News

ATHENE-Paper accepted at the CHI 2024

15/05/2024

ATHENE researchers will present their papers at the prestigious ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI for short. CHI is the premier international conference on human-computer interaction and serves as a platform for researchers, practitioners and industry leaders to share their latest work and ideas and foster collaboration and innovation in the field.

Accepted papers are:

We Do Not Have the Capacity to Monitor All Media’: A Design Case Study on Cyber Situational Awareness in Computer Emergency Response Teams
Authors: Marc-André Kaufhold, Thea Riebe, Markus Bayer, Christian Reuter, all TU Darmstadt
This publication provides a scholarly summary of the design process of a 'Cyber Threat Observatory'. As part of a three-year design case study, the work combines qualitative interviews, interactive workshops and scenario-based evaluations with security organisations to develop a real-time dashboard to improve cyber situational awareness.
More about the paper
The paper was honoured with the Best Paper Award at the CHI.
Further research and development is taking place as part of the ATHENE research-project "User-Centered Technology Design for Cyber Situational Awareness" (CyAware).

Decide Yourself or Delegate - User Preferences Regarding the Autonomy of Personal Privacy Assistants in Private IoT-Equipped Environments
Authors: Karola Marky, Ruhr University Bochum; Alina Stöver, TU Darmstadt; Sarah Prange, University of the Bundeswehr Munich; Kira Bleck, TU Darmstadt; Paul Gerber, TU Darmstadt, Verena Zimmermann, ETH Zürich; Florian Müller, LMU München; Florian Alt, University of the Bundeswehr Munich; Max Mühlhäuser TU Darmstadt
In the paper, the researchers investigate how personal privacy assistants can be developed to protect privacy in homes with IoT devices.  The study, which involved more than 1,000 participants in a variety of domestic scenarios, shows that most people tend to be hands-off when it comes to common decisions, preferring to have their personal assistants act on their behalf.
More about the paper

Don't Accept All and Continue: Exploring Nudges for More Deliberate Interaction With Tracking Consent Notices
Authors: Nina Gerber, TU Darmstadt; Alina Stöver, TU Darmstadt; Justin Peschke, TU Darmstadt, Verena Zimmermann, ETH Zürich
In this study, researchers show how easy it is to click 'yes' to tracking consent pop-ups without thinking. The study tested whether subtle changes such as colour highlighting, social cues and timers could help make us stop and think before we decide. The results of the study, which involved 167 people, showed that while these cues had no effect on which buttons were clicked, consent to tracking technologies was significantly lower when consent was chosen. The study shows how small design changes can enable us to make more informed choices about our privacy online.
More about the paper

CHI 2024 will take place from May 11 - 16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawai, USA.

show all news