Recent News

Congratulations Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on being featured in the article titled “We’re Here to End This” on the UCF magazine – PEGASUS, Spring 22. This article is about how to end domestic violence and who will help to break the

We had presented at MozFest 2022 where we launched our MozSafely community. Modus Operandi Safely (MOSafely.org) is an open-source community that leverages evidence-based research, data, and Artificial Intelligence to help youth engage more safely online. MOSafely.org is a result of

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on publishing her co-edited book “Modern Socio-Technical Perspectives on Privacy” with an awesome lineup of authors. This book provides a foundational understanding of technical and social aspects related to online privacy and covers modern application

Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Karla Badillo-Urquiola on getting her CHI demo accepted in CHI 2022 conference. The title of the demo is – “30 Days:” An EMA Diary Mobile App & Web Tool. This is year CHI 2022 is structured

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on her CHI panel acceptance. The title of the panel is – “Participatory Design of AI Systems: Opportunities and Challenges Across Diverse Users, Relationships, and Application Domains”. The moderator and panelists are Douglas Zytko (Moderator),

Four CHI Papers Accepted Congratulations to the STIR Lab and their collaborators for having four CHI 2022 papers accepted. Below are the paper titles, co-authors, and abstracts of the accepted papers. We hope to see you in New Orleans (or

Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Afsaneh Razi on multiple invited research presentations this semester. Afsaneh gave research talks at Drexel University, James Madison University, University of Cincinnati, University of San Diego, San Diego State University, Stetson University, and Florida Polytechnic University.

Congratulations to STIR lab student Zainab Agha on being selected as a finalist of the Meta Research Fellowship 2022 for Privacy and Data Use. This year, Meta Research Fellowship received over 2,300 applications from over 100 universities worldwide. Zainab is

Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Karla Badillo-Urquiola on giving a talk about her online safety research at Virginia Tech University last week! Karla discussed the challenges foster parents encounter trying to mediate their foster teens’ technology use in the home, as

Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski, her students, and their collaborators for publishing 2 case study papers at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2022. The STIR Lab is proud of students Afsaneh Razi (Ph.D. Candidate), Ashwaq Alsoubai (Ph.D.

Congratulations to STIR lab student Mamtaj Akter on passing her 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

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on being selected as a finalist for Meta’s Research Award for People’s Expectations and Experiences with Digital Privacy! The areas of interest for the award included: Improving understanding of users’ privacy attitudes, concerns, preferences, needs,

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on participating as a panelist on a virtual session hosted by The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Mozilla Foundation titled “AI and Democratic Values” to discuss what an automated and

Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Karla Badillo-Urquiola on giving a talk about her online safety research at the University of Notre Dame last week! Karla discussed the challenges foster parents encounter trying to mediate their foster teens’ technology use in the

WESH 2 News interviewed Dr. Pamela Wisniewski about teens social media use, top 3 apps to look out for, and how parents can ensure online safety for their teens. Dr. Wisniewski talked about Tiktok, Poparazzi, and Discord as popular apps

Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski, her students, and their collaborators on publishing 7 full papers, a workshop paper and a poster accepted at the 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2021). The STIR Lab is proud

Congratulations to the STIR Lab’s Teenovate team in obtaining grant funding for supporting the development of a Youth Advisory Board! The grant was created by the Social Media Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) within the Technology and Adolecent Mental Wellness

Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski and co-authors (Turki Alelyani, Arup Kumar Ghosh, Larry Moralez, Shion Guha) for publishing a chapter in recently released book, “Young People and Social Media: Contemporary Children’s Digital Culture”. The book covers a vast array of ideas

MOSafely: Building An Open-Source HCAI Community To Make The Internet A Safer Place For Youth STIR Lab students Xavier Caddle and Afsaneh Razi are leading the MOSafely Workshop at CSCW, in collaboration with students from Georgia Tech and Boston University.

Congratulations to the MOSafely Senior Design Team for completing their Senior Design Project! The team made up of Natalie Larkin, Omar Kalam, James Zhou, Abdulrahman Al Sumaih, and Micah Renfrow successfully presented their year long assignment under the guidance of

Congratulations to the Senior Design Team for delivering their final presentation on MiSu project. They designed and developed the MiSu v2, an innovative mobile app that allows smart homeowners to share limited control access to their smart home devices with

Dr. Wisniewski was given the honor of speaking at the Jenny Lin Foundation on the topic of cyber safety and protecting children online. The Jenny Lin foundation is a non profit organization born out the tragic murder of Jenny Lin

This past weekend, PhD Candidate Karla Badillo-Urquiola and Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, alongside their collaborators, held a workshop addressing Justice-Centered Design Engagements with Children and Teens. Congratulations on a successful and thought provoking workshop! Shout-out to STIR Lab members Afsaneh Razi, Neeraj

MOSafely, a project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been accepted in the the UCF I-Corp Summer Cohort. MOSafely is an open-source community that leverages evidence-based research, data, and Artificial Intelligence to help youth and young adults engage more safely

Congratulations to STIR Lab Senior Design Team for winning the “Best in Show” Award in the Senior Design Showcase! The Senior Design Team members Max Huebler, Mujahid Jaffer, Jody Kocis, Mary McIntosh and Ian Vickers received the highest award in the competition

Congratulations to STIR lab student Ashwaq Alsoubai on passing her Qualifying Review (QR) and Candidacy Examination for PhD in Computer Science this Spring! The Qualifying Review and Candidacy Examination are two important milestones in the PhD program in which the

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Karla Badillo-Urquiola on receiving the Gary Marsden Travel Award to attend CHI! The Gary Marsden Travel Awards aim to support undergraduate and graduate students, as well as early-career researchers in attending HCI conferences, events, and (for early-career researchers)

Congratulations to STIR Lab student Denielle Abaquita on winning the SURE Poster Judge’s Choice Award with a scholarship of $500! Denielle’s poster is based on his undergraduate honors thesis, titled “Understanding the Challenges Child Welfare Workers Encounter Related to Promoting