Several lab members had the opportunity to participate in the ACM Canadian Women in Computing conference, held in Ottawa Jan 22-23. Hala, Sana, and Reham gave a well-attended tutorial on Usable Security. Kalpana, Christine, Sana, and Hala each presented posters with some of their research. Sana won 3rd place overall in the poster competition! … [Read more...] about CAN-CWiC participation
Invited talk – CIRA
On January 20, Sonia visited the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) offices and gave a presentation about CHORUS's on-going research on user authentication for children. This work is partially funded through the .CA Community Investment Program. … [Read more...] about Invited talk – CIRA
Research talks
In December, Sonia visited and gave research talks at the Institute for Information Security at ETH, Zurich and at the Interaction Design Centre at Middlesex University in London, UK. … [Read more...] about Research talks
MUM 2015 conference
Hala Assal presented our paper What’s the deal with privacy apps? A comprehensive exploration of user perception and usability in Linz, Austria at the MUM 2015 conference . Hala took part in the Doctoral Consortium, presenting her work on collaborative security code reviews. … [Read more...] about MUM 2015 conference
SERENE Fall 2015 workshop
We held the SERENE-RISC Fall 2015 workshop at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa at the end of October. The presentations at the two-day event focused on Critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity for consumers, alternative training approaches, data breaches, and emerging trends in cybercrime. … [Read more...] about SERENE Fall 2015 workshop
new IJHCI paper
Our paper: The Role of Instructional Design in Persuasion: A Comics Approach for Improving Cyber Security, by L. Zhang-Kennedy, S. Chiasson, R. Biddle, has been accepted for publication by the International Journal of Human Computer Interaction. It will appear in an upcoming special issue on Persuasive Interactive Systems. … [Read more...] about new IJHCI paper
MUM2015 paper accepted
We are happy to hear that our paper: What’s the deal with privacy apps? A comprehensive exploration of user perception and usability by Hala Assal, Stephanie Hurtado, Ahsan Imran and Sonia Chiasson has been accepted at Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM). Hala will be presenting the work in Linz, Austria at the end of November. … [Read more...] about MUM2015 paper accepted
Derek defends his Masters in HCI thesis
This morning, Derek Wueppelman successfully completed his Masters of HCI degree. His thesis was on PGP Auth: Using public key encryption for authentication on the web. Congratulations Derek! … [Read more...] about Derek defends his Masters in HCI thesis
Stephanie defends her MCS thesis
Stephanie Hurtado successfully defended her thesis this afternoon. Her research consisted of eye-tracking studies exploring driver distraction when faced with unfamiliar road signs. Congratulations Stephanie! … [Read more...] about Stephanie defends her MCS thesis
Vikas completes his Masters
Vikas Nagaraj has successfully completed his Masters in Infrastructure Protection and International Security (MIPIS). His final project focused on visualizations for detecting potential security threats during log analysis. Congratulations Vikas! … [Read more...] about Vikas completes his Masters