Kyle Crichton, PhD
Kyle is a Research Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he works on the CyberAI Project. Prior to joining CSET, he was a doctoral student in the Engineering and Public Policy Department at Carnegie Mellon University. His research has focused on the privacy and security of AI systems, use of machine learning in online tracking, and user web browsing behavior. He holds a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, an MS in Cybersecurity and an MPA from Syracuse University, and an AB in Government from Harvard University.
PhD Dissertation:
Kyle Crichton. Tracking User Web Browsing Behavior: Privacy Harms and Security Benefits. Carnegie Mellon University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. 2023. View Here
Email:
kyle.crichton@georgetown.edu
Mailing Address:
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
500 First St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Recent News and Research
Our most recent publication that examines how people browse the internet. We identify major changes in browsing patterns over the past two decades, observe that users today spend over 50% of their time on a mere 32 different websites, and examine how users get to low-visited periphery sites.
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Our current research that uses patterns in people's web browsing to accurately predict when they are about to land on a malicious web page. We reproduced our results across two disparate browsing datasets, one from users in the United States and another from those in Japan.
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This study examines how the method of conducting an online interview can bias the data that is collected. We find that interview mode does not substantially affect the interview data and the observed differences primarily relate to logistics.
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