CHORUS Lab

Carleton's Human Oriented Research in Usable Security Lab

 

Lab

Teaching Award

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The Carleton Graduate Student Association's Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching was established by the GSA in 1990 in order to recognize faculty members who have, in the estimation of their graduate students, provided an outstanding contribution to university teaching at the graduate level. The 2014 winner is Dr. Sonia Chiasson in the School of Computer Science. … [Read more...] about Teaching Award

Ben Daniel visits from the University of Otago

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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

Renovations have begun

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We are very excited to have the renovations begin in the CHORUS lab. The first step was to label everything for removal, then painting, then the new walls started coming up. We're trying hard to stay out of the way of the construction workers, but we keep going to peek to see the progress! When all is done, it'll have 3 rooms set up for running experiments and an open-space for group stuff.   … [Read more...] about Renovations have begun

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Summer term ending

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Sarah and Michael recently finished their summer workterms as undergraduate research assistants in the lab. Both have been active members of the lab for the last few months. Sarah worked on graphic and web design aspects of our improving mental models project. Michael worked on a password rehearsal game to help user memorize randomly assigned text passwords. … [Read more...] about Summer term ending

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Lab space

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We have lab space! The CHORUS (Carleton's Human-Oriented Research in Usable Security) lab's new home is room 5115 Herzberg building. We are still setting up and getting organized, but I think this will be a great space.  This is a very exciting week :) My new office is now ready too - room 5130 Herzberg, just down the hall from the lab. … [Read more...] about Lab space

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