CHORUS Lab

Carleton's Human Oriented Research in Usable Security Lab

 

Becky defends her thesis

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Masters of HCI student Becky Jeong successfully defended her thesis, Children and adults' perception of signal colours, symbols, and words in the context of cybersecurity warnings.  Her worked compared children and adults' interpretation of various symbols, colours, and words used on warning messages to determine how severe they would perceive threats described by these cues. Congratulations Becky! … [Read more...] about Becky defends her thesis

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

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

Hala awarded medal

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We found out today that Hala Assal has been awarded a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement for this fall convocation. https://carleton.ca/convocation/medals-awards/ Hala defended her PhD this summer and is currently a postdoc at uOttawa. Congratulations Hala! … [Read more...] about Hala awarded medal