CHORUS Lab

Carleton's Human Oriented Research in Usable Security Lab

 

Summer student featured in Eureka magazine

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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

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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

Summer term ending

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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

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