Besides participating in workshops, PhD student Daniela Napoli presented a poster at SOUPS 2019 in Santa Clara. She discussed the results of research she led on the security implications of online accessibility obstacles for users with visual impairments. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at SOUPS
Conference
CLUE Symposium 2019
The annual CLUE Symposium was held on May 15 at the IBM Campus in Ottawa. The event featured a keynote by Tanya Snook from CanUX, lightning talks and poster presentations by students, and four mini-workshops on various HCI topics. CHORUS has several CLUE students who participated. Reham presented a 2-minute lightning talk about her privacy in social media research. Jessica presented a 2-minute talk about her work on social media privacy for teens with and without autism. Daniela … [Read more...] about CLUE Symposium 2019
Hala presents at CHI
Hala presented her paper at CHI 2019 in Glasgow and received her Best Paper Award. The paper covered part of her PhD thesis and was entitled “Think secure from the beginning”: A Survey with Software Developers. … [Read more...] about Hala presents at CHI
Hala wins CHI Best Paper award
Recent graduate Hala Assal has been awarded a CHI Best Paper Award for her 2019 paper, “Think secure from the beginning”: A Survey with Software Developers. Hala will be presenting her work at the conference in Glasgow in May. Congratulations Hala!! … [Read more...] about Hala wins CHI Best Paper award
Sana wins Best Poster award
Last week, PhD student Sana Maqsood presented her research at the 2018 SERENE-RISC Annual Workshop. She won the Best Poster Award for her work on an educational game to teach tweens about digital literacy. Congratulations Sana! … [Read more...] about Sana wins Best Poster award
Daniela presents at CCS 2018
PhD student Daniela Napoli presented a poster at ACM CCS 2018 in Toronto. She discussed her work on usability issues hindering the accessibility of SSL warnings for visually impaired users. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at CCS 2018
Sonia presents at Conference Board of Canada
Today, Sonia gave an invited talk about some of the lab's research and lessons relating to fostering a security mindset within organizations at the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for National Security Building a Security Culture conference. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Conference Board of Canada
SOUPS 2018 presentations
Hala, Reham, and Sonia attended SOUPS 2018 in Baltimore this week. Both presented work from their PhD theses. Hala talked about how software developers include security in the software development lifecycle. Reham talked about the concept of digital aging and ways to represent this on social media. Both papers are available on the USENIX website. Hala also presented her work on the motivators and deterrents to software security in the co-located WSIM workshop. … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2018 presentations
Sana presents at IDC 2018
We have just returned from Norway, where PhD student Sana Maqsood presented our work on the educational game A Day in the Life of the Jos. She discussed the design, development, and evaluation of the game. The paper is available on our publications page. Sana also presented a poster showcasing Sumbal Maqsood's research on password policies and children. … [Read more...] about Sana presents at IDC 2018
USENIX Security 2018 paper
We are happy to announce that our paper, The aftermath of a crypto-ransomware attack at a large academic institution, will be published at USENIX Security 2018. We will be presenting the work at the conference in Baltimore Aug 15-17. … [Read more...] about USENIX Security 2018 paper