By Mamtaj Akter
/ April 13, 2023
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ April 13, 2023
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ April 13, 2023
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ December 14, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ December 14, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ December 14, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ December 14, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ December 1, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ November 24, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ November 15, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ November 11, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ October 21, 2022
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ July 30, 2022
Chatlani leads Camp Connect
Congratulation to STIR Lab Ph.D. student Neeraj Chatlani for leading a week-long camp connect program at the UCF. Through this program, Orlando school children engage in UX/UI design and research with some hands-on exercises that were led by Neeraj and his research team.
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ July 28, 2022
Wisniewski: Book Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Drishti Sharma, Dr. Krista Mehari, Dr. Jennifer Doty, Dr. Nandini Sharma, and Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for getting their new book published titled "Cyberbullying and Digital Safety". The digital version of this book is available at this link: https://ufl.pb.unizin.org/cyberindia/ The purpose of this book with authored chapters is...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ July 28, 2022
Miller SURF Presentation
Congratulations to STIR Lab undergraduate student, Zachary Miller, for presenting his research work at the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Showcase. His poster titled “Evaluating Usability: Mobile Collaborative Safety Planning for Youth Suicide Prevention" was mentored by the STIR Lab Ph.D. student, Zainab Agha.
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 28, 2022
Wisniewski: CCC Council
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for being invited to serve on the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) leadership council. The mission of the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC, https://cra.org/ccc/) is to enable the pursuit of innovative, high-impact computing research that aligns with pressing national and global challenges. You can...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 28, 2022
Down to Zero Partnership
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for serving as a Senior Technical Expert for Terre des Homes Netherlands' report on "Child safety by design that works against online sexual exploitation of children." To check out the full report, please click here.
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 19, 2022
Wisniewski: ODI Ambassador
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion selects Dr. Pamela Wisniewski to serve as theDiversity and Inclusion Ambassador for the College of Engineering & Computer Science.
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