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Akter Passes Qualifying Exam

Akter Passes Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Mamtaj Akter on passing her Qualifying Exam (QE) for Ph.D. in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University! The Qualifying Exam is the second milestone in the Ph.D. program in which the Graduate Committee evaluates the literature review, research progress, and proposed dissertation studies of the student....
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Park Presents Paper at WWW

Park Presents Paper at WWW

Congratulations to Dr. Katie Park for presenting her Paper at WWW '23 Companion: Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023. Towards Automated Detection of Risky Images Shared by Youth on Social Media Jinkyung Park, Joshua Gracie, Ashwaq Alsoubai, Gianluca Stringhini, Vivek Singh, Pamela Wisniewski Abstract: With the growing ubiquity...
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Akter’s CHI LBW Paper Accepted

Akter’s CHI LBW Paper Accepted

Congratulations to our Ph.D. Candidate Mamtaj Akter on her CHI LBW paper acceptance. It Takes a Village: A Case for Including Extended Family Members in the Joint Oversight of Family-based Privacy and Security for Mobile Smartphones Mamtaj Akter, Leena Alghamdi, Jess Kropczynski, Heather Lipford, Pamela Wisniewski Abstract: We conducted a...
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Park’s Journal Article Accepted

Park’s Journal Article Accepted

Congratulations to Dr. Jinkyung (Katie) Park on her journal article accepted at the Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2023 (JFES 2023). How Affordances and Social Norms Shape the Discussion of Harmful Social Media Challenges on Reddit Jinkyung Park, Irina Lediaeva, Maria Lopez, Amy Godfrey, Kapil Chalil Madathil,...
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CHI 2023 Privacy Workshop

CHI 2023 Privacy Workshop

Congratulations to STIR Lab PhD student Zainab Agha on co-organizing an accepted workshop at CHI titled "Privacy Interventions and Education (PIE): Encouraging Privacy Protective Behavioral Change Online". Building on the foundational conversations of previous privacy workshops that identify key privacy issues and consequences, this workshop aims to take privacy research...
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STIR Undergrads Present at VURF

STIR Undergrads Present at VURF

Congratulations to STIR Lab undergraduate students Kelsey Miu and Maria Sophia Piper on presenting their research titled "Co-Designing User Personas and a Simulation for Evaluating Adolescent Online Safety Interventions" at the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair (VURF), mentored by PhD student Zainab Agha and Jinkyung Park! The Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair provides an...
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Alghamdi’s Paper Accepted at CHI

Alghamdi’s Paper Accepted at CHI

Congratulations to Leena Alghamdi, Mamtaj Akter, Jess Kropczynski, Pamela Wisniewski, and Heather Lipford for getting their paper “Co-designing Community-based Sharing of Smarthome Devices for the Purpose of Co-monitoring In-home Emergencies” accepted at CHI 2023. Co-designing Community-based Sharing of Smarthome Devices for the Purpose of Co-monitoring In-home Emergencies Abstract: We conducted...
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Baptiste defends HUT

Baptiste defends HUT

Congratulations to our STIR Lab student Naulsberry Jean Baptiste for successfully defending her Honors Undergraduate Thesis!  Her thesis title is "Teens vs. Tech: Using an Asynchronous Remote Community Environment to Explore Adolescents' Online Safety Perspectives." We are very proud of Baptiste for successfully completing her thesis and wish her the...
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Alsoubai Passes Qualifying Exam

Alsoubai Passes Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to STIR lab Ph.D. student Ashwaq Alsoubai on passing her Qualifying Exam (QE) for Ph.D. in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University! The Qualifying Exam is the second milestone in the Ph.D. program in which the Graduate Committee evaluates the literature review, research progress, and proposed dissertation studies of the...
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Samreen & Qadir’s VR Project

Samreen & Qadir’s VR Project

Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. students Naima Samreen, Sarvech Qadir, and their team on winning the first place prize of $4000 for their Virtual Reality class project titled “Accessibility Quest” in a competition held by Vanderbilt University. Their project aimed to guide urban planners in devising city designs that foster...
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MorningLine Show

MorningLine Show

Why is co-managing mobile online safety, security, and privacy among families important but challenging to implement? Dr. Pamela Wisniewski and Mamtaj Akter were invited to the MorningLine show on News Channel 5 to discuss this topic with Nick Beres. Please check out their discussion at this link. From left Nick Beres, Mamtaj Akter, and...
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Caddle Passes Qualifying Review

Caddle Passes Qualifying Review

Congratulations to STIR lab student Xavier Caddle on passing his Qualifying Review (QR) for Ph.D. in Computer Science this Fall! The Qualifying Review is the first milestone in the Ph.D. program in which the Graduate Committee evaluates the research and coursework progress of the student. Caddle continues to work on...
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SD Team Presents SafeLINC

SD Team Presents SafeLINC

Congratulations to the Senior Design Team for delivering their final presentation on the SafeLINC project. They designed and developed SafeLINC, an innovative mobile app that allows users to manage their mental health by creating safety plans. They presented this application to the Senior Design Faculty Committee and received some great compliments on...
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SD Team Presents Carebit

SD Team Presents Carebit

Congratulations to the Senior Design Team for delivering their final presentation on the Carebit project. They designed and developed Carebit v2, an innovative mobile app that allows people to remotely monitor their loved ones' health information via Fitbit API. This app also ensures caregivees' personal privacy by allowing them to restrict...
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Vanderbilt features Wisniewski

Vanderbilt features Wisniewski

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for getting featured by the Vanderbilt School of Engineering. Dr. Wisniewski shared some effective strategies for parents to limit their children's screen time during the holidays. Check out this link to learn about those strategies: http://bit.ly/3tTaFRF
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Caddle’s GROUP paper accepted

Caddle’s GROUP paper accepted

Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. student Xavier Caddle on getting his first dissertation paper "Duty to Respond: The Challenges Social Service Providers Face When Charged With Keeping Youth Safe Online" accepted at GROUP 2023. In this work, Caddle collaborated with Nurun Naher, Zachary P. Miller, Karla Badillo-Urquiola, and Pamela J....
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Agha’s Paper Accepted at CSCW

Agha’s Paper Accepted at CSCW

Congratulations to Zainab Agha, Dr. Karla Badillo-Urquiola, and Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for getting their paper "Strike at the Root: Co-designing Real-Time Social Media Interventions for Adolescent Online Risk Prevention" accepted at CSCW 2023. Strike at the Root: Co-designing Real-Time Social Media Interventions for Adolescent Online Risk Prevention Abstract: Adolescent online...
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STIR Lab CSCW Papers

STIR Lab CSCW Papers

Congratulations to the STIR Lab researchers and the collaborators on getting two full papers, one poster, and three demos accepted at CSCW 2022. From Parental Control to Joint Family Oversight: Can Parents and Teens Manage Mobile Online Safety and Privacy Together? This full paper was authored by Mamtaj Akter, Amy...
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