We were excited to see that Fiona's CHI 20201 paper, It's So Difficult to Sever that Connection: The Role of FoMO in Users' Reluctant Privacy Behaviours has been awarded an Honorable Mention, meaning that it was recognized as being in the top 5% of papers submitted to CHI this year. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Honorable Mention
Sonia receives 2021 Research Achievement Award
The 2021 Carleton Research Achievement Award recipients have been announced, and Sonia is among the recipients. The award comes with a $15,000 grant towards a new project. Sonia will be working on a project that has long been of interest to her --- increasing equity, diversity, and inclusion within Computer Science. … [Read more...] about Sonia receives 2021 Research Achievement Award
CHI 2021 Video previews
Fiona and Sana have created 30-sec video previews for their upcoming CHI 2021 papers: Fiona's FoMO video Sana's Teacher Study video … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Video previews
CHI 2021 LBW accepted
Michael Lutaaya, Khadija Baig, and Sana Maqsood prepared a short CHI 2021 LBW paper on "I'm Not a Millionaire": How Users' Online Behaviours and Offline Behaviours Impact Their Privacy", based in part on Michael's thesis. The work has been accepted for publication and presentation at this year's conference in April. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 LBW accepted
Jessica awarded scholarship
Jessica Rocheleau has been awarded this year's Derbyshire Graduate Scholarship in Cognitive Science. Congratulations Jessica! … [Read more...] about Jessica awarded scholarship
CHI 2021 Paper: FoMO and privacy
Our research on how Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) leads users to reluctantly chose privacy-compromising behaviours has been accepted for publication at ACM CHI 2021. Fiona Westin, Sonia Chiasson. ``It's So Difficult to Sever that Connection'': The Role of FoMO in Users' Reluctant Privacy Behaviours. ACM CHI 2021. … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 Paper: FoMO and privacy
CHI 2021 paper: Teacher perceptions
Our paper on teacher perceptions of tween's online risks has been accepted for the upcoming CHI 2021 Sana Maqsood, Sonia Chiasson. “They think it’s totally fine to talk to somebody on the internet they don’t know”: Teachers’ Perceptions and Mitigation Strategies of Tweens’ Online Risks. ACM CHI 2021 … [Read more...] about CHI 2021 paper: Teacher perceptions
Daniela presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
Daniela, a PhD student, presented at Waterloo's UXperience: Think Privacy design jam workshop. She talked about her work on designing accessible security and privacy and related design guidelines. … [Read more...] about Daniela presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
Sana presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
Postdoc Sana Maqsood presented at the University of Waterloo's UXperience: Think Privacy Design Jam. She presented on the collaborative user-centered design process used in creating her educational game on digital security and privacy. … [Read more...] about Sana presents at UXperience: Think Privacy
ACM CSUR paper accepted
Our recent literature survey has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of ACM Computing Surveys: Leah Zhang-Kennedy, Sonia Chiasson. A Systematic Review of Multimedia Tools for Cybersecurity Awareness and Education, ACM CSUR (volume/issue pending, accepted September 2020) … [Read more...] about ACM CSUR paper accepted