WHERE INSIGHT LEADS TO INNOVATION
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski has contributed her insights to the latest report published by Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center and Lee Rainie, titled “Being Human in 2035: How Are We Changing in the Age of AI?” The report explores
We are thrilled to share that Abdulmalik Alluhidan, Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt University, and Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, Director of the Socio-Technical Interaction Research Lab, were recently featured in The Conversation for their CSCW 2024 research highlighting how social media design
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski recently participated as a panelist at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Working Group Meeting on Shaping Safer Digital Spaces for Kids. She joined Dr. Alice Marwick, Director of Research at the Data & Society Research
Congratulations to Dr. Leena Alghamdi! We are thrilled to share that Leena Alghamdi, a Computer Engineering PhD student in the STIR Lab and also at the University of Central Florida, has successfully defended her dissertation, “Improving smart home access control
We are thrilled to announce that Naima Samreen Ali, a third-year PhD student at Vanderbilt University, has successfully completed her Master of Science in Computer Science. Her research focuses on adolescent online safety, privacy, and social computing, approached from a
We are thrilled to announce that Sarvech Qadir, a third-year PhD student at Vanderbilt University, has recently earned his Master of Science in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University. His research revolves around adolescent online safety, leveraging Human-Computer Interaction and Machine
A senior design team of UCF Computer Science students presented their work on SafeLINC, a mobile app designed to improve suicide safety planning for youth aged 10-24. SafeLINC offers an interactive, secure, and culturally sensitive approach, addressing gaps in existing
A senior design team of UCF Computer Science undergraduate students completed their almost year-long work on Mi Casa es Su Casa (MiSu) with a final presentation recently. Starting in Spring 2024, the team collaborated with the Socio-Technical Interaction Research Lab
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Popular online gaming platform Roblox has introduced new parental control features aimed at improving safety for young users. Speaking to The National News Desk, Dr. Pam Wisniewski, a computer science professor at Vanderbilt University and also a
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, an expert in human-computer interaction and youth online safety, shared her views in Scientific American on the complex role of GPS tracking in parenting teens. Wisniewski emphasized, “It depends on how parents use the information. If it’s
