Chris Kanich
About
Chris Kanich joined the Computer Science department as faculty in 2012, and is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies. His research focuses on sociotechnical cybersecurity as well as algorithmic fairness, and has received over $5.5 million of government and private support. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award along with several research, teaching, and advising awards here at UIC. He has also served as a commissioner for the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission, on the board of the educational nonprofit Project:VISION, and is an active science communicator on YouTube and TikTok.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
Spamalytics: An empirical analysis of spam marketing conversion
Year: 2008
Citations: 616
Venue: Proceedings of the 15th ACM conference on Computer and communications
Latest Recorded Paper
Poster: Cloudsweeper: Leveraging Large Language Models to Personalize Sensitive Archive Search
Year: 2025
Citations: 0
Venue: 2025 Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference (SVCC)
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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