Recent CHORUS graduate Leah Zhang-Kennedy has started a new position as a lecturer at the University of Waterloo's Stratford Campus. She teaches User Experience Design and Innovation. … [Read more...] about Leah now a Lecturer at University of Waterloo
Social Media & Society 2017
Last week, PhD students Reham Ebada and Thais Bardini Idalino presented their paper, When private and professional lives meet: The impact of digital footprints on employees and political candidates, at the Social Media & Society conference in Toronto. … [Read more...] about Social Media & Society 2017
British HCI 2017
Leah presented her paper entitled Comics as Persuasion for Children’s Online Privacy Education at the British HCI . She also presented two projects in the Interactions Gallery. She demo'ed both her interactive Cyberheroes ebook and Secure Comics. … [Read more...] about British HCI 2017
Hala defends her PhD proposal
Hala Assal successfully defended her PhD proposal this afternoon. Congratulations Hala! … [Read more...] about Hala defends her PhD proposal
SOUPS 2017 program now available
The SOUPS 2017 program is now available. SOUPS will be held in Santa Clara on July 12-14. Come join us! … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2017 program now available
Education game featured
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
June 2017 Convocation
Leah attended Convocation this week, receiving her PhD in Computer Science. Congratulations Leah! … [Read more...] about June 2017 Convocation
CRC in User Centric Cybersecurity
Sonia's Canada Research Chair in User Centric Cybersecurity has been renewed for an additional 5 years. … [Read more...] about CRC in User Centric Cybersecurity
Paper accepted in IJCCI
Our paper, Cyberheroes: The Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Ebook to Educate Children about Online Privacy, has been accepted in the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. It will appear in an upcoming issue. … [Read more...] about Paper accepted in IJCCI
Presenting at CyberSmart 2017
Sonia will be a panelist on the Canadian Cyber R&D Agenda panel at the CyberSmart 2017 summit on Canadian Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development in Fredericton, NB on May 24-25. … [Read more...] about Presenting at CyberSmart 2017