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
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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
Hala defends her PhD proposal
Hala Assal successfully defended her PhD proposal this afternoon. Congratulations Hala! … [Read more...] about Hala defends her PhD proposal
Education game featured
PhD student Sana Maqsood and former Masters student Christine Mekhail have been working on an educational game about cybersecurity/privacy for tweens. The game is called A Day in the Life of the Jos. This project is done in collaboration with MediaSmarts. Christine worked on the initial conceptualization and the visual design of the game, while Sana has been working on the interaction design and implementation. Recently, Sana's part of the project was featured by Grad Studies. … [Read more...] about Education game featured
June 2017 Convocation
Leah attended Convocation this week, receiving her PhD in Computer Science. Congratulations Leah! … [Read more...] about June 2017 Convocation
Leah successfully defends her PhD
Today, Leah Zhang-Kennedy successfully defended her PhD Thesis, entitled Multimedia Approaches for Improving Children's Privacy and Security Knowledge and Persuading Behaviour Change. Congratulations Dr. Leah! :) … [Read more...] about Leah successfully defends her PhD
Mentoring award
Sonia was awarded a Carleton 2016 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award, after nominations by her current and former students. The ceremony was held on March 1. … [Read more...] about Mentoring award
Leah’s PhD Proposal
Leah Zhang-Kennedy successfully defended her PhD proposal today. Her proposal is entitled Multimedia Approaches for Improving Children's Security and Privacy Knowledge and Persuading Behaviour Change. She will be wrapping up her work and will defend her thesis later this year. … [Read more...] about Leah’s PhD Proposal
Research study about recent Network Interruption
**ONLINE SURVEY** Were you impacted by the November network interruptions? Looking for study volunteers (Carleton Faculty, Staff, and Students) Carleton's Usable Security lab (CHORUS) is conducting a user study to understand the effects of the November 29th campus wide network interruption on the Carleton community. If you are interested in participating, please complete our online survey at: https://cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eKcG1cj20OKv7QF Were you affected by this … [Read more...] about Research study about recent Network Interruption