Four students from the lab presented their undergraduate research at NCUR 2022 this week: Paulina Chametka presented her work on Perceptions of Mental Health Chatbots. This is work from her undergraduate thesis with the lab.Erica Morgan presented her work on The Usability of Mobile Cryptocurrency Wallets for First-Time Users. This is work from her undergraduate thesis with the lab.Max Keleher presented his work on Adaptive Colouring of Video Captions using a Fuzzy Expert System. This is work … [Read more...] about 4 NCUR presentations
HCII paper accepted
Michael Shlega's I-CUREUS research has been accepted for publication at HCI International 2022. At the conference in May, he will be presenting his work: Michael Shlega, Sana Maqsood, and Sonia Chiasson. Users, Smart Homes, and Digital Assistants: Impact of Technology Experience and Adoption. In HCI International (HCII). Springer 2022 … [Read more...] about HCII paper accepted
#BreakTheBias panel
Sonia appeared as a panelist in this year's #BreakTheBias event for International Women's Day, hosted by the Science Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee at Carleton … [Read more...] about #BreakTheBias panel
Vathsan defends PhD Proposal
This week, Vathsan successfully defended his PhD proposal. His research explores end-user privacy in popular implementations of OAuth single sign-on protocols. Congratulations Vathsan! … [Read more...] about Vathsan defends PhD Proposal
Sonia presents at Lakehead University
Sonia gave an invited talk to graduate students at the Department of Computer Science at Lakehead University. She discussed the challenges that arise when humans and cybersecurity technology interact, and principles on how to improve these interactions. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at Lakehead University
Vathsan presents at OAuth Security Workshop
Vathsan presented his research on user privacy in OAuth-based logins at the 2021 OAuth Security Workshop. … [Read more...] about Vathsan presents at OAuth Security Workshop
SERENE-RISC wraps up
Launched in 2013, SERENE-RISC led knowledge mobilization efforts in Cybersecurity for over 8 years, connecting with industry, government, and not-for-profit partners. In October, we held our last major SERENE-RISC event, as the network wraps up operations. SERENE-RISC was funded through the federal NCE-KM program, which has now concluded. Most of SERENE-RISC's core activities will continue, either through our new HC2P research network or through the newly announced National Cybersecurity … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC wraps up
HC2P research network launched
On Oct 21, 2021, we held the inaugural Human Centric Cybersecurity Partnership (HC2P) annual workshop. HC2P is a new multi-year SSHRC-funded partnership hosted by Benoit Dupont at the Universite de Montreal. It includes 34 researchers across Canada who work in areas relating to humans and cybersecurity. This explores usable security and privacy, regulatory issues, and societal aspects. Importantly, it also includes partnerships with major industry, government, and not-for-profit stakeholders. … [Read more...] about HC2P research network launched
Sonia presents at the University of Windsor
Sonia will be presenting her work on designing for usable security to the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Windsor group on October 8. … [Read more...] about Sonia presents at the University of Windsor
New lab members
We have recently added three new members to CHORUS. Sveta Dobrynina is a 2nd year Masters of HCI student and both Max Keleher and Kazma Chaudhry are first year Masters of HCI students. Welcome to the group! … [Read more...] about New lab members