Several lab members had the opportunity to participate in the ACM Canadian Women in Computing conference, held in Ottawa Jan 22-23. Hala, Sana, and Reham gave a well-attended tutorial on Usable Security. Kalpana, Christine, Sana, and Hala each presented posters with some of their research. Sana won 3rd place overall in the poster competition! … [Read more...] about CAN-CWiC participation
Invited presentation
Invited talk – CIRA
On January 20, Sonia visited the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) offices and gave a presentation about CHORUS's on-going research on user authentication for children. This work is partially funded through the .CA Community Investment Program. … [Read more...] about Invited talk – CIRA
Research talks
In December, Sonia visited and gave research talks at the Institute for Information Security at ETH, Zurich and at the Interaction Design Centre at Middlesex University in London, UK. … [Read more...] about Research talks
Invited talk at Concordia
On November 4, Sonia gave an invited talk on Improving End-User Cybersecurity in the Distinguised Speaker Series for Concordia's Institute for Information Systems Engineering in Montreal. … [Read more...] about Invited talk at Concordia
Faculty of Science Alumni Panel
On Oct 16, the Faculty of Science held its annual Alumni Panel. The event features Carleton Alumni and provides a forum for current students to ask questions and hear about the experiences and career paths of some alumni. Sonia was one of the three invited panelist for this year's event. … [Read more...] about Faculty of Science Alumni Panel
Ben Daniel visits from the University of Otago
Dr. Ben Daniel from the University of Otago in New Zealand visited the lab on October 1. Ben is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, and heads the Educational Technology Group. His current research is focused on understanding the value of Big Data and learning analytics in higher education. While at Carleton, he gave an invited talk and met with graduate students. … [Read more...] about Ben Daniel visits from the University of Otago
Invited presentation at TU Darmstadt
Sonia gave an invited presentation on "Understanding and improving mental models of computer security" at TU Darmstadt in Germany today and visited the SecUSo – Security, Usability and Society research group. … [Read more...] about Invited presentation at TU Darmstadt
visiting UQO
I will be giving an invited talk at the Département d'Informatique et d'Ingénierie, Université du Québec en Outaouais this afternoon. … [Read more...] about visiting UQO
Visiting RIM and the University of Waterloo
I will be giving talks on usable security at the University of Waterloo and at RIM on Jan 19th and 20th. … [Read more...] about Visiting RIM and the University of Waterloo
WECSR 2012 panel
I will be a member of a panel at the Workshop on Ethics in Computer Security Research (WECSR) held with FC 2012 in February. We will be discussing the ethics of performing research using public data of illicit origin. … [Read more...] about WECSR 2012 panel