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• April 2023: Hanieh has passed PhD Qualifying Exam. Now, she is officially a PhD Candidate! Congratulations!

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• ​February–March 2023: Ankit, Prakriti, and Rizu have passed PhD proposal defense. Congratulations!

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• February 2023: Arezou has passed PhD Qualifying Exam. Now, she is officially a PhD Candidate! Congratulations! 

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• December 2022: Our paper titled, 'I have learned that things are different here': Understanding the Transitional Challenges with Technology Use after Relocating to the USA, is accepted in 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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• December 2022: Our paper titled, Towards Improving the Efficacy of Windows Security Notifier for Apps from Unknown Publishers: The Role of Rhetoric​, is accepted in 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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• November 2022: Our paper titled, A Deep Dive into User's Preferences and Behavior around Mobile Phone Sharing, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2023

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• May 2022: Our paper titled, Imagined Online Communities: Communionship, Sovereignty, and Inclusiveness in Bangladeshi Facebook Groups, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2022

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• April 2022: Our paper titled, The Role of Intermediaries, Terrorist Assemblage, and Re-skilling in the Adoption of Cashless Transaction Systems in Bangladesh, is accepted in ACM COMPASS 2022

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• March–April 2022: Rizu, Prakriti, and Ankit have passed PhD Qualifying Exam. Now, they are officially PhD Candidate! Congratulations!

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• March 2022: Our paper titled, Understanding the Behavior, Challenges, and Privacy Risks in Digital Technology Use by Nursing Professionals, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2022

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• January 2022: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of CHI 2022 (LBW)

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• December 2021: Our paper titled, Intermediate Help with Using Digital Devices and Online Accounts: Understanding the Needs, Expectations, and Vulnerabilities of Young Adults, is accepted in 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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• November 2021: Our Grant Proposal, in collaboration with the University of Toronto and Cornell University, is selected for funding by Meta (Facebook) Research [Press Release]

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• October 2021: Prakriti and Rizu have switched from MS to PhD program

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• September 2021: Ankit has switched from MS to PhD program

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• September 2021: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of ACM COMPASS 2022 

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• August 2021: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of ICTD 2022

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• August 2021: Hanieh and Arezou have joined the lab as GRA

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• June 2021: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of AsiaCCS 2022

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• May 2021: Our paper titled, Purdah, Amanah, and Gheebat: Understanding Privacy in Bangladeshi ''pious'' Muslim Communities, is accepted in ACM COMPASS 2021

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• May 2021: Awarded with NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement Grant

 

• May 2021: Our paper titled,``We, three brothers have always known everything of each other'': A Cross-cultural Study of Sharing Digital Devices and Online Accounts , is accepted in Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS)

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• April 2021: Awarded as USU Computer Science Faculty Researcher of the Year

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• February 2021: Our paper titled, A First Look into User's Perceptions of Facial Recognition in the Physical World, is accepted in Computers & Security

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• January 2021: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of ACM COMPASS 2021 

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• January 2021: Ankit, Prakriti, and Rizu have joined the lab as GRA

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• December 2020: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of CHI 2021 (LBW)

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• December 2020: Our paper titled, A Look into User's Privacy Perceptions and Data Practices of IoT Devices, is accepted in Information and Computer Security

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• December 2020: Our paper titled, Understanding User's Behavior and Protection Strategy upon Losing, or Identifying Unauthorized Access to Online Account, is accepted in 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 

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• December 2020: Our paper titled, Understanding User Behavior, Information Exposure, and Privacy Risks in Managing Old Devices, is accepted in 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 

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• November 2020: Our paper titled, On Improving the Memorability of System-assigned Recognition-based Passwords, is accepted in Behaviour & Information Technology

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• November 2020: Served as the Session Chair in WPES 2020

 

• October 2020: Our paper titled, A Look into User Privacy and Third-party Applications in Facebook, is accepted in Information and Computer Security

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• July 2020: Our paper titled, A First Look into Users' Perceptions of Digital Medicine Technology, is accepted in ACM CSCW'20 (poster session)

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• July 2020: Our paper titled, Managing Old Device: User Behavior, Information Exposure, and Privacy Risks, is accepted in WIPS'20

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• July 2020: Our paper titled, ``I cannot do anything'': User's Behavior and Protection Strategy upon Losing, or Identifying Unauthorized Access to Online Account, is accepted in SOUPS'20 (poster session)

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• July 2020: Invited to serve in the Program Committee of WPES 2020

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• June 2020: Awarded with NSF SaTC Collaborative Grant as the Lead Principal Investigator [Press Release]

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• June 2020: Our paper titled,``Most Companies Share Whatever They Can to Make Money!'': Comparing  User's Perceptions with the Data Practices of IoT Devices, is accepted in HAISA'20                  

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• May 2020: Our paper titled,``We Don't Give a Second Thought Before Providing Our Information'': Understanding Users' Perceptions of Information Collection by Apps in Urban Bangladesh, is accepted in ACM COMPASS'20.

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• May 2020: Our paper titled, Understanding the Sensibility of Social Media Use and Privacy with Bangladeshi Facebook Group Users, is accepted in ACM COMPASS'20 (poster session)

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• March 2020: Our paper titled, 'Purdah' as Privacy: Understanding Privacy in Bangladeshi Islamic communities, is accepted in CHI'20 Workshop on IslamicHCI

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• February 2020: Our paper titled, Privacy Vulnerabilities in Public Digital Service Centers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is accepted in ICTD'20

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• December 2019: Awarded with USU RC Grant as the Lead Principal Investigator

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• November 2019: Our paper titled, Understanding User's Decision to Interact with Potential Phishing Posts on Facebook using a Vignette Study, is published in ACM CCS (poster session)

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