Florian Schaub

Florian Schaub is a Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information, specializing in privacy, cybersecurity, and human-computer interaction. His work focuses on user-centric privacy mechanisms, including privacy policy analysis, usable security tools, and ethical implications of emerging technologies like VR and AI. He collaborates widely with researchers in computer science, social sciences, and policy domains.

Key research areas include consumer privacy in digital ecosystems, security-aware design, and privacy implications of smart home technology. Schaub leads studies on data breach notifications, phishing mitigation, and privacy controls in mobile and web applications. His interdisciplinary approach bridges technical solutions with user behavior insights, aiming to improve transparency and empowerment in technology use.

Publications span conferences like CHI, SOUPS, and USENIX Security, emphasizing empirical studies and system designs addressing real-world privacy challenges. He has co-authored over 130 papers and contributed to initiatives like Polisis, an NLP tool for analyzing privacy policies at scale.