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Talking about The Equality Machine by Orly Lobel

Eran will be participating as a speaker, talking about Orly Lobel’s book, The Equality Machine.  More information is here.

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Talking about The Equality Machine by Orly Lobel

Eran will be participating as a speaker, talking about Orly Lobel’s book, The Equality Machine.  More information is here.

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Coverage of Meerkat: an interview with Eran at 103FM radio station

The national radio station 103FM in Israel interviewed Eran about the Meerkat project (in Hebrew). Meerkat is a social mobile app that helps older adults to get support from their friends and family when they encounter something on their smartphone which is

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Coverage of Meerkat: an interview with Eran at 103FM radio station

The national radio station 103FM in Israel interviewed Eran about the Meerkat project (in Hebrew). Meerkat is a social mobile app that helps older adults to get support from their friends and family when they encounter something on their smartphone which is

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New paper accepted for publication: Can Previews Mitigate the Effect of Interruptions? Findings from a Lab Experiment under Various Workloads

We are happy to announce that Frank Bolton’s paper, “Can Previews Mitigate the Effect of Interruptions? Findings from a Lab Experiment under Various Workloads”, was recently accepted by the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. The paper is available to download here,

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New paper accepted for publication: Can Previews Mitigate the Effect of Interruptions? Findings from a Lab Experiment under Various Workloads

We are happy to announce that Frank Bolton’s paper, “Can Previews Mitigate the Effect of Interruptions? Findings from a Lab Experiment under Various Workloads”, was recently accepted by the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. The paper is available to download here,

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Meerkat in the news: Calcalist published an article about our research

The Calcalist Israeli national economic newspaper published an in-depth article (in Hebrew) about Tamir Mendel’s work on Meerkat,  a social app that helps older adults to get support from their friends and family when they encounter something on their smartphone which is

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Meerkat in the news: Calcalist published an article about our research

The Calcalist Israeli national economic newspaper published an in-depth article (in Hebrew) about Tamir Mendel’s work on Meerkat,  a social app that helps older adults to get support from their friends and family when they encounter something on their smartphone which is

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Speaking at the Minvera-Gentner Symposium in Jerusalem 2022: Cross-cultural, comparative analysis of digital privacy

Eran will be speaking at a fascinating symposium in Jerusalem next week — Studying a concept in disarray: Cross-cultural, comparative analysis of digital privacy. It’s happening at @HebrewUm, organized by @Think_Macro and others, October 26-27. The full program is here. 

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Speaking at the Minvera-Gentner Symposium in Jerusalem 2022: Cross-cultural, comparative analysis of digital privacy

Eran will be speaking at a fascinating symposium in Jerusalem next week — Studying a concept in disarray: Cross-cultural, comparative analysis of digital privacy. It’s happening at @HebrewUm, organized by @Think_Macro and others, October 26-27. The full program is here. 

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Michael winning the IAPP Westin Scholar Award!

Very proud of Ph.D. candidate Michael Khavkin for winning the 2022-2023 IAPP Westin Scholar Award! The Westin Scholar Award is aimed at recognizing high-performing students enrolled in privacy-focused courses around the globe.

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Michael winning the IAPP Westin Scholar Award!

Very proud of Ph.D. candidate Michael Khavkin for winning the 2022-2023 IAPP Westin Scholar Award! The Westin Scholar Award is aimed at recognizing high-performing students enrolled in privacy-focused courses around the globe.

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New paper accepted to CSCW: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications

Our paper was accepted (pending minor revisions) to CSCW 2023: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications. The paper analyzes the effect of Israel’s decision to use mass surveillance of cellular phones for COVID-19 contact tracing. Oshrat Ayalon and Eran

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New paper accepted to CSCW: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications

Our paper was accepted (pending minor revisions) to CSCW 2023: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications. The paper analyzes the effect of Israel’s decision to use mass surveillance of cellular phones for COVID-19 contact tracing. Oshrat Ayalon and Eran

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