Stephanie Hurtado

About

Stephanie completed a Master’s in Computer Science.

Stephanie recently completed an internship at BlackBerry.

Thesis abstract

Driving is a complex task that requires auditory, visual, and tactile attention. It is difficult enough for drivers to handle the increasing number of distractions when they are in a familiar environment, but what happens when drivers are placed in a new environment? If we understood this issue, we could design tools to reduce driving hazards and minimize distractions.

We address this gap by exploring drivers’ behaviour when they encounter road signs from different countries. We conducted two eye-tracking studies with 50 participants. Participants’ spent increased time looking at unfamiliar road signs. Misinterpretation occurred due to the influence of previous experience and many drivers drove at reduced speeds throughout to compensate for the anticipated cognitive load. We suggest developing context-aware in-vehicle systems that use web mapping services to present drivers with road signage information. Based on our results, we also provide four recommendations to improve driver safety.

Research Interests

I am interested in the areas of usability, usable security, privacy, and persuasive technologies.

Publications

Conference Papers

• Stephanie Hurtado and Sonia Chiasson. [Paper] An Eye-tracking Evaluation of Driver Distraction and Unfamiliar Road Signs. In International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutoUI). ACM, 2016.
  [Bibtex]

  @INPROCEEDINGS{hurtado2016-driver-autoui,
  author = {Stephanie Hurtado AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Paper] An Eye-tracking Evaluation of Driver Distraction and Unfamiliar Road Signs},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications ({A}uto{UI})},
  year = {2016},
  note = {Conference Papers},
  organization = {ACM}
  }

• Hala Assal, Stephanie Hurtado, Ahsan Imran, and Sonia Chiasson. [Paper] What’s the deal with privacy apps? A comprehensive exploration of user perception and usability. In Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM). ACM, 2015.
  [Bibtex]

  @INPROCEEDINGS{assal2015mobileprivacy-mum,
  author = {Assal, Hala AND Hurtado, Stephanie AND Imran, Ahsan AND Chiasson, Sonia},
  title = {[Paper] What's the deal with privacy apps? A comprehensive exploration of user perception and usability},
  booktitle = {Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM)},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2836041.2836044},
  note = {Conference Papers},
  organization = {ACM}
  }

Posters and Others

• Stephanie Hurtado and Sonia Chiasson. [Poster] Unfamiliar road signs: Measuring the impact on driver distraction. CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop, 2015.
  [Bibtex]

  @MISC{hurtado2015driving-craw,
  author = {Stephanie Hurtado AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Poster] Unfamiliar road signs: Measuring the impact on driver distraction},
  howpublished = {CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop},
  year = {2015},
  note = {Posters and Others}
  }

• Stephanie Hurtado, Ahsan Imran, and Sonia Chiasson. [Poster] A usability study of ChatSecure. CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop, 2014.
  [Bibtex]

  @MISC{hurtado2014chatsecure-craw,
  author = {Stephanie Hurtado AND Ahsan Imran AND Sonia Chiasson},
  title = {[Poster] A usability study of ChatSecure},
  howpublished = {CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop},
  year = {2014},
  note = {Posters and Others}
  }

Theses

• Stephanie Hurtado. [Thesis] An eye-tracking evaluation of driver distraction and road signs. Master’s thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, 2015.
  [Bibtex]

  @MASTERSTHESIS{hurtado2015thesis-carleton,
  author = {Stephanie Hurtado},
  title = {[Thesis] An eye-tracking evaluation of driver distraction and road signs},
  school = {School of Computer Science, Carleton University},
  year = {2015},
  note = {Theses}
  }