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Privacy and Security in Online Social Media: Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru

The document outlines a course on privacy and security in online social media, taught by Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru at IIIT Hyderabad. It covers various aspects of online social networks, including data collection, trust, credibility, and privacy issues, aimed at students interested in social media data. The course is designed for those with a basic understanding of programming and Python, preparing them for careers in industries focused on social media data.

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Privacy and Security in Online Social Media: Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru

The document outlines a course on privacy and security in online social media, taught by Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru at IIIT Hyderabad. It covers various aspects of online social networks, including data collection, trust, credibility, and privacy issues, aimed at students interested in social media data. The course is designed for those with a basic understanding of programming and Python, preparing them for careers in industries focused on social media data.

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PRIVACY AND SECURITY IN ONLINE

SOCIAL MEDIA

PROF. PONNURANGAM KUMARAGURU


Department of Computer Science and Engineering
IIIT Hyderabad

PRE-REQUISITES : Basic / Intermediate programming course. Understanding of Python will be


necessary for the course. Should be able to quickly learn APIs, and to collect data from social networks.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Interested stundents


INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO : Any company which is interested in social media / networks data will
be interested in recruiting the students finishing the course.

COURSE OUTLINE :
With increase in the usage of the Internet, there has been an exponential increase in the use of online
social media and networks on the Internet. Websites like Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr,
Instagram, Google+, FourSquare, Pinterest, Tinder, and the likes have changed the way the Internet is
being used. However, widely used, there is a lack of understanding of privacy and security issues on
online social media. Privacy and security of online social media need to be investigated, studied and
characterized from various perspectives (computational, cultural, psychological, etc.). Student
completing the course will be able to appreciate various privacy and security concerns (spam, phishing,
fraud nodes, identity theft) on Online Social Media and Student will be able to clearly articulate one or
two concerns comprehensively on one Online Social Media, this will be achieved by homework.

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR :
Prof.Ponnurangam Kumaraguru ("PK") is a Professor of Computer Science at IIIT-Hyderabad. He is a
Visiting Faculty at IIT Kanpur and an Adjunct faculty at IIIT Delhi. PK is an ACM India Council Member,
and Chair of the Publicity & Membership Committee of ACM India. PK is a TEDx and an ACM
Distinguished & ACM India Eminent Speaker. PK received his Ph.D. from the School of Computer
Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). His Ph.D. thesis work on anti-phishing research at CMU
contributed in creating an award-winning startup - Wombat Security Technologies, wombatsecurity.com.
Wombat was acquired in March 2018 for USD 225 Million. PK was listed in the World's 2% Scientists by
Stanford University in Nov 2020. He is a senate member of IIIT Una, and is on various Board of Studies /
Academic Council of different institutes across the country. PK has been teaching on NPTEL for the last
5 years, with great feedback from students. He has co-authored research papers in the field of Privacy
and Security in Online Social Media, Cyber Security, Computational Social Science, Social Computing,
Data Science for Social Good, amongst others. PK's research work regularly gets featured on news
media, including print, online, and TV within India and across the world; to list a few, BBC, CBC, CBS,
CNN, Doordarshan, Economic Times, Indian Express, NBC, New Scientist, NewYorker, Reuters, Times
of India, USA Today, Washington Post, and many more. PK Spear heads ACM India's programs on
improving the quality of PhD students in Computing in India -- PhDClinic & Anveshan Setu Fellowship. In
his Dean's role at IITD, he managed a team of 15 faculty members and 10+ admin staff, including
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, overseeing hostel, sports centre, health centre, student {well-being,
clubs, mentorship program}, technical & cultural fests. He was the Founding Head of Cybersecurity
Education and Research Centre (CERC) at IIIT-Delhi. PK started and successfully manages PreCog
(precog.iiitd.edu.in), a research group at IIIT-Delhi and IIIT Hyderabad. In addition to his contributions to
academia, PK is on advisory role on various government organizations, government committees,
including a 8 member committee on Non-Personal Data by Government of India, chaired by Mr. Kris
Gopalakrishnan.

COURSE PLAN :
Week 1: What is Online Social Networks, data collection from social networks, challenges,
opportunities, and pitfalls in online social networks, APIs
Week 2: Collecting data from Online Social Media.
Week 3: Trust, credibility, and reputations in social systems
Week 4: Trust, credibility, and reputations in social systems, cont'd
Week 5: Online social Media and Policing
Week 6: Information privacy disclosure, revelation and its effects in OSM and online social networks
Week 7: Phishing in OSM & Identifying fraudulent entities in online social networks
Week 8: Refresher for all topics
Week 9 to 12 : Research paper discussion

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