The Context of College Students’ Facebook Use and Academic Performance - An Empirical Study
Empirical study reveals frequent Facebook use doesn't negatively impact GPAs. High-performing students have shorter sessions, often after studying. Problematic use linked to leisure activities, not study time.
Dynamic Demographics - Lessons from a Large-Scale Census of Performative Possibilities in Games
Explores representation in games through a census of 200 titles, revealing the complex nature of character portrayal and the need for nuanced research approaches in game studies.
Drunk User Interfaces - Determining Blood Alcohol Level through Everyday Smartphone Tasks
Innovative smartphone interfaces measure blood alcohol levels through user performance, offering a potential alternative to breathalyzers for assessing inebriation in everyday scenarios.
Feel the Movement - Real Motion Influences Responses to Take-over Requests in Highly Automated Vehicles
Investigates how real motion affects driver responses to take-over requests in automated vehicles, revealing the importance of road context in designing effective alerts for resuming vehicle control.
DataInk - Direct and Creative Data-Oriented Drawing
DataInk: A novel system for creating expressive data visualizations through direct pen and touch input, bridging the gap between automated tools and manual sketching for flexible, creative data representation.
A Data-Driven Analysis of Workers' Earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk
Explores wage distribution and factors affecting earnings on Amazon Mechanical Turk, revealing low median wages and discussing ways to improve conditions for crowd workers.
Playing with Streakiness in Online Games - How Players Perceive and React to Winning and Losing Streaks in League of Legends
Explore player perceptions and reactions to winning and losing streaks in League of Legends, examining impacts on player experience and strategies for managing streakiness.
Conversations in the Eye of the Storm - At-Scale Features of Conversational Structure in a High-Tempo, High-Stakes Microblogging Environment
Analyzing Twitter conversations during Hurricane Sandy reveals expanded interactions and slower-paced exchanges during peak emergency, suggesting increased reliance on online relationships amid uncertainty.
Data, Design and Civics - An Exploratory Study of Civic Tech
Exploratory study examining how civic leaders conceptualize civic tech, focusing on intersections of data, design, and civics. Identifies key issues and proposes guiding questions for advancing the field.
A Trip to the Moon - Personalized Animated Movies for Self-reflection
Explore how personalized animated movies can enhance self-reflection by visualizing mood and behavior data, leading to greater emotional engagement and deeper introspection.
Membership Privacy in MicroRNA-based Studies
Explore privacy challenges in microRNA studies and learn about innovative techniques to protect individuals' genetic information while enabling valuable research.
Program Anomaly Detection - Methodology and Practices
Explore methodologies and practices for detecting program anomalies, covering techniques to identify unusual behaviors in software systems for enhanced security and reliability.
Breaking Big Data - Evading Analysis of the Metadata of Your Life
Explore techniques to protect your digital privacy and evade metadata analysis in an era of pervasive surveillance by governments and corporations.
Dragon Tails - Measuring Dependence on International Vulnerability Research
Análisis cuantitativo del impacto de las restricciones chinas en la divulgación de vulnerabilidades de software, examinando su efecto en productos propietarios y de código abierto.
How is Machine Learning and Data Science Transforming Cyber Security
Explore how AI and data analytics are revolutionizing cybersecurity, with insights on future trends, human-machine collaboration, and emerging challenges in the field.
Securing Open Source Software - End-to-End, at Massive Scale, Together
Explore challenges and strategies for securing open source software at scale, drawing insights from major vulnerability remediations and discussing industry-wide coordination efforts.
Insights and Predictions - What's Next in InfoSec
Explore pressing InfoSec issues and future trends with Black Hat Review Board members in this insightful panel discussion, offering key takeaways for shaping future security strategies.
Hacking Ten Million Useful Idiots - Online Propaganda as a Socio-Technical Security Project
Explore how online propaganda exploits socio-technical systems through data science, psychology, and security principles to influence millions of users.
Lessons and Lulz - The 5th Annual Black Hat USA NOC Report
Insights and humor from Black Hat's Network Operations Center, revealing security professionals' behavior on open WiFi and discussing network setup, security, and improvements.
Terrorism, Tracking, Privacy and Human Interactions
Explore terrorism, tracking, privacy, and human interactions through big data, wardriving, and wireless snooping. Learn about distributed devices, data analysis, and potential applications in marketing and surveillance.
Burning Down the Haystack to Find the Needle
Explore network flow pattern analysis to detect and prevent contemporary threats, and learn how to build a security analytics program for enhanced threat visibility and response.