PhD student and CHORUS collaborator Anna-Lena Theus presented our joint paper on privacy and smart streetlights in York, UK at the INTERACT 2023 conference. The paper is “A solution to a problem that didn’t exist?”: Exploring Attitudes Towards Smart Streetlighting Systems by Anna-Lena Theus and Sonia Chiasson. … [Read more...] about Anna presents at INTERACT 2023
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PST 2023 presentation
Paulina presented research on mental health chatbots at PST 2023. This work was done during her honours thesis. The paper is Security and Privacy perceptions of mental health chatbots by Paulina Chametka, Sana Maqsood, and Sonia Chiasson. … [Read more...] about PST 2023 presentation
Two EuroUSEC 2023 papers accepted
We will be presenting two papers at EuroUSEC 2023: Kazma Chaudhry, Anna-Lena Theus, Hala Assal, and Sonia Chiasson. “It’s not that I want to see the student’s bedroom…”: Instructor Perceptions of e-Proctoring Software. Khadija Baig, Daniela Napoli, and Sonia Chiasson. A comparison of users’ and non-users’ perceptions of health and ancestry at-home DNA testing. … [Read more...] about Two EuroUSEC 2023 papers accepted
Students attend HC2P Summer School
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
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
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
Max presents at NordiCHI
Master's student Max Keleher presented our work on manipulative/deceptive patterns at NordiCHI 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark … [Read more...] about Max presents at NordiCHI
Fiona & Kalpana present at EuroUSEC 2022
Fiona and Kalpana jointly presented our work at EuroUSEC 2022. The paper is available here: "I just want to play games with friends and it asked me for all of my information'": Trading privacy for connection during the COVID-19 pandemic" … [Read more...] about Fiona & Kalpana present at EuroUSEC 2022
Kazma and Ashi receive Best Poster Award – SOUPS 2022
Congratulations to Kazma and Ashi! They won a Best Poster Award at SOUPS 2022 for their work on privacy and e-proctoring. The poster is: "I didn't even want to turn my head because I was so scared of the prof: Student perceptions of e-proctoring software" by Kazma Chaudhry, Ashi Mann, Hala Assal, and Sonia Chiasson. … [Read more...] about Kazma and Ashi receive Best Poster Award – SOUPS 2022
EuroUSEC 2022 paper
Our paper, "I just want to play games with friends and it asked me for all of my information": Trading privacy for connection during the COVID-19 pandemic by Fiona Westin, Kalpana Hundlani, and Sonia Chiasson, has been accepted at EuroUSEC 2022 and will be presented in September. … [Read more...] about EuroUSEC 2022 paper