Monthly Archives: January 2020

New Lab Graduate: Ruth Sarig

I am happy to announce that Ruth Sarig had successfully defended her thesis for her Master degree. The thesis, co-advised by Ran Wolff from Yahoo Research,  is titled “Churn and Profile Deletion in Online Social Networks“. Ruth’s thesis investigate profile

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New Lab Graduate: Ruth Sarig

I am happy to announce that Ruth Sarig had successfully defended her thesis for her Master degree. The thesis, co-advised by Ran Wolff from Yahoo Research,  is titled “Churn and Profile Deletion in Online Social Networks“. Ruth’s thesis investigate profile

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Interview on Tel Aviv University’s Homepage for Data Privacy Day

Tel Aviv University had uploaded an interview with Sunny Kalev, Noam Shomron, and Eran Toch, marking the Data Privacy Day. In the interview, Eran talks about why privacy is becoming a central political topic and about how tehcnologies developed in our

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Interview on Tel Aviv University’s Homepage for Data Privacy Day

Tel Aviv University had uploaded an interview with Sunny Kalev, Noam Shomron, and Eran Toch, marking the Data Privacy Day. In the interview, Eran talks about why privacy is becoming a central political topic and about how tehcnologies developed in our

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Oshrat’s video presentation at SOUPS

Oshrat’s presentation at SOUPS 2019 is now accessible online. Oshrat presents our paper, Evaluating Users’ Perceptions about a System’s Privacy: Differentiating Social and Institutional Aspects The paper asks a pretty simple question: can we use A/B testing, a classic user-centered design method, to

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Oshrat’s video presentation at SOUPS

Oshrat’s presentation at SOUPS 2019 is now accessible online. Oshrat presents our paper, Evaluating Users’ Perceptions about a System’s Privacy: Differentiating Social and Institutional Aspects The paper asks a pretty simple question: can we use A/B testing, a classic user-centered design method, to

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New paper accepted to publication: Selectivity in Posting on Social Networks: The Role of Privacy Concerns, Social Capital, and Technical Literacy

A new paper was accepted for publication: Selectivity in Posting on Social Networks: The Role of Privacy Concerns, Social Capital, and Technical Literacy. The paper was headed by Hadas Schwartz-Chassidim, previously a postdoc at the group and now a faculty member

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New paper accepted to publication: Selectivity in Posting on Social Networks: The Role of Privacy Concerns, Social Capital, and Technical Literacy

A new paper was accepted for publication: Selectivity in Posting on Social Networks: The Role of Privacy Concerns, Social Capital, and Technical Literacy. The paper was headed by Hadas Schwartz-Chassidim, previously a postdoc at the group and now a faculty member

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An upcoming lecture at the Tel Aviv University School of Business: Understanding and Enhancing the Online Safety of Older Adults with Collective Efficacy

Interested in our online security and privacy for older adults? Eran will give a talk at the Magid Igbaria Technology and Information Management seminar at the Coller School of Management in Tel Aviv University. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, January 21, 2020,

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An upcoming lecture at the Tel Aviv University School of Business: Understanding and Enhancing the Online Safety of Older Adults with Collective Efficacy

Interested in our online security and privacy for older adults? Eran will give a talk at the Magid Igbaria Technology and Information Management seminar at the Coller School of Management in Tel Aviv University. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, January 21, 2020,

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Two new published papers about social help for older adults in mobile security and privacy

I am happy to announce that two new papers were recently published at the  The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT). The two papers are the fruits of our project  “Safety and privacy of

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Two new published papers about social help for older adults in mobile security and privacy

I am happy to announce that two new papers were recently published at the  The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT). The two papers are the fruits of our project  “Safety and privacy of

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Giving a talk at the Open University

Very happy to give a talk at Israel’s Open University main campus in Rannana. The talk was broadcast to all the students registered to the Computer Science colloquium with the university’s impressive  studios (see below). The title of the talk is: Do

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Giving a talk at the Open University

Very happy to give a talk at Israel’s Open University main campus in Rannana. The talk was broadcast to all the students registered to the Computer Science colloquium with the university’s impressive  studios (see below). The title of the talk is: Do

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