CHORUS Lab

Carleton's Human Oriented Research in Usable Security Lab

 

Publication

CHI 2019 paper accepted

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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

SOUPS 2018 presentations

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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

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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

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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