Sonia appeared as a panelist in this year's #BreakTheBias event for International Women's Day, hosted by the Science Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee at Carleton … [Read more...] about #BreakTheBias panel
Outreach
Sonia presents at Lakehead University
Sonia gave an invited talk to graduate students at the Department of Computer Science at Lakehead University. She discussed the challenges that arise when humans and cybersecurity technology interact, and principles on how to improve these interactions. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Lakehead University
Sonia presents at the University of Windsor
Sonia will be presenting her work on designing for usable security to the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Windsor group on October 8. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at the University of Windsor
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
Sonia presents at Discovery Cafe
Sonia will be giving an invited talk on May 31 as part of the 2019 Discover Cafe lecture series held in Ottawa. These monthly community lectures cover a variety of general interest topics. Sonia will be discussing practical advice for staying safe online. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Discovery Cafe
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
Reham reaches finals for 3MT competition
PhD student Reham Mohamed competed in this year's 3-Minute Thesis Competition at Carleton. She presented her work on automatically decaying social media content to help protect users' long-term privacy. Reham advanced to the final round of the university-wide competition. Congratulations Reham! … [Read more...] about Reham reaches finals for 3MT competition
Prof. Eddie Melcer gives talk
Prof. Eddie Melcer visited the Carleton and the CHORUS lab this week. On Wednesday, he helped out with the SHAD workshop. His game demo was a hit with students. On Thursday, he gave a talk to the CLUE and HCI students about ALT-CTRL: Bringing Embodied Physical Interactions into the Design of Games and Learning, where he talked about his research into using alternative input devices and physical interaction in learning games. Eddie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computational … [Read more...] about Prof. Eddie Melcer gives talk
SHAD 2018
The CHORUS lab once again participated in the SHAD program for high school students at Carleton by hosting two events. On July 18, Sonia gave a one-hour talk about Exploring cyber threats and protection strategies. And on July 25, we hosted a half-day workshop about HCI. Current and former CHORUS grad students, grad students from the Hotsoft and CIL labs, and visiting Prof. Melcer led hands-on demos for the SHAD students. Students visited 9 different … [Read more...] about SHAD 2018
Sonia presents at Ottawa Library
Sonia gave a talk at the Ottawa Library on Wednesday evening, as part of the library's Digital Literacy week. Her talk was on Staying Safe Online: Exploring Cyber Threats and Protection Strategies. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Ottawa Library