SPARTA at UIowa


The Sentinels for Privacy-Aware and Responsible Technological Advancement (SPARTA) lab is a team of researchers at the University of Iowa who enjoy working towards improving privacy, accountability, and safety of Internet-connected emerging technologies and platforms. Beyond technical research and solutions, the team is also interested in achieving a better understanding of the underlying economic, social, legal, and ethical issues that make online privacy, accountability, and safety difficult to achieve.


join us!

The SPARTA lab is always interested in recruiting talented and self-motivated undergraduates (already at the University of Iowa) and Ph.D. students who want to improve the privacy and safety of emerging technologies. If that's you, please read the lab manifesto and get in touch with Prof. Rishab Nithyanand to discuss research opportunities available within the lab.


ongoing research


acknowledgements

The SPARTA lab is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Air Force Research Laboratory, Google Research, and the University of Iowa.

Our research would not be possible without the support of our sponsors, the Department of Computer Science, and the CLAS Linux Group.