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Nicolas Christin Named Head of Carnegie Mellon University's Software and Societal Systems Department - EurekAlert

Nicolas Christin, a professor in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, has been named the next department head of the Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D). Christin's work has focused on measuring and analyzing phenomena on the internet, such as the distribution of drugs online or cryptocurrencies, and providing this data to policymakers who can enact change. Christin joined CMU in 2005 as a systems scientist. He became an assistant research professor in 2013 and, most recently, a professor in S3D with a joint appointment in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and a courtesy appointment in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He's a core faculty member of CyLab, CMU's security and privacy research institute, and the director of S3D's Societal Computing Ph.D. program. Before coming to Pittsburgh, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Virginia.  Christin succeeds James Herbsleb, who was appointed in 2019 and shepherded the department through its rebranding to S3D, managed changes during COVID-19 shutdowns and oversaw an expansion in programs. 

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