PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Michael K. Reiter

Also known as Mike Reiter

Michael Reiter holds a Distinguished Professorship of Computer Science at Duke University, a post he has held since 2021. His research on computer and communications security and distributed computing now includes machine learning, such as a 2024 paper on data-use auditing of ML models. He earned a bachelor's degree at UNC and a Cornell doctorate in 1993, then published Crowds in 1998 while working at AT&T Labs. He moved to Carnegie Mellon in 2001, joined the UNC faculty in 2007, and was named an ACM Fellow in 2008 and an IEEE Fellow in 2014. ACM SIGSAC gave him its Outstanding Contributions Award in 2016.

Works
453
Citations
28,452
h-index
78

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1989–1993

    A Cornell doctorate

    He earns a B.S. at UNC in 1989 and a Ph.D. at Cornell in 1993.

  2. 1998

    The Crowds anonymity paper

    He publishes Crowds in ACM TISSEC in 1998, while working at AT&T Labs.

  3. 2001–2007

    CyLab at Carnegie Mellon

    He joins Carnegie Mellon in 2001 as a professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, and he becomes the founding technical director of CyLab.

  4. 2007

    Joining the UNC faculty

    He joins the UNC faculty in 2007, with research interests in computer and communications security and distributed computing.

  5. 2008–2014

    ACM and IEEE fellowships

    He is named an ACM Fellow in 2008 and an IEEE Fellow in 2014.

  6. 2016

    SIGSAC's Outstanding Contributions Award

    ACM SIGSAC recognizes him with its Outstanding Contributions Award in 2016.

  7. Since 2021

    A James B. Duke professorship

    He holds a James B. Duke Distinguished Professorship of Computer Science at Duke University.

  8. 2024

    Auditing data use in ML

    He publishes A General Framework for Data-Use Auditing of ML Models, a 2024 paper in the proceedings of the ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security.

Sources and credits

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  1. Michael K. Reiter - UNC Computer Science cs.unc.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Crowds: Anonymity for Web Transactions - Reports & Papers - CERIAS : Purdue University cerias.purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Michael Reiter (computer scientist) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Michael Reiter | Duke Electrical & Computer Engineering ece.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Reiter earns 2016 SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award - UNC Computer Science cs.unc.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Michael Reiter | Scholars@Duke profile scholars.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Michael Reiter | Scholars@Duke profile: Scholarly Works scholars.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.