Umar Iqbal

I am an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Washington University in St. Louis.

My research focuses on computer security and privacy. Specifically, I focus on bringing transparency and control in computing systems to empower users, platforms, and regulators to improve user privacy and security. Current focus areas include AI, web, and technology policy.

Honored to receive the NSF CAREER Award to make agentic web interactions more reliable
Serving as Student Travel Grant Chair for ACM IMC 2026
Talk at Stanford Security Lunch
Serving on the USENIX Security 2026 Program Committee—consider submitting your work!
Organizing Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2) Workshop 2026 (co-located with PETS)
Talk on agentic systems security at DuckDuckGo
Contributed to Web Almanac Generative AI Chapter
Organizing MADWeb 2026-27 Workshop (co-located with NDSS)