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
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Sumbal graduates
Sumbal received their Masters of Computer Science (HCI) degree at today's convocation. Congratulations! … [Read more...] about Sumbal graduates
Daniela graduates
Daniela received her Masters of Arts (HCI) degree at today's convocation. Congratulations! … [Read more...] about Daniela graduates
Prof Briggs to give talk on June 6
Pam Briggs is visiting from Northumbria University. She will be giving a research talk at Carleton on Wednesday June 6, where she will be presenting her work on Using psychological models to inform human-centred cybersecurity. For more details, please visit this Event page. … [Read more...] about Prof Briggs to give talk on June 6
Daniela defends her Master’s thesis
Daniela Napoli has successfully defended her Masters. of HCI thesis, Accessible and Usable Security: Exploring Visually Impaired Users’ Online Security and Privacy Strategies. Congratulations Daniela! … [Read more...] about Daniela defends her Master’s thesis
Prof. Pam Briggs visiting
We are happy to be hosting Professor Pam Briggs from Northumbria University, UK in the CHORUS lab for May and June. Pam's research is on identity, trust, and security. She is part of the Cybersecurity across the Lifespan (cSALSA) project. … [Read more...] about Prof. Pam Briggs visiting
MITACS article
Sana Maqsood's PhD is funded through a MITACS PhD Fellowship. MITACS recently released an article highlight Sana's research with MediaSmarts. It is available here and discusses A Day in the Life of the Jos, an online game to teach children about digital literacy, with a focus on cybersecurity and privacy. … [Read more...] about MITACS article
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
CAN-CWIC 2017
Sana and Reham attended CAN-CWiC 2017 in Montreal on Nov 3-4. Both Reham and Sana presented posters about their PhD research; Reham's work is on digital aging of social media artifacts and Sana's work is on educating children about online privacy and security. Sana also gave a lighting talk about her work. … [Read more...] about CAN-CWIC 2017
lab members attend CANUX 2017
Several lab members attended the CANUX 2017 user experience conference on Nov 4-5, thanks to funding from the CLUE program. … [Read more...] about lab members attend CANUX 2017