2024-03-06 CERIAS - The Fault in Our Stars: How Reputation Systems Fail in Practice
Recorded: 03/06/2024 CERIAS Security Seminar at Purdue University The Fault in Our Stars: How Reputation Systems Fail in Practice Alejandro Cuevas, Carnegie Mellon University Alejandro is a 5th year PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University in Societal Computing, advised by Prof. Nicolas Christin. He is interested in measuring social influence in online communities adjacent to underground economies. His recent work focuses on how reputation is leveraged in anonymous marketplaces, p2p marketplaces, and cryptocurrency communities. He is a recipient of a CMU Cylab Presidential Fellowship, as well as a IEEE S\&\;amp\;P Distinguished Paper Award. Prior to CMU, he obtained a B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University, where he worked with Prof. Peng Liu and Prof. Xinyu Xing on a variety of systems security projects. A Paraguayan native, Alejandro has been invited to talk about his work at the Paraguayan Central Bank and the Paraguayan National Police. \(Visit: www.cerias.purdue.edu\)