Projects
Research systems I've built — published at top venues in privacy and web measurement.
Google Topics API Privacy Audit
WWW 2026
Measured whether Google's Topics API can be abused to infer users' demographics and sensitive interests from browsing history. Found predictive signals in 17 of 19 traits.
- Python
- scikit-learn
- JavaScript
- Chrome DevTools Protocol
IAB Global Privacy Platform Measurement
Under Submission
Measuring how consent strings actually propagate under the IAB Global Privacy Platform across the web.
- Python
- Apache Spark
- Web Crawling
Third Parties — Web Almanac 2025
HTTP Archive Web Almanac
Co-authored the Third Parties chapter of the 2025 HTTP Archive Web Almanac, analyzing third-party resource usage across millions of websites.
Google Search Market Share Analysis
★ Best Paper Honourable MentionICWSM 2024
First large-scale analysis of Google Search's market share under vertical segmentation, using real browsing trace data from a US panel.
- Python
- Apache Spark
- AWS
- pandas
CCPA Privacy Signal Measurement System
PoPETS 2024(4)
Built a distributed crawler and audit pipeline to measure CCPA opt-out signal propagation across thousands of top websites, revealing widespread failures in enforcement.
- Python
- JavaScript
- Apache Spark
- Puppeteer