The 2021 Carleton Research Achievement Award recipients have been announced, and Sonia is among the recipients. The award comes with a $15,000 grant towards a new project. Sonia will be working on a project that has long been of interest to her --- increasing equity, diversity, and inclusion within Computer Science. … [Read more...] about Sonia receives 2021 Research Achievement Award
Funding
Jessica wins SSHRC CGS-D scholarship
PhD student Jessica Rocheleau has been awarded a 4-year scholarship from SSHRC for her proposal entitled: A Nudge in the Right Direction: Enhancing Autistic Teenagers' Engagement and Safety on Social Media with an Emotion-Focused Nudging Tool. Congratulations Jessica! … [Read more...] about Jessica wins SSHRC CGS-D scholarship
Hamza awarded i-CUREUS funding
Computer Science undergraduate Hamza Sohail has been awarded i-CUREUS funding to work in the CHORUS lab over the summer and conduct research on the implementation of educational games to teach digital literacy to children. Congratulations Hamza! … [Read more...] about Hamza awarded i-CUREUS funding
eCampus Ontario grant
We are happy to report that we recently received a 1-year eCampus Ontario Digital Inclusion Research grant to support Daniela Napoli's Master's research on usable security and privacy of users with visual impairments. Her work explores the web-based barriers that screen-reader users face while identifying and managing digital threats. We will take a two-phase approach that includes an expert evaluation and a user study with visually impaired individuals. … [Read more...] about eCampus Ontario grant
Early Researcher Award
The Ontario government has announced the winners of the ERA - Early Researcher Awards for 2016. We were awarded a 5 year grant to support research in usable security for children. The Carleton news release is available here. … [Read more...] about Early Researcher Award
new NSERC CREATE grant
The HCI program has received a $1.6M NSERC CREATE grant over 6 years to fund internships for students to gain industry experience and HCI skills. Lead by Professor Whitehead and other HCI researchers, the Collaborative Learning of Usability Experiences (CLUE) project will provide hands-on training and opportunities for students to experience the usability evaluation process on real projects. … [Read more...] about new NSERC CREATE grant
CIRA funding received
We were very happy to be awarded a research grant from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)'s Community Investment Program to study user authentication for children. The main purpose of this project is to explore which types of user authentication are most effective for children and make recommendations on the most appropriate configurations. … [Read more...] about CIRA funding received
OPC funding
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has announced the winners of the 2015-16 Contributions Program grants. We were very happy to learn that our project on mobile privacy for children has been funded. The main purpose of this research is to improve children's understanding of mobile online privacy, enable them to recognize potentially risky situations, and empower them to better protect themselves. The official press release is here. … [Read more...] about OPC funding
Surfnet special project grant
We are happy to announce that we were recently awarded a $25,000 Special Projects grant from the Surfnet Strategic Network for Gerardo Reynaga's work on Adapting CAPTCHAs for smart phone usage. … [Read more...] about Surfnet special project grant
$250,000 in CFI, ORF, and industry infrastructure funding
Sonia Chiasson has been awarded $100,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)'s Leaders Opportunity Fund. This award will be matched by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation under the Ontario Research Fund and industry for a total grant of $250,000. These funds will be used to acquire research infrastructure for the CHORUS lab. CHORUS is a centre for multi-disciplinary research on improving computer security and privacy for end-users and for experts. This … [Read more...] about $250,000 in CFI, ORF, and industry infrastructure funding