Jessica Rocheleau has successfully defended her thesis entitled Privacy attitudes and behaviours of autistic and non-autistic teenagers on social networking sites. Her thesis was accepted "as-is". Congratulations Jessica! … [Read more...] about Jessica defends MA(HCI) Thesis
Lab
Hosting SHAD workshop
On July 16, members of the CHORUS lab are organizing a half-day workshop for SHAD high school students, introducing them to human-computer interaction. Participants will try out emerging technologies in this hands-on workshop and discuss on-going research in human-computer interaction. On July 15, Sonia gave a lecture on cybersecurity and practical advice for staying safe online to SHAD students. … [Read more...] about Hosting SHAD workshop
Hala and Becky graduate
Hala Assal and Becky Jeong attended yesterday's convocation and officially received their degrees. Hala completed her PhD in Computer Science and Becky completed her Masters in Human Computer Interaction. Hala also received the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Congratulations Hala and Becky! … [Read more...] about Hala and Becky graduate
Research Seminar June 12
Reham will soon be presenting her PhD research seminar. All are welcome to attend. Details are as follows: School of Computer Science Seminar June 12, 2019 @ 1:30pm Gradually decaying content protects social media users’ privacy Speaker: Reham Mohamed Location: 5345 Herzberg Laboratories ABSTRACT Decaying representations can be used on social media profiles to gradually decay older content, and help users disassociate from past online activities. We showed … [Read more...] about Research Seminar June 12
3MT videos posted
Earlier this year, Reham competed in the Carleton 3-Minute Thesis competition. Videos of the presentations have been posted. Here is Reham's: Other presentations are also available … [Read more...] about 3MT videos posted
Daniela awarded OGS
PhD student Daniela Napoli was recently awarded a $15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship for 2019-2020. Daniela's research is on improving cybersecurity and privacy for users with visual impairments. Congratulations Daniela! … [Read more...] about Daniela awarded OGS
Two new students
We have two new students in the lab this semester. Paulina Chametka is a undergraduate computer science student doing a coop workterm in the lab, helping out with all aspects of our research. Navneet Sidhu is a Masters student in computer science who will be completing her Master's project in usable security. Welcome Paulina and Navneet! … [Read more...] about Two new students
Becky defends her thesis
Masters of HCI student Becky Jeong successfully defended her thesis, Children and adults' perception of signal colours, symbols, and words in the context of cybersecurity warnings. Her worked compared children and adults' interpretation of various symbols, colours, and words used on warning messages to determine how severe they would perceive threats described by these cues. Congratulations Becky! … [Read more...] about Becky defends her thesis
Yomna graduates
Yomna graduated from her Masters in HCI today. Congratulations Yomna! … [Read more...] about Yomna graduates
Dr. Hala
Hala Assal successfully defended her PhD thesis this week. Her thesis was entitled The Human Dimension of Software Security and Factors Affecting Security Processes. Congratulations Dr. Hala! … [Read more...] about Dr. Hala