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
Sana wins Best Poster award
Last week, PhD student Sana Maqsood presented her research at the 2018 SERENE-RISC Annual Workshop. She won the Best Poster Award for her work on an educational game to teach tweens about digital literacy. Congratulations Sana! … [Read more...] about Sana wins Best Poster award
Hala awarded medal
We found out today that Hala Assal has been awarded a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement for this fall convocation. https://carleton.ca/convocation/medals-awards/ Hala defended her PhD this summer and is currently a postdoc at uOttawa. Congratulations Hala! … [Read more...] about Hala awarded medal
Daniela presents at CCS 2018
PhD student Daniela Napoli presented a poster at ACM CCS 2018 in Toronto. She discussed her work on usability issues hindering the accessibility of SSL warnings for visually impaired users. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at CCS 2018
Sonia presents at Conference Board of Canada
Today, Sonia gave an invited talk about some of the lab's research and lessons relating to fostering a security mindset within organizations at the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for National Security Building a Security Culture conference. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Conference Board of Canada
Yomna defends her Master’s thesis
Yomna successfully defended her master's thesis a couple of weeks ago - Congratulations! Her thesis is on Responsibility, trust, and monitoring tools for end-user account security. … [Read more...] about Yomna defends her Master’s thesis
SOUPS 2018 presentations
Hala, Reham, and Sonia attended SOUPS 2018 in Baltimore this week. Both presented work from their PhD theses. Hala talked about how software developers include security in the software development lifecycle. Reham talked about the concept of digital aging and ways to represent this on social media. Both papers are available on the USENIX website. Hala also presented her work on the motivators and deterrents to software security in the co-located WSIM workshop. … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2018 presentations