Sonia presented at the 2017 Digital Adoption Symposium - Securing Canada's Prosperity in a Digital World, hosted by the Digital Policy Forum. She was part of a panel on Meaningful Consumer Adoption Challenges and Solutions … [Read more...] about Presenting at Digital Adoption Symposium
HCIN5200 student research featured
Daniela Napoli's research on colour-blindness in games has been featured by Carleton: https://gradstudents.carleton.ca/2017/grad-research-impact-colour-blindness-online-gaming/ Daniela is a first year Masters student in the HCI program and was a student in HCIN5200 last semester. She conducted this research in the CHORUS lab as her finalcourse project. … [Read more...] about HCIN5200 student research featured
Leah’s PhD Proposal
Leah Zhang-Kennedy successfully defended her PhD proposal today. Her proposal is entitled Multimedia Approaches for Improving Children's Security and Privacy Knowledge and Persuading Behaviour Change. She will be wrapping up her work and will defend her thesis later this year. … [Read more...] about Leah’s PhD Proposal
USEC 2017 paper
We are pleased to announce that our paper “Don’t Break My Heart!": User Security Strategies for Online Dating has been accepted at USEC 2017. Borke will be presenting her work in San Diego next month. … [Read more...] about USEC 2017 paper
Sonia presents at Science Cafe
On January 11, Sonia presented to the general public at the Carleton Science Cafe held at the Sunnyside Public Library. Her presentation was about: Staying safe online: exploring cyber threats and protection strategies Why do users behave insecurely even though most will readily state that security and privacy are important? We will cover some of our recent research exploring reasons why users' actions do not necessarily reflect their desire for security and how the configuration of security … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Science Cafe
Research study about recent Network Interruption
**ONLINE SURVEY** Were you impacted by the November network interruptions? Looking for study volunteers (Carleton Faculty, Staff, and Students) Carleton's Usable Security lab (CHORUS) is conducting a user study to understand the effects of the November 29th campus wide network interruption on the Carleton community. If you are interested in participating, please complete our online survey at: https://cuhealth.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eKcG1cj20OKv7QF Were you affected by this … [Read more...] about Research study about recent Network Interruption
Canadian Civil Liberties Association presentation
Sonia and Leah gave a talk at the CCLA in Toronto on Nov 19. They spoke about usable privacy/security and digital literacy for children to a group of high school students involved in the Peer Privacy Protector program. These teens will take the information they learned through a series of presentations and develop educational materials for their peers. … [Read more...] about Canadian Civil Liberties Association presentation
Fall 2016 Convocation
Kalpana and Christine attended Convocation on Nov 12, each receiving their Masters degrees. Congratulations :) … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 Convocation
Cyber Summit 2016 in Banff
Sonia gave an invited presentation at the Cybera Cyber Summit 2016, held in Banff at the end of October. The theme for the conference was Using Technology Responsibly. Sonia presentation explored users' response to phishing and password rules, and proposed alternate system configurations that are less likely to lead to errors or misuse. … [Read more...] about Cyber Summit 2016 in Banff
Stephanie presents at AutoUI 2016
Stephanie Hurtado presented her paper, An Eye-tracking Evaluation of Driver Distraction and Unfamiliar Road Signs, at AutoUI 2016 in Ann Arbor, MI. … [Read more...] about Stephanie presents at AutoUI 2016