Kassem Fawaz

Kassem Fawaz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on security, privacy, and mobile computing, with applications in social robotics, generative AI, and adversarial machine learning. He teaches graduate-level courses including Advanced Computer Security, Master's Research, and Independent Study in Electrical & Computer Engineering.

• Education: PhD (2017) and MS (2011) from the University of Michigan, BE (2009) from the American University of Beirut

His work addresses challenges in privacy-preserving analytics, model robustness, and ethical AI, leveraging commodity devices for secure systems. Recent publications explore social media algorithms, black-box attacks, and family dynamics in generative AI use.

Key scientific awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2020), Caspar Bowden Award (2019), and multiple student travel grants from ACM, PETS, and USENIX. He has supervised graduate research projects and taught core security courses since 2023.