Jessica Rocheleau has been awarded this year's Derbyshire Graduate Scholarship in Cognitive Science. Congratulations Jessica! … [Read more...] about Jessica awarded scholarship
CHI 2021 Paper: FoMO and privacy
Our research on how Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) leads users to reluctantly chose privacy-compromising behaviours has been accepted for publication at ACM CHI 2021. Fiona Westin, Sonia Chiasson. ``It's So Difficult to Sever that Connection'': The Role of FoMO in Users' Reluctant Privacy Behaviours. ACM CHI 2021. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Paper: FoMO and privacy
CHI 2021 paper: Teacher perceptions
Our paper on teacher perceptions of tween's online risks has been accepted for the upcoming CHI 2021 Sana Maqsood, Sonia Chiasson. “They think it’s totally fine to talk to somebody on the internet they don’t know”: Teachers’ Perceptions and Mitigation Strategies of Tweens’ Online Risks. ACM CHI 2021 … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 paper: Teacher perceptions
Daniela presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
Daniela, a PhD student, presented at Waterloo's UXperience: Think Privacy design jam workshop. She talked about her work on designing accessible security and privacy and related design guidelines. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
Sana presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
Postdoc Sana Maqsood presented at the University of Waterloo's UXperience: Think Privacy Design Jam. She presented on the collaborative user-centered design process used in creating her educational game on digital security and privacy. … [Read more...] about Sana presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
ACM CSUR paper accepted
Our recent literature survey has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of ACM Computing Surveys: Leah Zhang-Kennedy, Sonia Chiasson. A Systematic Review of Multimedia Tools for Cybersecurity Awareness and Education, ACM CSUR (volume/issue pending, accepted September 2020) … [Read more...] about ACM CSUR paper accepted
The lab welcomes several undergrad RAs
Several undergraduate students are completing research projects in the lab this year. Hamza Sohail received a DSRI scholarship to conduct research on haptic feedback for security Sebastian Navas Chaparro received an I-CUREUS award to work on research related to alternative notifications for security Michael Shlega received an I-CUREUS award to work on research relating to privacy concerns and adoption of smart home technologies Jeeheon (Helen) Kim received a CUFS RTA to work on … [Read more...] about The lab welcomes several undergrad RAs
CHORUS internships
Several CHORUS lab members will be on internship or workterms this semester. PhD student Daniela Napoli is completing a CLUE internship with the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Master's student Khadija Baig is completing a CLUE internship with the National Research Council (NRC) Undergraduate student Sebastian Navas Chaparro is completing a coop workterm with Apption. … [Read more...] about CHORUS internships
SOUPS 2020 Poster: NoViz warnings
Daniela Napoli and Sebastian Navas-Chaparro presented their research on non-visual thermal security warnings as a poster at the SOUPS 2021 conference. The poster and video presentation of their work is available on the USENIX website. … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2020 Poster: NoViz warnings
General Chair of SOUPS
Sonia will serve as the General Chair of USENIX SOUPS 2021 and SOUPS 2022. … [Read more...] about General Chair of SOUPS