Khadija presented a poster at the Annual SERENE-RISC Conference this week. She discussed her work about privacy concerns and at-home DNA testing. … [Read more...] about Khadija presents at SERENE-RISC
Publication
Fiona presents at Ubicomp 2019
Fiona presented a poster and demo at Ubicomp 2019 in London, UK. She was demonstrating work done with her classmate as part of HCIN5300, one of the HCI grad classes. They used wearables to augment a game of pick-up-sticks. Their poster was entitled iSNoW: User perceptions of an interactive social novelty wearable. … [Read more...] about Fiona presents at Ubicomp 2019
Daniela presents at SOUPS
Besides participating in workshops, PhD student Daniela Napoli presented a poster at SOUPS 2019 in Santa Clara. She discussed the results of research she led on the security implications of online accessibility obstacles for users with visual impairments. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at SOUPS
CHI 2019 paper accepted
Recent graduate Hala Assal has had a full paper accepted at CHI 2019. Her paper, ``Think secure from the beginning'': A Survey with Software Developers, reports on 123 software developers' security practices, and their motivators/detractors to those practices. A pre-print of the paper is available on the publications page. … [Read more...] about CHI 2019 paper accepted
Daniela presents at CCS 2018
PhD student Daniela Napoli presented a poster at ACM CCS 2018 in Toronto. She discussed her work on usability issues hindering the accessibility of SSL warnings for visually impaired users. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at CCS 2018
SOUPS 2018 presentations
Hala, Reham, and Sonia attended SOUPS 2018 in Baltimore this week. Both presented work from their PhD theses. Hala talked about how software developers include security in the software development lifecycle. Reham talked about the concept of digital aging and ways to represent this on social media. Both papers are available on the USENIX website. Hala also presented her work on the motivators and deterrents to software security in the co-located WSIM workshop. … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2018 presentations
IJCCI paper accepted
Our paper entitled An Exploration of Graphical Password Authentication for Children has recently been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. Former student Ahsan Imran conducted the study as part of his Master's, and PhD student Hala Assal conducted more in-depth analysis and prepared the work for publication. … [Read more...] about IJCCI paper accepted
Sana presents at IDC 2018
We have just returned from Norway, where PhD student Sana Maqsood presented our work on the educational game A Day in the Life of the Jos. She discussed the design, development, and evaluation of the game. The paper is available on our publications page. Sana also presented a poster showcasing Sumbal Maqsood's research on password policies and children. … [Read more...] about Sana presents at IDC 2018
USENIX Security 2018 paper
We are happy to announce that our paper, The aftermath of a crypto-ransomware attack at a large academic institution, will be published at USENIX Security 2018. We will be presenting the work at the conference in Baltimore Aug 15-17. … [Read more...] about USENIX Security 2018 paper
Hala to present at WSIW 2018
PhD student Hala Assal will be presenting her paper, Motivations and Amotivations for Software Security: Preliminary Results, at the Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW). The workshop is co-located with SOUPS 2018 in Baltimore on August 12. … [Read more...] about Hala to present at WSIW 2018