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• April 2025: Rizu has won Outstanding GTA Award. Congratulations!

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• April 2025: Our paper titled, Understanding Teen’s Expectations and Challenges to Seek Help in Social Media, is accepted in Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2025)

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• April 2025: Arezou has passed PhD proposal defense. Congratulations!

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• February 2025: Hanieh has passed PhD proposal defense. Congratulations!

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• January 2025: Our paper titled, ​​This One Weird Trick Gets Users to Stop Clicking on Clickbait, is accepted in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

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• January 2025: Our paper titled, ​​One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Towards Design and Evaluation of Developmentally Appropriate Parental Control Tool, is accepted in CHI 2025

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• December 2024: Our paper titled, ​​“It’s Definitely New and Different…It’s Really Engaging”: Understanding the Power of Storytelling Towards Secure Password Creation, is accepted in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

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• December 2024: Our paper titled, A First Look into Parental Strategies, and Challenges around Children’s Device Usage in Urban Nepal, is accepted in 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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• September 2024: Our paper titled, ​​“Synchronized parenting is like mixing oil and water”: Reimagining Parental Control for Co-parenting in the Divorced Households”, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2025

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• July 2024: Our paper titled, ​​“Mental Model-Based Designs: The Study in Privacy Policy Landscape ”, is accepted in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

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• July 2024: Our paper titled, ​​“Hacker, Their Actions, and Fear Appeal: A First Look Through the Lens of Children”, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2024

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• July 2024: Our paper titled, ​​“A First Look into Fake Profiles on Social Media through the Lens of Victim's Experiences”, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2024

 

• May 2024: Our paper titled, “Leveraging the Power of Storytelling to Encourage and Empower Children towards Strong Passwords”, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2024

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• ​​March 2024: Our paper titled, “I feel like he’s looking in the computer world to be social, but I can’t trust his judgement”: Reimagining Parental Control for Children with ASD, is accepted in CHI 2024

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• ​​March 2024: Our paper titled, A First Look into Targeted Clickbait and its Countermeasures: The Power of Storytelling, is accepted in CHI 2024

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• ​​March 2024: Our paper titled, “It's like educating us older people...”: Unveiling Needs and Expectations Regarding Educational Features within Parental Control Tools, is accepted in CHI 2024 (LBW)

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• ​​February 2024: Our paper titled, "It is Luring You to Click on the Link with False Advertising"- Mental Models of Clickbait and Its Impact on User's Perceptions and Behavior Towards Clickbait Warnings, is accepted in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

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• December 2023: Our paper titled, Towards the Design and Evaluation of Clickbait Education Content: Leveraging User Mental Models and Learning Science Principles, is accepted in 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference

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• ​November 2023: Our paper titled, Priming through Persuasion: Towards Secure Password Behavior, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2024

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• ​November 2023: Our paper titled, "It's hard for him to make choices sometimes and he needs guidance": Re-orienting Parental Control for Children, is accepted in ACM CSCW 2024

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• ​​October 2023: Our paper titled, “…I have my dad, sister, brother, and mom’s password”: Unveiling Users’ Mental Models of Security and Privacy-Preserving Tools, is accepted in Information & Computer Security

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• July 2023: Our paper titled, A First Look into Software Security Practices in Bangladesh, is accepted in ACM COMPASS 2023

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• June 2023: Our paper titled, "After she fell asleep, it went to my next podcast, which was about a serial killer": Unveiling Needs and Expectations Regarding Parental Control within Digital Assistant, is accepted in Conference Companion Publication on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (ACM CSCW) 2023

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• June 2023: Our paper titled, "It doesn't just feel like something a lawyer slapped together."– Mental-Model-Based Privacy Policy for Third-Party Applications on Facebook, is accepted in Conference Companion Publication on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (ACM CSCW) 2023

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• June 2023: Our paper titled, Understanding the Challenges in Academia to Prepare Nursing Students for Digital Technology Use at Workplace, is accepted in Conference Companion Publication on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (ACM CSCW) 2023

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• June 2023: Our paper titled, Can Password Meter be More Effective Towards User Attention, Engagement, and Attachment?: A Study of Metaphor-based Designs, is accepted in Conference Companion Publication on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (ACM CSCW) 2023

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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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