Leah Zhang-Kennedy was recently featured in Carleton's The Graduate Newsletter. See the article here: http://gradstudents.carleton.ca/2013/video-games-computer-security-fascinating-research-two-hci-grads/ … [Read more...] about HCI Masters grad featured in news article
Surfnet special project grant
We are happy to announce that we were recently awarded a $25,000 Special Projects grant from the Surfnet Strategic Network for Gerardo Reynaga's work on Adapting CAPTCHAs for smart phone usage. … [Read more...] about Surfnet special project grant
Leah presents at eCrime
Leah Zhang-Kennedy presented her paper "Password Advice Shouldn’t Be Boring: Visualizing Password Guessing Attacks" at APWG eCrime in San Franscico this week. … [Read more...] about Leah presents at eCrime
Summer student featured in Eureka magazine
After completing his first year of Computer Science, Michael Lutaaya was awarded a Dean's Summer Research Internship to work in a lab over the summer. Only 15 students are awarded the internship each year. During his time in the CHORUS lab, Michael designed and implemented a game to help users learn and memorize random text passwords. The article is available on P.18 of the Faculty of Science's Eureka magazine … [Read more...] about Summer student featured in Eureka magazine
$250,000 in CFI, ORF, and industry infrastructure funding
Sonia Chiasson has been awarded $100,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)'s Leaders Opportunity Fund. This award will be matched by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation under the Ontario Research Fund and industry for a total grant of $250,000. These funds will be used to acquire research infrastructure for the CHORUS lab. CHORUS is a centre for multi-disciplinary research on improving computer security and privacy for end-users and for experts. This … [Read more...] about $250,000 in CFI, ORF, and industry infrastructure funding
Invited presentation at TU Darmstadt
Sonia gave an invited presentation on "Understanding and improving mental models of computer security" at TU Darmstadt in Germany today and visited the SecUSo – Security, Usability and Society research group. … [Read more...] about Invited presentation at TU Darmstadt
Summer term ending
Sarah and Michael recently finished their summer workterms as undergraduate research assistants in the lab. Both have been active members of the lab for the last few months. Sarah worked on graphic and web design aspects of our improving mental models project. Michael worked on a password rehearsal game to help user memorize randomly assigned text passwords. … [Read more...] about Summer term ending
MobileHCI paper + workshop
This week we presented our MobileHCI paper in Munich, Germany: Improving user authentication on mobile devices: A Touchscreen Graphical Password. We also co-chaired the U-PriSM 2 workshop on the privacy and security of mobile devices. … [Read more...] about MobileHCI paper + workshop
Leah successfully defends her Masters thesis
Leah Zhang-Kennedy has successfully defended her Masters thesis, Improving Mental Models of Security Through Information Visualization, and completed her degree. She is the first to complete the Masters of HCI program. … [Read more...] about Leah successfully defends her Masters thesis
IEEE eCrime paper accepted
We are happy to announce that our paper, Password Advice Shouldn’t Be Boring: Visualizing Password Guessing Attacks, was accepted for publication at this year's IEEE eCrime Research Summit. … [Read more...] about IEEE eCrime paper accepted