First CyberMi2 Research Day, 2023

CyberMi2 will take place in in the Boilerhouse Auditorium. Email Dr Maryam Mernezhad for registering or more info. 

This is an invitation-only event where my team and those who have been collaborating with us present their work on security and privacy (SP) and minority and minoritized users. The majority of research this year is related to gender and SP. We have participants from academia, industry, government, and the regulatory sectors. 

We also have an exclusive opening of an art exhibition associated with CyFer (an EPSRC PETRAS-funded project). This exhibition will run at RHUL (Egham campus), June-Sep 2023, and permanently archived on the College’s website. This exhibition features the work of 8 international artists and designers (competitively commissioned among around 60 high-quality applications) who responded to our research with their designs and artworks.

Please note that parking will be free for attendees on the day, and you don't need to register your car. WiFi access will be provided. 

9:30-10 am: Welcome Networking with Tea/Coffee 

Session 1 (10-11 am)

• Welcome (Maryam Mehrnezhad, CyFer Principal Investigator, RHUL) 

• Shaping our Bold, Brave, Pioneering Future at Royal Holloway (Prof Julie Sanders, RHUL Principal)

1. Caring for Intimate Data in Fertility Technologies (15 min)(Teresa Almeida, Umea University, Sweden, and ITI/LARSyS, Portugal)

2. Invisible, Unreadable, and Inaudible Cookie Notices: An Evaluation of Cookie Notices for Users with Visual Impairments (15 min)(James Clarke, University of Surrey)

3. Bluetooth Vulnerabilities in Intimate Digital Health IoT Devices and Apps (15 min)(Stephen Cook, RHUL)

11-11:30 am: Tea/Coffee Break

Session 2 (11:30 am-12:30 pm)

4. Vision: Too Little too Late? Do the Risks of FemTech already Outweigh the Benefits? (10 min)(Ehsan Toreini, University of Surrey)

5. Bodies Like Yours: Enquiring Data Privacy in FemTech (10 min)(Teresa Almeida, Umea University, Sweden, and ITI/LARSyS, Portugal)

6. Are Our Animals Leaking Information About Us? Security and Privacy Evaluation of Animal-related Apps (15 min)(Scott Harper, Newcastle University)

7. Security and Privacy Concerns of Pet Tech Users (Scott Harper, Newcastle University)

8. Tracking Women’s Health Misinformation on Social Media (15 min)(Adrian Bermudez Villalva, RHUL)

12:30-2 pm: Lunch 

Session 3 (2-3 pm)

9. How Can and Would People Protect from Online Tracking? (15 min)(Kovila Coopamootoo, KCL)

10. "I feel invaded, annoyed, anxious and I may protect myself": Individuals' Feelings about Online Tracking and their Protective Behaviour across Gender and Country (Kovila Coopamootoo, KCL)

11. Photon Key: A Light-Based Key Pairing Protocol for IoT Resource and Input Constrained Devices (15 min)(Dante Gray, RHUL)

12. Fairness as a Service (FaaS): Verifiable and Privacy-preserving Fairness Auditing of ML Systems (15 min)(Ehsan Toreini, University of Surrey)

3-3:30 pm: Tea/Coffee Break

Session 4 (3:30-4:30 pm)

13. “My sex-related data is more sensitive than my financial data and I want the same level of security and privacy": User Risks Perceptions and Protective Actions in FemTech (15 min)(Maryam Mehrnezhad, RHUL)

14. Mind the FemTech Gap: Regulation Failings and Exploitative Systems (Maryam Mehrnezhad, RHUL)

15. CyFer Exhibition: Work of artists, designers and creative technologists in respond to the science of FemTech cybersecurity, privacy, ethics and trust (15 min)(Joe Bourne, Lancaster University, PETRAS Synthesis Fellow, UCL)

• Gender Analysis for Security in the 21st Century (Prof Laura Sjoberg, RHUL Head of Department of PRI, and Philosophy)

5-8 pm: CyFer Exhibition Exclusive Opening

Location: Emily Wilding Davison Exhibition Space

• Opening Talk (Naomi Lebens, Maryam Mehrnezhad, Joe Bourne)

5-6 pm: Reception with snacks and drinks 

Location: Davison Events Space, Davison Building