Phd student Sana Maqsood has successfully defended her PhD proposal, entitled Gaming digital literacy: using procedural rhetoric to design a digital literacy game for preteens. Congratulations Sana! … [Read more...] about Sana defends PhD proposal
Dr. Reham
We are happy to announce that Reham Mohamed successfully defended her PhD thesis this week. Her thesis is entitled Investigating decay representations for privacy and online reputation management. Congratulations Dr. Reham! … [Read more...] about Dr. Reham
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
Jessica defends MA(HCI) Thesis
Jessica Rocheleau has successfully defended her thesis entitled Privacy attitudes and behaviours of autistic and non-autistic teenagers on social networking sites. Her thesis was accepted "as-is". Congratulations Jessica! … [Read more...] about Jessica defends MA(HCI) Thesis
Michael defends MCS
Michael Lutaaya successfully defended his MCS thesis this week. His research is on the usability and security of digital identity. Congratulations Michael! … [Read more...] about Michael defends MCS
Hosting SHAD workshop
On July 16, members of the CHORUS lab are organizing a half-day workshop for SHAD high school students, introducing them to human-computer interaction. Participants will try out emerging technologies in this hands-on workshop and discuss on-going research in human-computer interaction. On July 15, Sonia gave a lecture on cybersecurity and practical advice for staying safe online to SHAD students. … [Read more...] about Hosting SHAD workshop
Daniela awarded NSERC PGS-D
PhD student Daniela Napoli has been awarded an NSERC-PGS-D scholarship. Congratulations Daniela! … [Read more...] about Daniela awarded NSERC PGS-D
Hala and Becky graduate
Hala Assal and Becky Jeong attended yesterday's convocation and officially received their degrees. Hala completed her PhD in Computer Science and Becky completed her Masters in Human Computer Interaction. Hala also received the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Congratulations Hala and Becky! … [Read more...] about Hala and Becky graduate
Research Seminar June 12
Reham will soon be presenting her PhD research seminar. All are welcome to attend. Details are as follows: School of Computer Science Seminar June 12, 2019 @ 1:30pm Gradually decaying content protects social media users’ privacy Speaker: Reham Mohamed Location: 5345 Herzberg Laboratories ABSTRACT Decaying representations can be used on social media profiles to gradually decay older content, and help users disassociate from past online activities. We showed … [Read more...] about Research Seminar June 12
Sonia presents at Discovery Cafe
Sonia will be giving an invited talk on May 31 as part of the 2019 Discover Cafe lecture series held in Ottawa. These monthly community lectures cover a variety of general interest topics. Sonia will be discussing practical advice for staying safe online. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Discovery Cafe