Daniela, Sana, and Michael all presented their work at the CHI 2018 Student Research Competition. Michael made it into the finale and also presented a 5-minute talk. … [Read more...] about CHI 2018 – SRC
IDC 2018 paper accepted
Our paper, entitled A Day in the Life of Jos: A Web-based Game to Increase Children's Digital Literacy, by Sana Maqsood, Christine Mekhail, and Sonia Chiasson, has been accepted at the 2018 Interaction Design and Children (IDC) conference. Sana will be presenting the work in Norway in June. … [Read more...] about IDC 2018 paper accepted
Daniela to present at Accessibility Conference
Masters student Daniela Napoli will be presenting her research at the 10th Annual Accessibility Conference at the University of Guelph at the end of May. Her presentation will be on Design Tips to Help Non-Visual Visitors Stay Secure Online. … [Read more...] about Daniela to present at Accessibility Conference
Sumbal defends her Masters thesis
Sumbal Maqsood has successfully defended her Masters thesis in HCI. Her thesis was entitled Children's text password behaviors and parental advice. Congratulations Sumbal! … [Read more...] about Sumbal defends her Masters thesis
CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work
Daniela Napoli's work on Exploring the Impact of Colour-Blindness on Computer Game Performance has been accepted in the Late Breaking Work category at CHI 2018. She will present her poster in Montreal this April. … [Read more...] about CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work
MITACS article
Sana Maqsood's PhD is funded through a MITACS PhD Fellowship. MITACS recently released an article highlight Sana's research with MediaSmarts. It is available here and discusses A Day in the Life of the Jos, an online game to teach children about digital literacy, with a focus on cybersecurity and privacy. … [Read more...] about MITACS article
CHI2018 SRC
Three students from the lab have had their work accepted into the CHI 2018 Student Research Competition. They will present their work at CHI in Montreal at the end of April. Michael Lutaaya will present work from his undergraduate honours project, Rethinking App Permissions on iOS. Daniela Napoli will present on-going work from her Master's, Developing Accessible and Usable Security (ACCUS) Heuristics. Sana Maqsood will present on-going work from her PhD, Evaluation of a Persuasive … [Read more...] about CHI2018 SRC
eCampus Ontario grant
We are happy to report that we recently received a 1-year eCampus Ontario Digital Inclusion Research grant to support Daniela Napoli's Master's research on usable security and privacy of users with visual impairments. Her work explores the web-based barriers that screen-reader users face while identifying and managing digital threats. We will take a two-phase approach that includes an expert evaluation and a user study with visually impaired individuals. … [Read more...] about eCampus Ontario grant
CAN-CWIC 2017
Sana and Reham attended CAN-CWiC 2017 in Montreal on Nov 3-4. Both Reham and Sana presented posters about their PhD research; Reham's work is on digital aging of social media artifacts and Sana's work is on educating children about online privacy and security. Sana also gave a lighting talk about her work. … [Read more...] about CAN-CWIC 2017
lab members attend CANUX 2017
Several lab members attended the CANUX 2017 user experience conference on Nov 4-5, thanks to funding from the CLUE program. … [Read more...] about lab members attend CANUX 2017