Daniela, Charlotte, and Sami all attended this year's Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership (HC2P) Summer School held in Ottawa and Montreal, where they spent two weeks learning and researching on the topic of ransomeware. With their colleagues, they produced this year's summer report on Decrypting Ransomware: analyzing and addressing the threat in the Canadian Context. … [Read more...] about Students attend HC2P Summer School
Max defends his MHCI thesis
Max Keleher has successfully defended his MHCI thesis entitled: Exploring Privacy Implications of Devices as Social Actors. Congratulations Max! … [Read more...] about Max defends his MHCI thesis
PST 2023 paper accepted
Paulina Chametka will be presenting work from her undergraduate thesis at Privacy, Security, and Trust conference in August. Her paper is: Paulina Chametka, Sana Maqsood, and Sonia Chiasson. Security and Privacy perceptions of mental health chatbots. … [Read more...] about PST 2023 paper accepted
Sami defends Master’s thesis
Sami Ortiz Huayhua successfully defended her MASc(HCI) thesis, TikTok, Privacy, and Young Adults. Congratulations Sami! … [Read more...] about Sami defends Master’s thesis
Sebastian earns Provost Award
Sebastian Navas Chaparro has been awarded a 2023 Provost Award. These awards are given to 10 outstanding undergraduates in recognition of excellence in academic, research, and outreach. See the Carleton announcement for a write-up of his achievements. Congratulations Sebastian! … [Read more...] about Sebastian earns Provost Award
Sveta defends Master’s thesis
Svetlana Dobrynina successfully defended her MA(HCI) thesis, Understanding mental models of password managers. Congratulations Sveta! … [Read more...] about Sveta defends Master’s thesis
INTERACT 2023 paper accepted
Anna-Lena Theus's paper, “A solution to a problem that didn’t exist?”: Exploring Attitudes Towards Smart Streetlight Systems, was accepted for publication at INTERACT 2023. Anna will present the work in York, UK at the end of August. … [Read more...] about INTERACT 2023 paper accepted
Ashi defends Master’s thesis
Masters of HCI student Ashi Mann succesfully defended her thesis entitled "Investigating factors relating to FUD in end-user cryptocurrency behaviours". Congratulations Ashi! … [Read more...] about Ashi defends Master’s thesis
Khadija completes MCS
This week, Khadija Baig successfully defended her Master's thesis, entitled Privacy, biological relatives, and at-home DNA testing. Congratulations Khadija! … [Read more...] about Khadija completes MCS
Sonia recipient of NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship
Sonia has been awarded one of six inaugural NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships for her usable security and privacy research. She will hold the two-year Fellowship from 2023--2025. … [Read more...] about Sonia recipient of NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship