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
Reham reaches finals for 3MT competition
PhD student Reham Mohamed competed in this year's 3-Minute Thesis Competition at Carleton. She presented her work on automatically decaying social media content to help protect users' long-term privacy. Reham advanced to the final round of the university-wide competition. Congratulations Reham! … [Read more...] about Reham reaches finals for 3MT competition
Daniela awarded OGS
PhD student Daniela Napoli was recently awarded a $15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship for 2019-2020. Daniela's research is on improving cybersecurity and privacy for users with visual impairments. Congratulations Daniela! … [Read more...] about Daniela awarded OGS
Two new students
We have two new students in the lab this semester. Paulina Chametka is a undergraduate computer science student doing a coop workterm in the lab, helping out with all aspects of our research. Navneet Sidhu is a Masters student in computer science who will be completing her Master's project in usable security. Welcome Paulina and Navneet! … [Read more...] about Two new students
Becky defends her thesis
Masters of HCI student Becky Jeong successfully defended her thesis, Children and adults' perception of signal colours, symbols, and words in the context of cybersecurity warnings. Her worked compared children and adults' interpretation of various symbols, colours, and words used on warning messages to determine how severe they would perceive threats described by these cues. Congratulations Becky! … [Read more...] about Becky defends her thesis
CHI 2019 paper accepted
Recent graduate Hala Assal has had a full paper accepted at CHI 2019. Her paper, ``Think secure from the beginning'': A Survey with Software Developers, reports on 123 software developers' security practices, and their motivators/detractors to those practices. A pre-print of the paper is available on the publications page. … [Read more...] about CHI 2019 paper accepted
Reham defends her PhD Proposal
Reham Mohamed successfully defended her PhD proposal this week. Her research explores the use of aging mechanisms on social media to help users automatically protect their privacy. Congratulations Reham! … [Read more...] about Reham defends her PhD Proposal
Yomna graduates
Yomna graduated from her Masters in HCI today. Congratulations Yomna! … [Read more...] about Yomna graduates
News story about Hala
Carleton has written up a news article about Hala, her PhD, and her medal :) https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/hala-assals-journey-to-a-phd-in-computer-science/ … [Read more...] about News story about Hala
Hiring two tenure-track Security Faculty
We are hiring two tenure-track security faculty. One of the target areas is usable security. Besides the info on the official ad, the School also hosts an interdisciplinary Masters of HCI program. Location: Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaPosition: Two tenure-track faculty positionsApplication Deadline: December 1, 2018The official job ad is at http://scs.carleton.ca/security19 The School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada invites applications … [Read more...] about Hiring two tenure-track Security Faculty