Abubakar Aziz

Presenting "Optimal Fair Learning Robust to Adversarial Distribution Shift" at #ICML2025 (openreview.net/pdf?id=TGcXwWd…) 📍East Exhibition Hall A-B #E-1001 ⏲️16th July, 4:30-7PM Please have a look, and do stop by if it sounds interesting to you! RT's appreciated😊Summary to follow

We systematize developments in web tracking and identify open problems in our new work: arxiv.org/abs/2506.14057 w/ Yohan @Shaoor_Munir Gunes @nataliabielova @s_englehardt @umaarr6 @kapravel @RockPartridge @nicknikiforakis @jpolakis @franziroesner @zubair_shafiq @SZimmeck

🚨 #PETS2025 paper on consent revocation on 200 popular websites! ⚖️ Violations: ❌ 49% websites offer illegal revocation interfaces ❌ 66% fail to store or communicate revocation correctly ❌ 57% of websites store tracking cookies after revocation 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2411.15414

🚨Our paper on understanding Tracking, Profiling, and Personalization in Generative AI Assistants has been accepted @USENIXSecurity '25! (w/ @pcallejop, @ammandalari, @zubair_shafiq) Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16586… Checkout the thread for more details! #usenix #GenAI

And now I am seeking candidates interested in applying for a Tenured Research Position @Inria to join the new team! 🙌 Please reach out to express your interest before the end of October 2024! 👉 More info here: www-sop.inria.fr/members/Natali…

📢 I am seeking candidates interested in applying for a Tenured Research Position @Inria to join my team! The interested candidate must reach out and express their interest before the end of October 2024. 👉 More info here: www-sop.inria.fr/members/Natali…

Amazing work!

📢Paper accepted at @ACM_IMC_2024 How do Smart TVs profile viewing activity of its users? We look at the tracking conducted directly by the Smart TV platforms via ACR to understand privacy implications in UK vs US. @giaanselmi, @Homiefe, @pcallejop, @ammandalari, @zubair_shafiq

#Google has been found guilty of violating #antitrust law. @Northeastern researchers looked at Google’s own argument –– and still found the tech giant dominates nearly every part of the search market. Read more: bit.ly/4fKAUjK

Thanks to @adexchanger for publishing my column on why the end of GARM is a reset, not a setback. Link: adexchanger.com/data-driven-th… More of my thoughts here: linkedin.com/posts/arielles…

Super happy to present our @USENIXSecurity paper on measuring effects of dark patterns on consent decisions next week in Philadelphia !

In new research, Shaoor Munir, Konrad Kollnig, Anastasia Shuba and Zubair Shafi explore how the #DataVampire Google uses its web browser, Chrome, to maintain its dominance in other online markets, particularly advertising and search. promarket.org/2024/08/08/chr…

On my way to Bristol to attend and give a keynote at #PETS2024 @PET_Symposium! If you're around, come say hi! The program this year is fascinating! petsymposium.org/2024/

I’m happy to announce that our paper, “Market or Markets? Investigating Google Search's Market Shares Under Vertical Segmentation,” won Best Paper Honorable Mention at @icwsm with @jeffreylgleason , @whocheers @bowlinearl , @RERobertson and @nikenberger ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWS…