Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

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• [J9] Sovantharith Seng, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, and Matthew Wright. A First Look into User's Perceptions of Facial Recognition in the Physical World. In Computers & Security. 2021.

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• [J8] Mahdi Nasrullah ​Al-Ameen, Apoorva Chauhan, M A Manazir Ahsan, Huzeyfe Kocabas. A Look into User's Privacy Perceptions and Data Practices of IoT Devices. In Information and Computer Security (accepted for publication).

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• [J7] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Sonali T. Marne, Kanis Fatema, Matthew Wright, Shannon Scielzo. On Improving the Memorability of System-assigned Recognition-based Passwords. In Behaviour & Information Technology (accepted for publication). 

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• [J6] Sovantharith Seng, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, and Matthew Wright. A Look into User Privacy and Third-party Applications in Facebook. In Information & Computer Security (accepted for publication).

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• [J5] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen and Matthew Wright. Exploring the Potential of GeoPass: A Geographic Location-Password Scheme. In Interacting with Computers. November, 2016.

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• [J4] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, S M Taiabul Haque, and Matthew Wright. Leveraging Autobiographical Memory for Two-factor Online Authentication. In Information & Computer Security. Vol. 24, No.4 pp. 386-399. 2016.

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• [J3] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen and Matthew Wright. iPersea: Towards improving the Sybil-resilience of social DHT. In Journal of Network and Computer Applications. Vol. 71, pp. 1-10. August 2016.

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• [J2] Ruj Akavipat, Mahdi N. Al-Ameen, Apu Kapadia, Zahid Rahman, Roman Schlegel, and Matthew Wright. ReDS: A Framework for Reputation-Enhanced DHTs. In IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Special Issue on Trust, Security, and Privacy. Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 321-331. 2014.

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• [J1] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Charles Gatz, and Matthew Wright. SDA-2H: Understanding the Value of Background Cover against Statistical Disclosure. In Journal of Networks Special Issue on Selected Papers from ICCIT 2011, Vol. 7 No. 12, pp. 1943-1951. December 2012.

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Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

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• [C18] Huzeyfe Kocabas, Swapnil Nandy, Tanjina Tamanna, Mahdi Nasrullah ​Al-Ameen. Understanding User's Behavior and Protection Strategy upon Losing, or Identifying Unauthorized Access to Online Account. Accepted in HCI International (HCII). To be held in July 2021.

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• [C17] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Tanjina Tamanna, Swapnil Nandy, Huzeyfe Kocabas. Understanding User Behavior, Information Exposure, and Privacy Risks in Managing Old Devices. Accepted in HCI International (HCII). To be held in July 2021.

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• [C16] Mahdi Nasrullah ​Al-Ameen, Apoorva Chauhan, M A Manazir Ahsan, Huzeyfe Kocabas. ``Most Companies Share Whatever They Can to Make Money!'': Comparing  User's Perceptions with the Data Practices of IoT Devices. In International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA). July 2020.

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• [C15] Mahdi Nasrullah ​Al-Ameen, Tanjina Tamanna, Swapnil Nandy, M A Manazir Ahsan, Priyank Chandra, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. "We Don't Give a Second Thought Before Providing Our Information": Understanding Users' Perceptions of Information Collection by Apps in Urban Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (ACM COMPASS). June 2020.

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• [C14] S M Taiabul Haque, Md Romael Haque, Swapnil Nandy, Priyank Chandra, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Shion Guha, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. Privacy Vulnerabilities in Public Digital Service Centers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD). June 2020.

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• [C13] Susan E. McGregor, Elizabeth Watkins, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Kelly Caine, Franziska Roesner. When the Weakest Link is Strong: Secure Collaboration in the Case of the Panama Papers. In 26th USENIX Security Symposium. August 2017. [Acceptance Rate: 16%]

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• [C12] SM Taiabul Haque, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright, Shannon Scielzo. Learning System-assigned Passwords (up to 56 Bits) in a Single Registration Session with the Methods of Cognitive Psychology. In USEC. February 2017. [Acceptance Rate: 19%]

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• [C11] Sovantharith Seng, Sadia Ahmed, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. An Insight into the Authentication Performance and Security Perception of Older Users. In USEC. February 2017. [Acceptance Rate: 19%]

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• [C10] Elizabeth Anne Watkins, Franziska Roesner, Susan McGregor, Byron Lowens, Kelly Caine, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen. Sensemaking and Storytelling: Network Security Strategies for Collaborative Groups. In International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS). October-November, 2016. [Acceptance Rate: 36%]

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• [C9] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Kanis Fatema, Matthew Wright, Shannon Scielzo. Leveraging Real-Life Facts to Make Random Passwords More Memorable. In European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS). September, 2015. [Acceptance Rate: 20%]

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• [C8] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Kanis Fatema, Matthew Wright, Shannon Scielzo. The Impact of Cues and User Interaction on the Memorability of System Assigned Recognition-Based Graphical Passwords. In Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS). July, 2015. [Acceptance Rate: 24%]

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• [C7] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright, Shannon Scielzo. Towards Making Random Passwords Memorable: Leveraging Users’ Cognitive Ability Through Multiple Cues. In  33rd ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). April 2015. [Acceptance Rate: 23%]

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• [C6] Mahdi N. Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Design and Evaluation of Persea, a Sybil-resistant DHT. In ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS). June 2014. [Acceptance Rate: 20%]

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• [C5] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Mehrab Shahriyar, A. Billah. Time and Space Efficient Algorithm for Consumer's Priority Product Management. In International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT). December 2012.

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• [C4] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Charles Gatz, Matthew Wright. SDA-2H : Understanding the Value of Background Cover Against Statistical Disclosure. In International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT). December 2011.

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• [C3] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Md. Monjurul Hasan, Asheq Hamid, Making FindBugs More Powerful. In International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Sciences (ICSESS). July 2011.

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• [C2] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen. A clustered response mechanism to discover the topology of wireless sensor networks with an application to network management at faulty and operational state of nodes. In International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), November 2008.

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• [C1] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, MD.Rakib Hasan. The mechanisms to decide on caching a packet on its way of transmission to a faulty node in wireless sensor networks based on the analytical models and mathematical evaluations. In International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST). November 2008.

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Peer-reviewed Workshop Papers

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• [W6] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Huzeyfe Kocabas, Swapnil Nandy, Tanjina Tamanna, Raihan Islam. Managing Old Device: User Behavior, Information Exposure, and Privacy Risks. In Workshop on Inclusive Privacy and Security (WIPS). August 2020.

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• [W5] Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat, S M Taiabul Haque, Mahiratul Zannat Nabia, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Ashad Kabir, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. 'Purdah' as Privacy: Understanding Privacy in Bangladeshi Islamic communities. In CHI Workshop on IslamicHCI. 2020.

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• [W4] Sovantharith Seng, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Understanding Users' Decision of Clicking on Posts in Facebook with Implications for Phishing. In IEEE S&P Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro). May 2018.

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• [W3] Elizabeth Anne Watkins, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Franziska Roesner, Kelly Caine, Susan McGregor. Creative and Set in Their Ways: Challenges of Security Sensemaking in Newsrooms. In USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI). August 2017.

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• [W2] Sonali Tukaram Marne, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Learning System-assigned Passwords: A Preliminary Study on the People with Learning Disabilities. In Workshop on Inclusive Privacy and Security (WIPS). July 2017.

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• [W1] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Multiple-Password Interference in the GeoPass User Authentication Scheme. In NDSS Workshop on Usable Security. February 2015.

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Peer-reviewed Short / Poster Papers

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• [P8] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Huzeyfe Kocabas. A First Look into Users' Perceptions of Digital Medicine Technology. In 23rd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). October 2020.

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• [P7] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Huzeyfe Kocabas. ``I cannot do anything'': User's Behavior and Protection Strategy upon Losing, or Identifying Unauthorized Access to Online Account. In Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS). August 2020.

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• [P6] Sharifa Sultana, Pratyasha Saha, Shaid Hasan, S M Raihanul Alam, Rokeya Akter, Md Mirajul Islam, Raihan Islam Arnob, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. Understanding the Sensibility of Social Media Use and Privacy with Bangladeshi Facebook Group Users. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (ACM COMPASS). June 2020.

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• [P5] Sovantharith Seng, Huzeyfe Kocabas, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Understanding User’s Decision to Interact with Potential Phishing Posts on Facebook using a Vignette Study. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). November 2019.

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• [P4] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Byron Lowens, Susan E. McGregor, Kelly Caine. A First Look at the Security and Privacy Perceptions of Sources Who Discussed Sensitive Topics with Journalists. In Computation+Journalism Symposium. October 2017.

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• [P3] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Elizabeth Anne Watkins, Byron Lowens, Franziska Roesner, Susan E. McGregor, Kelly Caine. Evaluating Online Security Training for Journalists Through the Lens of Learning Science. In Computation+Journalism Symposium. October 2017.

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• [P2] Sovantharith Seng, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Phishing on Facebook. In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P). May 2017.

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• [P1] Mahdi N. Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. Persea : A Sybil-resistant Social DHT. In ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY). February 2013.

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Lightening Talk and Technical Reports

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• [LT1] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Elizabeth Anne Watkins, Byron Lowens, Franziska Roesner, Kelly Caine, Susan E. McGregor. Evaluating Online Security Training for Journalists Through the Lens of Learning Science. In Lightening Talk Session: USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education (ASE). August 2017.

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• [TR4] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. iPersea: The Improved Persea with Sybil Detection Mechanism. Technical Report, arXiv: 1412.6883. December 2014.

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• [TR3] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright. A Comprehensive Study of the GeoPass User Authentication Scheme. Technical Report, arXiv:1408.2852. August 2014.

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• [TR2] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, S M Taiabul Haque, Matthew Wright. Q-A: Towards the Solution of Usability-Security Tension in User Authentication. Technical Report, arXiv:1407.7277. July 2014.

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• [TR1] Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen. An Intelligent Fire Alert System Using Wireless Mobile Communicaiton. Technical Report, arxiv: 1308.0327. August 2013. (The project was completed in 2008.)