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  • 2017 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Serge Egelman is affiliated with the International Computer Science Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and computer science, with significant contributions in subfields such as sociology and political science, information systems, applied psychology, signal processing, and education.

The scientist's work covers key topics including privacy, security, and data protection, advanced malware detection techniques, behavioral health and interventions, digital mental health interventions, child development and digital technology, sexuality, behavior and technology, as well as mobile health and mHealth applications.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Serge Egelman are:

  • "Nudge me right: Personalizing online security nudges to people's decision-making styles" (2020), published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Do or do not, there is no try: User engagement may not improve security outcomes" (2020), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Data Collection Practices of Mobile Applications Played by Preschool-Aged Children" (2020), published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • "The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study" (2021), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "The Price is (Not) Right: Comparing Privacy in Free and Paid Apps" (2020), published in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Serge Egelman frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Nikita Samarin, Alisa Frik, Joel Reardon, Noura Alomar, and Primal Wijesekera.

Their works appear in several recurring publication venues such as:

  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • Computers in Human Behavior

Serge Egelman has been recognized as an ACM Senior Member since 2017, reflecting a professional standing within the computing community.

Best Publications

  • Android permissions: user attention, comprehension, and behavior

    Adrienne Porter Felt;Elizabeth Ha;Serge Egelman;Ariel Haney

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

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

  • You've been warned: an empirical study of the effectiveness of web browser phishing warnings

    Serge Egelman;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Jason Hong

  • Crying wolf: an empirical study of SSL warning effectiveness

    Joshua Sunshine;Serge Egelman;Hazim Almuhimedi;Neha Atri

  • Of passwords and people: measuring the effect of password-composition policies

    Saranga Komanduri;Richard Shay;Patrick Gage Kelley;Michelle L. Mazurek

  • Phinding Phish: Evaluating Anti-Phishing Tools

    Yue Zhang;Serge Egelman;Lorrie Cranor;Jason Hong

  • I've got 99 problems, but vibration ain't one: a survey of smartphone users' concerns

    Adrienne Porter Felt;Serge Egelman;David Wagner

  • Scaling the Security Wall: Developing a Security Behavior Intentions Scale (SeBIS)

    Serge Egelman;Eyal Peer

  • Facebook and privacy: it's complicated

    Maritza Johnson;Serge Egelman;Steven M. Bellovin

  • Does my password go up to eleven?: the impact of password meters on password selection

    Serge Egelman;Andreas Sotirakopoulos;Ildar Muslukhov;Konstantin Beznosov

  • It's No Secret. Measuring the Security and Reliability of Authentication via Secret Questions

    Stuart Schechter;A.J. Bernheim Brush;Serge Egelman

  • Choice Architecture and Smartphone Privacy: There’s a Price for That

    Serge Egelman;Adrienne Porter Felt;David A. Wagner

  • Android permissions remystified: a field study on contextual integrity

    Primal Wijesekera;Arjun Baokar;Ashkan Hosseini;Serge Egelman

  • “Won’t Somebody Think of the Children?” Examining COPPA Compliance at Scale

    Irwin Reyes;Primal Wijesekera;Joel Reardon;Amit Elazari Bar On

  • Timing is everything?: the effects of timing and placement of online privacy indicators

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

  • Are You Ready to Lock

    Serge Egelman;Sakshi Jain;Rebecca S. Portnoff;Kerwell Liao

  • Privacy Attitudes of Smart Speaker Users

    Nathan Malkin;Joe Deatrick;Allen Tong;Primal Wijesekera

  • How to ask for permission

    Adrienne Porter Felt;Serge Egelman;Matthew Finifter;Devdatta Akhawe

  • The Feasibility of Dynamically Granted Permissions: Aligning Mobile Privacy with User Preferences

    Primal Wijesekera;Arjun Baokar;Lynn Tsai;Joel Reardon

  • Let's Go in for a Closer Look: Observing Passwords in Their Natural Habitat

    Sarah Pearman;Jeremy Thomas;Pardis Emami Naeini;Hana Habib

  • 50 Ways to Leak Your Data: An Exploration of Apps’ Circumvention of the Android Permissions System

    Joel Reardon;Álvaro Feal;Primal Wijesekera;Amit Elazari Bar On

  • 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

David Wagner
David Wagner University of California, Berkeley
Lorrie Faith Cranor
Lorrie Faith Cranor Carnegie Mellon University
Alessandro Acquisti
Alessandro Acquisti Carnegie Mellon University
Nicolas Christin
Nicolas Christin Carnegie Mellon University
Konstantin Beznosov
Konstantin Beznosov University of British Columbia
Cormac Herley
Cormac Herley Microsoft (United States)
A. J. Bernheim Brush
A. J. Bernheim Brush Microsoft (United States)
Helen Nissenbaum
Helen Nissenbaum Cornell University
Jason Hong
Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University
Alexander De Luca
Alexander De Luca Google (United States)

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