Regular biography
Carmela Troncoso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Her research focuses on privacy and security in communication systems. She is affiliated with multiple groups including SPRING, SIN, SSC, and CYBER GROUP. Troncoso teaches courses such as Privacy at the Communication Layer (CS-721) and supervises PhD students. She has directed the theses of several EPFL doctoral candidates.
Scholar-generated biography
Carmela Troncoso is a researcher focused on privacy and security, with a particular emphasis on protecting user data in digital environments. Her work explores strategies to safeguard location privacy against localization attacks, the development of privacy-preserving technologies for proximity tracing, and the design of systems that balance utility with confidentiality. She has also investigated membership inference attacks on aggregate location data and the effectiveness of digital contact tracing. Her research includes the creation of privacy-friendly insurance models and the analysis of risks associated with client-side scanning. Troncoso's contributions span both theoretical frameworks and practical implementations, aiming to enhance privacy in mobile and networked systems.