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Overview

Alessandro Acquisti is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the social sciences and computer science, with key focuses in sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, information systems, marketing, and information systems and management.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics including privacy, security, and data protection; technology adoption and user behaviour; digital marketing and social media; consumer market behavior and pricing; privacy-preserving technologies in data; advanced malware detection techniques; and social and intergroup psychology.

Frequent publication venues for Alessandro Acquisti include:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • Science

Notable recent papers include:

  • Secrets and Likes: The Drive for Privacy and the Difficulty of Achieving It in the Digital Age, 2020, Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • Follow My Recommendations: A Personalized Privacy Assistant for Mobile App Permissions, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Human-Agent Teamwork and Adjustable Autonomy in Practice, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Expecting the Unexpected: Understanding Mismatched Privacy Expectations Online, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Do or do not, there is no try: User engagement may not improve security outcomes, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Acquisti's research output. Frequent co-authors include Cristobal Cheyre, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Laura Brandimarte, Florian Schaub, and George Loewenstein.

Best Publications

  • Information revelation and privacy in online social networks

    Ralph Gross;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Imagined communities: awareness, information sharing, and privacy on the facebook

    Alessandro Acquisti;Ralph Gross

  • Beyond the Turk: Alternative platforms for crowdsourcing behavioral research

    Eyal Peer;Laura Brandimarte;Sonam Samat;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Privacy and human behavior in the age of information

    Alessandro Acquisti;Laura Brandimarte;George Loewenstein

  • Reputation as a sufficient condition for data quality on Amazon Mechanical Turk.

    Eyal Peer;Joachim Vosgerau;Alessandro Acquisti

  • The Economics of Privacy

    Alessandro Acquisti;Curtis R. Taylor;Liad Wagman

  • Privacy and rationality in individual decision making

    A. Acquisti;J. Grossklags

  • The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study

    Janice Y. Tsai;Serge Egelman;Lorrie Cranor;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Conditioning Prices on Purchase History

    Alessandro Acquisti;Hal R. Varian

  • Information Revelation and Privacy in Online Social Networks (The Facebook case) Pre-proceedings version. ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES), 2005

    Ralph Gross;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Privacy in electronic commerce and the economics of immediate gratification

    Alessandro Acquisti

  • Misplaced Confidences: Privacy and the Control Paradox

    Laura Brandimarte;Alessandro Acquisti;George Loewenstein

  • Anti-Phishing Phil: the design and evaluation of a game that teaches people not to fall for phish

    Steve Sheng;Bryant Magnien;Ponnurangam Kumaraguru;Alessandro Acquisti

  • "I regretted the minute I pressed share": a qualitative study of regrets on Facebook

    Yang Wang;Gregory Norcie;Saranga Komanduri;Alessandro Acquisti

  • What Is Privacy Worth

    Alessandro Acquisti;Leslie K. John;George Loewenstein

  • Nudges for Privacy and Security: Understanding and Assisting Users’ Choices Online

    Alessandro Acquisti;Idris Adjerid;Rebecca Balebako;Laura Brandimarte

  • Is There a Cost to Privacy Breaches? An Event Study

    Alessandro Acquisti;Allan Friedman;Rahul Telang

  • Silent Listeners: The Evolution of Privacy and Disclosure on Facebook

    Fred Stutzman;Ralph Gross;Alessandro Acquisti

  • Teaching Johnny not to fall for phish

    Ponnurangam Kumaraguru;Steve Sheng;Alessandro Acquisti;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Strangers on a Plane: Context-Dependent Willingness to Divulge Sensitive Information

    Leslie K. John;Alessandro Acquisti;George Loewenstein

  • The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study.

    Lorrie Faith Cranor;Serge Egelman;Janice Y. Tsai;Alessandro Acquisti

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorrie Faith Cranor
Lorrie Faith Cranor Carnegie Mellon University
George Loewenstein
George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University
Norman Sadeh
Norman Sadeh Carnegie Mellon University
Ralph Gross
Ralph Gross Carnegie Mellon University
Jens Grossklags
Jens Grossklags Technical University of Munich
Florian Schaub
Florian Schaub University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicolas Christin
Nicolas Christin Carnegie Mellon University
Serge Egelman
Serge Egelman International Computer Science Institute
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Jason Hong
Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University

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