
By Mamtaj Akter
/ July 9, 2023
Agha Attends IDC
Congrats to STIR Lab student Zainab Agha for getting accepted into the doctoral consortium at the ACM Interaction Design for Children conference, held in Chicago from June 19-23rd. https://idc.acm.org/2023/ The doctoral consortium is a closed event where accepted Ph.D. students get an opportunity to discuss first results, future plans, stumbling...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ June 14, 2023
Qadir leads seminar at LIVE
Congratulations Ph.D. Student Sarvech Qadir on conducting a seminar on "Mastering Statistical Analysis and Visualization using JASP" at Vanderbilt LIVE Summer Research Program. In this session, participants learned how to use JASP, a free and open-source statistical software program that can be used to import data from a variety of...
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By Zainab Agha
/ June 1, 2023
Agha Awarded LIVE Microgrant
Congrats to STIR student Zainab Agha and Dr. Wisniewski on being awarded the LIVE Microgrant of $2000 at Vanderbilt for the Social Media Simulation project! LIVE microgrants are designed to promote faculty and student research on consequential learning technology to help build the LIVE community and support the development of...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 26, 2023
CRA Leadership Academy
Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski for being selected to attend the inaugural CRA Leadership Academy for Faculty (https://cra.org/cra-leadership-academy-for-faculty/). The CRA Leadership Academy cultivates future leaders in computing and computing research through a one-day in-person workshop and follow-up virtual meetings among the Leadership Academy cohort. Participants will learn new skills and perspectives on leadership,...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 4, 2023
Agha Passes Qualifying Exam
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Zainab Agha 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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 2, 2023
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 2, 2023
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 2, 2023
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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By Mamtaj Akter
/ May 2, 2023
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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By Zainab Agha
/ April 20, 2023
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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By Zainab Agha
/ April 20, 2023
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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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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