We are hiring!!
University of Alberta in Canada has three faculty positions open this cycle: one in network security, one in theory, and one in robotics/computer vision/graphics.
Deadline: January 12, 2026
Happy to answer any questions about UofA or Canada academia!!
Please share!! 😁
"My proposed PhD research centers on Privacy and security, mobile computing, particularly exploring how Mobile computing can be strengthened through Usable Security Studies, Privacy Interface Design, Mobile App Auditing. I was especially drawn to your publication on ...And No One Can Hack It: The Uses and Abuses of Cybersecurity Folk Theory, which aligns closely with my current efforts in IT Security, Cybersecurity, AI-assisted threat intelligence, Core Infrastructure, and predictive defense models for enterprise environments."
New first for me: email from a student saying how they want to do a PhD with me because they really liked my paper titled "XXX"...
...except I've never written a paper with that title. I was going to forward this jokingly to the authors ("I'm getting your email"), only to find no such paper exists.
🤖💬 Would you trust an AI that always seems friendly… ?
Our latest study reveals a new privacy threat: malicious LLM-based chatbots intentionally designed to make users share personal details.
We are presenting it at @USENIXSecurity Weds Track 1
Paper: hasp-lab.github.io/pubs/zhan202...
