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|work_institutions = [[Stanford University]]<br>[[Princeton University]]
|alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]]<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]]
|doctoral_advisor = [[Vitaly Shmatikov]]
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|thesis_year = 2009
|thesis_title = Data Privacy: the Non-interactive Setting
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|known_for = [[de-anonymization]]
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'''Arvind Narayanan''' is a computer scientist and an [[associate professor]] at [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S34/98/08I05/index.xml |title=Board approves seven faculty appointments |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407062017/https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S34/98/08I05/index.xml |url-status=live }}</ref> Narayanan is recognized for his research in the [[de-anonymization]] of data.<ref>Dan Grech, [http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2014/01/08/pages/2305/index.xml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328111303/http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2014/01/08/pages/2305/index.xml |date=28 March 2014 }}, ''Princeton Alumni Weekly'', 8/1/14</ref><ref>Kim Zetter, [https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/06/wmw-arvind-narayanan/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222232657/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/06/wmw-arvind-narayanan/ |date=22 February 2014 }}, ''Wired'', 18/6/12</ref>

== Biography ==
Narayanan received technical degrees from [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theory.cse.iitm.ac.in/memberdetails.php?memberid=282 |title=Arvind Narayanan @ Theory Group, CSE, IITM |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071700/http://theory.cse.iitm.ac.in/memberdetails.php?memberid=282 |url-status=live }}</ref> His advisor was [[C. Pandu Rangan]]. Narayanan received his PhD in computer science in [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 2009 under [[Vitaly Shmatikov]]. He worked briefly as a post-doctoral researcher at [[Stanford University]], working closely with [[Dan Boneh]]. Narayanan moved to [[Princeton University]] where he joined as an assistant professor in September 2012. He is currently an Associate Professor at Princeton.

== Career ==
In 2006 [[Netflix]] began the [[Netflix Prize]] competition for better [[recommender systems|recommendation algorithms]]. In order to facilitate the competition, Netflix released "anonymized" viewership information. However, Narayanan and advisor [[Vitaly Shmatikov]] showed possibilities for [[de-anonymization|de-anonymizing]] this information by linking this anonymized data to publicly available IMDb user accounts.<ref>[[Bruce Schneier]], {{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/12/securitymatters_1213 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330220506/http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/12/securitymatters_1213 |archive-date=2014-03-30 }}, 13/12/07</ref> This research led to higher recognition of de-anonymization techniques{{according to whom|date=June 2021}} and the importance of more rigorous anonymization techniques.{{cn|date=June 2021}} In later working Narayanan has de-anonymized graphs from social networking<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7967648.stm |title=Social sites dent privacy efforts |date=27 March 2009 |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331113349/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7967648.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and writings from blogs.<ref>On The Media, [http://www.onthemedia.org/story/190142-end-anonymous-commenting/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331130540/http://www.onthemedia.org/story/190142-end-anonymous-commenting/ |date=31 March 2014 }}, 2/3/12</ref>

In mid-2010, Narayanan and [[Jonathan Mayer]] argued to the favor of [[Do Not Track]] in [[List of HTTP header fields|HTTP headers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://33bits.org/2010/09/20/do-not-track-explained/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924085813/http://33bits.org/2010/09/20/do-not-track-explained/ |archive-date=24 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2011/03/jonathan_mayer.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911053048/http://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2011/03/jonathan_mayer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> They built prototypes of Do Not Track for clients and servers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://donottrack.us/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213103905/http://www.donottrack.us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Working with [[Mozilla]] they wrote the influential [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] [[Internet Draft]] of Do Not Track.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00 |title=Draft-mayer-do-not-track-00 |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107015911/http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/joehall/summary-w3c-dnt-workshop-submissions/ |title=Summary of W3C DNT Workshop Submissions |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328060127/https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/joehall/summary-w3c-dnt-workshop-submissions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Narayanan has written extensively about software cultures. He has argued for more substantial ethics teaching in computer science education <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/3/172501-why-software-engineering-courses-should-include-ethics-coverage/abstract |title=Why Software Engineering Courses Should Include Ethics Coverage |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331113744/http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/3/172501-why-software-engineering-courses-should-include-ethics-coverage/abstract |url-status=live }}</ref> and usable{{huh|date=June 2021}} [[cryptography]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://randomwalker.info/publications/crypto-dream-part1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029143759/http://randomwalker.info/publications/crypto-dream-part1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://randomwalker.info/publications/crypto-dream-part2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724120340/http://randomwalker.info/publications/crypto-dream-part2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Awards ==
*[[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-recipients-presidential-early-career-award-scientists-engineers/|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers|date=2019-07-02|language=en|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=2019-08-03|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321142712/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-recipients-presidential-early-career-award-scientists-engineers/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Privacy Enhancing Technology Award 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://petsymposium.org/2014/award/winners.php|title=PET Award}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ Arvind Narayanan — Princeton], his academic page
* [http://randomwalker.info/ Random Walker], his personal page
* [https://33bits.wordpress.com/ 33 Bits], his blogging
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131120163856/http://arvindn.livejournal.com/ Live journaling page]
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