Travis D. Breaux Carnegie Mellon University Travis D. Breaux
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Institute for Software Research
School of Computer Science
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Funded Research Projects

We currently have projects in legal requirements, privacy and security, and mobility; each examining a different aspect of policy and software. For a list of current and past projects, including collaborators and publications, see our research lab website. Current funding includes the following awards:

  • $175,000, DHS Award #2006-CS-001-000001, via the I3P, Feb 2011 - Jul 2012
  • $72,050, HPL IRP Award #CW267287 and HP Cloud & Security Lab, Oct 2011 - Sep 2012
  • $119,809, Naval Postgraduate School Award #N00244-12-1-0014, Oct 2011 - Sep 2012
  • $130,829, National Security Agency, Dec 2011 - Nov 2012

Current Students

Dave Gordon, Ph.D. Student in Engineering and Public Policy (EPP). Mr. Gordon is an IGERT Fellow in the Center for Usable Privacy and Security (CUPS). His interests include information technology regulatory compliance, socio-technical systems, and technology in education.

Moses James, Ph.D. Student in Software Engineering (SE). Mr. James is working with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) on context-aware computing for mobile applications.

Hanan Hibshi, Ph.D. Student in Computers, Organization and Society (COS). Ms. Hibshi is interested in usable security and privacy.

New Students

If you are a student currently enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University, make an appointment to drop by my office in 5122 Wean Hall. To join our research group, you must be a student at Carnegie Mellon University. There are many great programs to consider, for example:

The choice of which program to apply to depends on one's preferences with regard to your professional and intellectual interests, curriculum requirements, other student interests in the programs, etc.