Michael Lutaaya successfully defended his MCS thesis this week. His research is on the usability and security of digital identity. Congratulations Michael! … [Read more...] about Michael defends MCS
Hosting SHAD workshop
On July 16, members of the CHORUS lab are organizing a half-day workshop for SHAD high school students, introducing them to human-computer interaction. Participants will try out emerging technologies in this hands-on workshop and discuss on-going research in human-computer interaction. On July 15, Sonia gave a lecture on cybersecurity and practical advice for staying safe online to SHAD students. … [Read more...] about Hosting SHAD workshop
Daniela awarded NSERC PGS-D
PhD student Daniela Napoli has been awarded an NSERC-PGS-D scholarship. Congratulations Daniela! … [Read more...] about Daniela awarded NSERC PGS-D
Hala and Becky graduate
Hala Assal and Becky Jeong attended yesterday's convocation and officially received their degrees. Hala completed her PhD in Computer Science and Becky completed her Masters in Human Computer Interaction. Hala also received the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Congratulations Hala and Becky! … [Read more...] about Hala and Becky graduate
Research Seminar June 12
Reham will soon be presenting her PhD research seminar. All are welcome to attend. Details are as follows: School of Computer Science Seminar June 12, 2019 @ 1:30pm Gradually decaying content protects social media users’ privacy Speaker: Reham Mohamed Location: 5345 Herzberg Laboratories ABSTRACT Decaying representations can be used on social media profiles to gradually decay older content, and help users disassociate from past online activities. We showed … [Read more...] about Research Seminar June 12
Sonia presents at Discovery Cafe
Sonia will be giving an invited talk on May 31 as part of the 2019 Discover Cafe lecture series held in Ottawa. These monthly community lectures cover a variety of general interest topics. Sonia will be discussing practical advice for staying safe online. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Discovery Cafe
3MT videos posted
Earlier this year, Reham competed in the Carleton 3-Minute Thesis competition. Videos of the presentations have been posted. Here is Reham's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=DjTTANDqtBo Other presentations are also available … [Read more...] about 3MT videos posted
CLUE Symposium 2019
The annual CLUE Symposium was held on May 15 at the IBM Campus in Ottawa. The event featured a keynote by Tanya Snook from CanUX, lightning talks and poster presentations by students, and four mini-workshops on various HCI topics. CHORUS has several CLUE students who participated. Reham presented a 2-minute lightning talk about her privacy in social media research. Jessica presented a 2-minute talk about her work on social media privacy for teens with and without autism. Daniela … [Read more...] about CLUE Symposium 2019
Hala presents at CHI
Hala presented her paper at CHI 2019 in Glasgow and received her Best Paper Award. The paper covered part of her PhD thesis and was entitled “Think secure from the beginning”: A Survey with Software Developers. … [Read more...] about Hala presents at CHI
Hala wins CHI Best Paper award
Recent graduate Hala Assal has been awarded a CHI Best Paper Award for her 2019 paper, “Think secure from the beginning”: A Survey with Software Developers. Hala will be presenting her work at the conference in Glasgow in May. Congratulations Hala!! … [Read more...] about Hala wins CHI Best Paper award