Norman Sadeh is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and co-director of its Privacy Engineering Program. A pioneer in AI and privacy research, he has driven advances in online privacy, cybersecurity, human-AI interaction, mobile/IoT systems, and user-oriented machine learning.
Sadeh co-founded major academic programs — including a PhD in Societal Computing and an MBA track in Technology Strategy — and leads labs focused on mobile commerce and e-supply-chain management at CMU.
He also founded Wombat Security Technologies, a cybersecurity-training company acquired by Proofpoint in 2018, with its protection tools now used by many large global enterprises. Through his research and entrepreneurship, Sadeh has shaped how AI and machine learning are used to safeguard privacy, secure IoT environments, and promote trustworthy, human-centered AI systems.
