]

Speaking at @swisscyberstorm 2023:
@_oakgul: “Bug Hunters’ Perspectives on the Challenges and Benefits of the Bug Bounty Ecosystem” To improve bug bounties, it is important to understand the hunters.
Tickets: https://t.co/CI6KHF0LDo #SCS23

[swisscyberstorm @swisscyberstorm]

Speakering at @swisscyberstorm 2023:
@_oakgul: “Bug Hunters’ Perspectives on the Challenges and Benefits of the Bug Bounty Ecosystem”
To improve bug bounties, it is important to understand the hunters.
Program: https://t.co/caloImlPHt
Tickets: https://t.co/CI6KHF1jsW
#SCS23

[FTC @FTC]

FTC seeks research presentations for #PrivacyCon 2024!

March 6 virtual event will focus on research on topics such as #AI, health-related surveillance, and children and teen #privacy: https://t.co/Y2RZbGkHwL #PrivacyCon24

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

I had a great time. Thanks for letting me pick your brain an a couple followup ideas!

[Louis Nyffenegger @snyff]

I had the chance to catch up with @_oakgul this morning!

He worked on an amazing paper on "Bug Hunters’ Perspectives on the Challenges and Benefits of the Bug Bounty Ecosystem"

A few things I didn't expect, definitely worth a read!

https://t.co/jBSaVMmPIZ

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

cc: @aalaszka @AmitElazari

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

Thanks! Such an honor! This paper was a lot of work over the last couple years. Wouldn't be possible without my collaborators.

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

This analysis is perhaps the least convincing of the series (not saying it doesn't have merit). It's the last sentence in the post that's really damning.

[Data Colada @DataColada]

Data Falsificada Part 4 - "Forgetting the Words"
Data tampering in this JPSP 2020 article is revealed by a variable that was collected but not analyzed, and thus left behind when the other variables were tampered with

https://t.co/I7RfmLZaQj

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

Send me an email/message if you need a day or two more to submit. I'll see what we can do.

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

The Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW) is happening again this year! We take papers up to 6 pages but shorter submissions (including preliminary work) are also welcome! The deadline is midnight today!

https://t.co/6aNvMsKGk2

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

It's a SOUPS workshop happening right before USENIX Security. You can expect a lively discussion of your work!

[Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) @CollegeParkMC2]

Graduate students @stack__trace and @_oakgul have been awarded seed grants @CollegeParkMC2 to further their research on misleading VPN advertisements.

Learn more: https://t.co/mPJUdBCzLA

[Omer Akgul @_oakgul]

@adamaviv @dgbalash @gwengineering @urichmond Wow! Congrats!