
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ November 15, 2023
FOX Hosts Wisniewski
"Kids making threats at school is nothing new, what's so concerning now is the speed and scale others on social media promote these behaviors," Dr. Wisniewski talks to FOX 35 about a recent incident in Florida involving an 11 years boy who fabricated bomb threat because of TikTok. The middle...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 19, 2023
Caddle Passes Candidacy
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Xavier Caddle on passing his Candidacy Exam for Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. The Candidacy 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...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 19, 2023
Agha Earns Her Mug
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD candidate Zainab Agha for earning her lab mug gift! Receiving a mug from the lab is a tradition that the lab does to honor students who successfully published the first study in their dissertation.
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 18, 2023
The Lab Publishes New Posters
Congratulations to Zainab Agha, Kelsey Miu, Sophia Piper, Jinkyung Park, and Pamela J. Wisniewski on successfully publishing their conference poster at CSCW '23 Companion: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. The publication titled "Co-Designing User Personas and Risk Scenarios for Evaluating Adolescent Online Safety Interventions" provides an in-depth understanding...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 5, 2023
STIR Lab Presents at CSCW
STIR lab is going to present four papers at CSCW 2023. The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel in Minneapolis, MN USA between October 14 – 18. The four papers the lab is presenting are as follows: “Strike at the Root”: Co-designing Real-Time Social Media Interventions...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 4, 2023
Alghamdi Earns Her Mug
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD Student Leena Alghamdi for earning her lab mug gift! Receiving a mug from the lab is a tradition that the lab does to honor students who successfully published the first study in their dissertation.
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 3, 2023
Agha’s Medium Article
"We provide teen-centered design-based recommendations based on co-design with teens that break from the status quo of victim protection, emphasizing on risk prevention and teen empowerment, rather than treating teens like victims.," Says Zinab Agha, a fifth-year PhD candidate, as part of a recently published article in Medium, which is...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 2, 2023
STIR Lab Impact Award
Congratulations to Afsaneh Razi, Ashwaq Alsoubai, Seunghyun Kim, Shiza Ali, Gianluca Stringhini, Munmun De Choudhury, and Pamela Wisniewski for receiving an impact recognition award at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2023). The team was recognized for their work: "Sliding into My DMs: Detecting Uncomfortable or Unsafe Sexual Risk...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 27, 2023
Caddle Earns His Mug
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD Student Xavier Caddle for earning his lab mug gift! Receiving a mug from the lab is a tradition that the lab does to honor students who successfully published the first study in their dissertation.
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 22, 2023
Scientific American Article
"Designing features that let users block others and limit the audience for specific posts allow kids and teens to take the reins of their own safety—which is critical," Says Dr. Wisniewski as part of an article featured in Scientific American magazine about how to keep kids and teens safe online....
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 20, 2023
Wisniewski News2 Interview
“Youth are almost desensitized to some of the violent language that’s out there. So, they’ll bully each other to say, ‘go kill yourself’ or, ‘I’m gonna kill myself’ in conversations that are in group conversations that are joking, and so to some extent, I think the social culture around using...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 19, 2023
Wisniewski Autism Institute Talk
"As parents and educators, it is our job to teach Autistic teens these skills, so that they can become well-formed and independent adults. Autistic teens can disproportionately benefit and be harmed online; therefore, it is important to take evidence-based precautions that protect them from harm without limiting their opportunities to...
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ August 10, 2023
Agha Travel Award
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD candidate Zainab Agha for winning the Gary Marsden Travel Awards to attend the CSCW conference. The Gary Marsden Travel Awards support graduate students in attending ACM SIGCHI conferences.
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ August 10, 2023
Dr.Wisniewski and Agha interview
“Now it’s not just trying to protect youth online from bad actors who are real people, it’s also trying to understand the types of interactions they are having with these generative AI and open source chat platforms,” Dr. Wisniewski talks to News 2 regarding how AI is adding new complexity...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ August 7, 2023
Vanderbilt features Akter
Congratulations to Stirlab Ph.D. Student Mamtaj Akter for getting featured by the Vanderbilt School of Engineering for the work on developing community-based app for managing mobile privacy and security. Check out here to learn more.
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ August 2, 2023
Final Teenovate YAB meeting
Congrats to StirLab students Naima and Neeraj for wrapping up the final Teenovate YAB meeting. Find more about Teenovate here.
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ July 15, 2023
Wisniewski talks to News2
“We need to be careful to not use social media as our societal scapegoat,” Dr. Wisniewski talks to News2 in lieu of Tennesse school district suing big tech companies like Snapchat and TikTok. Dr. Wisniewski said these platforms also allow marginalized groups like LGBTQ teens and those on the autism spectrum...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ July 14, 2023
Encode Justice Workshop
Congratulations Dr. Wisniewski for presenting at the workshop hosted by Encode Justice Florida and Stand for Freedom to speak to researchers and leaders on why include technology in racial justice and the steps one can take. Watch the full video here.
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