CHORUS Lab

Carleton's Human Oriented Research in Usable Security Lab

 

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Hiring two tenure-track Security Faculty

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We are hiring two tenure-track security faculty.  One of the target areas is usable security.  Besides the info on the official ad, the School also hosts an interdisciplinary Masters of HCI program.   Location: Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaPosition:  Two tenure-track faculty positionsApplication Deadline:  December 1, 2018The official job ad is at http://scs.carleton.ca/security19 The School of Computer Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada invites applications … [Read more...] about Hiring two tenure-track Security Faculty

MITACS article

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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

Education game featured

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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

HCIN5200 student research featured

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Daniela Napoli's research on colour-blindness in games has been featured by Carleton: https://gradstudents.carleton.ca/2017/grad-research-impact-colour-blindness-online-gaming/ Daniela is a first year Masters student in the HCI program and was a student in HCIN5200 last semester. She conducted this research in the CHORUS lab as her finalcourse project. … [Read more...] about HCIN5200 student research featured

comp5115 research project highlighted

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Borke Obada, a Master's student in Computer Science, took COMP5115 Security & Usability in Fall 2015. Her final research project involved a qualitative user study exploring privacy and security habits of people using online dating sites. Students in the class are strongly encouraged to undertake real projects research as their final class assignment. Her research was recently highlighted the Carleton Graduate Newsletter. … [Read more...] about comp5115 research project highlighted

SERENE-RISC highlighted by Research Works

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Carleton's Research Works recently featured SERENE-RISC in an online article highlighting the network and its cybersecurity initiatives. "SERENE-RISC’s purpose is knowledge mobilization – getting cybersecurity research out of the academic sphere and into the hands of industry and government where it can have a practical impact" … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC highlighted by Research Works

Summer student featured in Eureka magazine

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After completing his first year of Computer Science, Michael Lutaaya was awarded a Dean's Summer Research Internship to work in a lab over the summer. Only 15 students are awarded the internship each year. During his time in the CHORUS lab, Michael designed and implemented a game to help users learn and memorize random text passwords. The article is available on P.18 of the Faculty of Science's Eureka magazine … [Read more...] about Summer student featured in Eureka magazine