CHORUS Lab

Carleton's Human Oriented Research in Usable Security Lab

 

ISSNet Summer School – Halifax version

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The 4th ISSNet Summer School was held at Dalhousie University in Halifax this year. Each year, ISSNet graduate students from across Canada get together for a week of workshops about computer security. It is an opportunity to network with other security researchers and to learn about aspects of security that they may not have previously studied. This year, they learnt about a variety of topics from operating systems, to Canadian privacy laws, data mining and visualization, and industry security … [Read more...] about ISSNet Summer School – Halifax version

SOUPS and U-PriSM

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Several people from our usable security research group went to SOUPS in Washington, DC this year. Gerardo presented a poster about our upcoming USENIX Security Captcha paper. He also presented a talk about some on-going captcha work on mobile devices at the U-PriSM workshop. The U-PriSM workshop was a success, with over 80 people attending. We kept the presentations short to allow for discussion, and this seems to have worked well. The audience had many questions, comments, and suggestions … [Read more...] about SOUPS and U-PriSM

Shad Valley Workshop

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We hosted a group of 18 Shad Valley students for a half-day workshop on July 18. Our graduate students lead interactive hands-on sessions using technologies like our large multi-touch displays, a 3D haptic feedback device, and eye tracker. The Shads also learned about HCI and Usable Security research. … [Read more...] about Shad Valley Workshop