Although CHORUS has gone virtual for the foreseeable future, we are still actively doing research. We have several new summer undergraduate students joining us to learn about the research process and engage in research. Welcome to Hamza Sohail from Computer Science, Jarimey Rada from Interactive Multimedia & Design, Ivy (Jing) Cao from Interactive Multimedia & Design. Computer Science undergrad Sebastian Navas Chaparro has also returned to the lab for the summer. … [Read more...] about Summer students in the lab
Khadija wins Provost Award
Computer Science undergrad Khadija Baig has won a 2020 Provost Award for her outstanding contributions to research and outreach as an undergraduate student. Congratulations Khadija! The Carleton news article about the award and ceremony is available here: https://carleton.ca/provost/2020/provost-scholars-announced/ … [Read more...] about Khadija wins Provost Award
Hamza awarded i-CUREUS funding
Computer Science undergraduate Hamza Sohail has been awarded i-CUREUS funding to work in the CHORUS lab over the summer and conduct research on the implementation of educational games to teach digital literacy to children. Congratulations Hamza! … [Read more...] about Hamza awarded i-CUREUS funding
Sebastian receives USRA
Computer Science undergraduate student Sebastian Navas Chaparro has received an NSERC USRA award to conduct research in our CHORUS lab this summer. Congratulations Sebastian! … [Read more...] about Sebastian receives USRA
Dr. Sana
This week, Sana Maqsood successfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled The design, development, and evaluation of a digital literacy game for preteens. In collaboration with MediaSmarts, the game built as part of Sana's PhD has now been deployed to schools across Canada. Congratulations Dr. Sana! … [Read more...] about Dr. Sana
Sandra defends her Master’s
Sandra Gabriele successfully defended her Master's of HCI thesis this week. Her work is about User awareness of privacy risks related to the collection of fitness tracker data. Congratulations Sandra! … [Read more...] about Sandra defends her Master’s
CHI 2020 papers
We are fortunate and excited to have four CHI 2020 papers accepted for publication: Rebecca Jeong, Sonia Chiasson. `Lime', `Open Lock', and `Blocked': Children's Perception of Colors, Symbols, and Words in Cybersecurity Warnings;Sandra Gabriele, Sonia Chiasson. Understanding fitness tracker users' security and privacy knowledge, attitudes and behaviours;Reham Mohamed, Paulina Chametka, Sonia Chiasson. The Influence of Decaying the Representation of Older Social Media Content on Simulated … [Read more...] about CHI 2020 papers
Fall 2019 Convocation
Four students from our lab graduated in the Fall convocation this weekend. Navneet received her MCS. Jessica received her MA(HCI) and was awarded the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Michael received his MCS. Reham received her PhD in Computer Science. Congratulations everyone! … [Read more...] about Fall 2019 Convocation
Fiona wins Best Poster
Attendees of this year's SERENE-RISC Annual Conference voted for their favourite student posters. Fiona won this year's Best Academic Poster award! She created a poster about Giving up Privacy for Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), based on her 2019 NSPW paper. … [Read more...] about Fiona wins Best Poster
Jessica awarded Senate Medal
We've just found out that Jessica has been awarded a Carleton Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement for her Master's work. The medal will be awarded in November at the Fall 2019 convocation. Congratulations Jessica! … [Read more...] about Jessica awarded Senate Medal