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
Khadija presents at SERENE-RISC
Khadija presented a poster at the Annual SERENE-RISC Conference this week. She discussed her work about privacy concerns and at-home DNA testing. … [Read more...] about Khadija presents at SERENE-RISC
Fiona presents at NSPW
Master's student Fiona Westin presented her paper entitled Opt Out of Privacy or "Go Home": Understanding Reluctant Privacy Behaviours through the FoMO-Centric Design Paradigm at NSPW 2019 in Costa Rica. … [Read more...] about Fiona presents at NSPW