Riccardo Paccagnella

Hi! I am an assistant professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, where I am a core faculty member in S3D and CyLab and have a courtesy appointment in ECE. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science (2023) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I was advised by Chris Fletcher.

My research interests are in system and hardware security. Recently, my work has been focusing on uncovering and mitigating new classes of microarchitectural vulnerabilities and their impact on secure software. In the past, I also worked on improving the security of operating system audit frameworks.


Teaching


Students

I am grateful to work with a team of amazing students.

PhD students:

I am looking for students! If you are interested in joining my group, please apply to CMU and mention my name in your application(s). I can advise students from several programs, including the SC, SE, CSD, and ECE PhD programs. Among these, your best bet to work with me is to apply specifically to the Societal Computing (SC) PhD program, which has no application fees and is one of the programs with the strongest focus on security and privacy research in CMU’s School of Computer Science. Also, if you are a US citizen from an underrepresented group or first-gen college student, consider applying for the GEM (deadline mid-November) or the CMU Rales fellowships.


Peer-reviewed publications


Contact information

I am best reached at rpaccagn@cs.cmu.edu.