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
CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop
Masters students Sana Maqsood and Stephanie Hurtado have been selected to attend the 2014 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop in Santa Clara, California this April. Both Sana and Stephanie will be presenting posters showcasing some of their research. Sana's involves authentication on flexible displays and Stephanie's investigates the usable security of mobile encrypted chat tools. … [Read more...] about CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop
GRAND RNotes and posters
Several members of our group will be presenting their research at the 2014 GRAND annual conference in May. Sana Maqsood has an RNote short paper on A First Exploration of a Gesture Based Authentication Scheme for Flexible Displays. Hala Assal has an RNote short paper on Tor for All: A Usability Study of Tor-enabled Mobile Apps. Leah Zhang-Kennedy and Christine Mekhail have a poster entitled Visualizations to Teach about Mobile Online Privacy. Vanessa Boothroyd has a poster entitled Older … [Read more...] about GRAND RNotes and posters