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Michael Reiter

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science
308 Research Drive D310, Box 90129, Durham, NC 27708
308 Research Drive D310, Box 90129, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Michael Reiter is a James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke University.  His previous positions include Director of Secure Systems Research at Bell Labs; Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was the founding Technical Director of CyLab; and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science · 2021 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Computer Science · 2021 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2021 - Present Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent News Items


Published November 12, 2024
AI is the Biggest Cybersecurity Question Mark. Is It Also the Answer?
Published February 9, 2022
The Growing Role of Computation in Science
Published June 28, 2021
Duke Awards 22 Distinguished Professorships

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Recent Scholarly Works


Automatic Teller Machines for Offline E-cash

Book section · January 1, 2027 Electronic cash (e-cash) is a digital alternative to physical currency that allows anonymous transactions between users and merchants. Typically, coins in an e-cash scheme are only dispensed through a central bank. A drawback of this approach is that the b ... Full text Cite

MindReader: Using LLMs to Encourage Memorable and Secure Password Replacement

Preprint · July 13, 2026 We report on the design and evaluation of MindReader, a tool that helps a user replace her password when she is required to do so. Left to their own devices, users tend to replace their previous passwords with predictable variations of the original ones. M ... Link to item Cite
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Education


Cornell University · 1993 Ph.D.

External Links


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