This week, Hala Assal completed her PhD comprehensive exams. She did so well that her examination committee awarded her a Passed With Distinction. Yaay Hala! … [Read more...] about Hala Assal successfully defends her Comp Exams
Leah presents at Persuasive Technology 2014
We attended the annual Persuasive Technology conference in Padova, Italy. Leah presented three times during the conference about her visualization for security work. All of our infographics and comics relating to teaching about computer security and privacy are available at www.versipass.com/edusec/ She presented her paper, entitled "Stop clicking on “update later”, which provides an overview of her visualization research teaching users about malware and antivirus protection. She presented … [Read more...] about Leah presents at Persuasive Technology 2014
GRAND 2014
We were busy at GRAND this year, with several students presenting their work on usable security. … [Read more...] about GRAND 2014
SERENE official launch
Less than one week after the SERENE team officially started working, we had a very successful launch event for SERENE on Tuesday, May 13. SERENE is a new NCE-KM on cybersecurity. Approximately 100 attendees from industry, government, and academia gathered for the day-long event, sharing their perspective on the most pressing cybersecurity issues and beginning dialogue on how we can collaborate to address them. … [Read more...] about SERENE official launch
CHI 2014
Several members of the lab attended CHI in Toronto this year. It was a super busy and interesting week, as CHI always is, and a great time to catch up with all of the HCI folks. Sana was selected to present a poster on part of her Masters thesis as part of the Student Research Competition. … [Read more...] about CHI 2014
Shuja defends his Masters in HCI
Shuja Shahzada also successfully defended his Masters thesis today. Congratulations Shuja! … [Read more...] about Shuja defends his Masters in HCI
Sana defends her Masters in HCI
Sana Maqsood successfully defended her Masters thesis today. Congratulations Sana! … [Read more...] about Sana defends her Masters in HCI
SERENE NCE officially announced
We are happy to officially announce the start of the SERENE Cybersecurity NCE. The official news release is here. SERENE is a 4 year $1.6 Million network meant to bring together academics from the fields of computer and social sciences, as well as public and private partners. The goal is to mobilize a growing body of knowledge on the nature of online risks, the most effective and promising strategies to reduce our exposure to these risks, and the mitigating approaches that could be developed to … [Read more...] about SERENE NCE officially announced
Stephanie and Sana present at CRA-W workshop
Stephanie Hurtado and Sana Maqsood attended the CRA-W Grad Cohort workshop in Santa Clara, California earlier this month. They each presented posters of their recent work. … [Read more...] about Stephanie and Sana present at CRA-W workshop
Vanessa defends her thesis
Vanessa Boothroyd successfully defended her MA-HCI thesis this week- yaay Vanessa! … [Read more...] about Vanessa defends her thesis