Sonia was one of a handful of researchers invited by the Minister of Science's office to a Young Scientist dinner where she got to meet and discuss with Minister Kirsty Duncan. … [Read more...] about Dinner with the Minister of Science
Summer RAs
We are happy to have two new students joining us in the lab over the summer. Michael Kuang is a Computer Science undergrad who has been awarded a Dean's Summer Research Internship. He will be working on research relating to mobile user authentication. Khadija Baig is a Computer Science undergraduate student who recently completed her first year and will be working on research relating to secure software development. … [Read more...] about Summer RAs
IDC 2016 WIP accepted
Leah Zhang-Kennedy's Work-In-Progress paper on the Cyberheroes e-book has been accepted at IDC 2016. The paper, entitled "Teaching with an Interactive E-book to Improve Children's Online Privacy Knowledge", will be available online soon. … [Read more...] about IDC 2016 WIP accepted
Hala presents at CRA-W
Last weekend, PhD Student Hala Assal presented a poster of her PhD research at the 2016 CRA-W Grad Cohort workshop. Hala is researching how to improve the software practices around security code reviews. … [Read more...] about Hala presents at CRA-W
CLUE internships
Two CHORUS lab members will be completing CLUE internships this summer. The internships provide hands-on industry experience in the area of human-computer interaction. Christine Mekhail, a Masters student in HCI, will be working at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Reham Ebada, a PhD student in Computer Science, will be working at TrendMicro. … [Read more...] about CLUE internships
comp5115 research project highlighted
Borke Obada, a Master's student in Computer Science, took COMP5115 Security & Usability in Fall 2015. Her final research project involved a qualitative user study exploring privacy and security habits of people using online dating sites. Students in the class are strongly encouraged to undertake real projects research as their final class assignment. Her research was recently highlighted the Carleton Graduate Newsletter. … [Read more...] about comp5115 research project highlighted
SERENE Workshop: Cybercrime in the Financial Sector
On May 31, SERENE-RISC will be hosting a 1-day workshop on Cybercrime in the Financial Sector in Toronto. The event will be co-located with the APWG eCrime Summit. Registration to the Cybercrime workshop is free. We also have 10 scholarships available to Canadian students who would like to attend. Registration and scholarship details are available on the workshop webpage. … [Read more...] about SERENE Workshop: Cybercrime in the Financial Sector
SERENE-RISC Spring Workshop
The SERENE-RISC Spring Workshop will be held in Vancouver on April 27-28, 2016. To register or get more info, see the workshop webpage. … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC Spring Workshop
Cyberheroes — interactive e-book now available
Our new Cyberheroes website is now live at http://www.versipass.com/edusec/cyberheroes/ Cyberheroes is an interactive e-book for 7-9 year olds, introducing them to the subject of online privacy. It is freely available as a web-based application through Game Salad and as an iPad app. Links for both are on the Cyberheroes webpage. … [Read more...] about Cyberheroes — interactive e-book now available
IDC paper accepted
Our paper entitled "From Nosy Little Brothers to Stranger-Danger: Children and Parents’ Perception of Mobile Threats" by Leah Zhang-Kennedy, Christine Mekhail, and Yomna Abdelaziz, and Sonia Chiasson has just been accepted at IDC - the Interaction Design and Children Conference. We will traveling to the UK to present the paper at the conference in June. … [Read more...] about IDC paper accepted