Vanessa recently presented her paper, Writing down your password: Does it help?, at the PST conference in Tarragona, Spain. … [Read more...] about Vanessa presents her paper at PST
Conference
ISSNet final event
This year marks the fifth and final year of ISSNet. The last official event was held at the University of Calgary in July. We had presentations and discussions from academic, industry, and government representatives. It's been a great 5 years that provided many opportunities for networking and collaboration that would not have been possible otherwise. … [Read more...] about ISSNet final event
GRAND Annual Conference
Several members of our lab attended the GRAND Annual Conference in Toronto this year. We met with our DIGLT and PRIVNM colleagues working on digital games for learning and security in new media. Leah Zhang presented a research talk and a poster of her current research on interactive visualizations. … [Read more...] about GRAND Annual Conference
PST 2013 paper accepted
Vanessa Boothroyd's paper entitled "Writing down passwords: does it help?" has been accepted at PST 2013. She will be presenting her work at the conference in July in Tarragona, Catalonia. … [Read more...] about PST 2013 paper accepted
SECRYPT paper accepted
Gerardo Reynaga's paper, The Usability of Captchas on Smartphones, has been accepted at SECRYPT 2013. Gerardo will present his work in Reykjavik, Iceland at the end of July. … [Read more...] about SECRYPT paper accepted
U-PriSM 2 deadline extended
The submission deadline for U-PriSM 2 has been extended to May 20, 2013. If you are working in the usable security and privacy of mobile devices, consider submitting a paper. … [Read more...] about U-PriSM 2 deadline extended
Mobile HCI paper accepted
We are happy to announce that Hsin-Yi Chiang's paper entitled Improving user authentication on mobile devices: A Touchscreen Graphical Password was just accepted at MobileHCI, held in Munich Germany August 27-30, 2013. … [Read more...] about Mobile HCI paper accepted
U-PriSM 2 – cfp available, due May 10
We will be holding the 2nd Usable Privacy and Security for Mobile Devices (U-PriSM) workshop co-located with MobileHCI this year. The Call for Participation is available and submissions are due May 10, 2013. If you're interested in this area, come join us Munich! … [Read more...] about U-PriSM 2 – cfp available, due May 10
ISSNet Annual Workshop
We just returned from the ISSNet Annual Workshop, held in Victoria BC this year. Several students from the lab presented their work: Gerardo Reynaga gave a research talk about his work on the usability of captchas for mobile devices. Leah Zhang gave a research talk on her interactive comic for teaching about password guessing attacks. Vanessa Boothroyd presented a poster on her user study comparing older and younger adult's online behaviour and perception of online risk. Sana … [Read more...] about ISSNet Annual Workshop
CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop
Leah Zhang and Sana Maqsood were selected to attend the CRA-W Graduate Cohort worshop in Boston earlier this month. Both presented posters of their research. Leah presented her work on interactive visualizations to teach about password guessing attacks and Sana presented work on a gesture-based password system for flexible mobile displays. … [Read more...] about CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop