Dr Marietjie Botes

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityDr Marietjie BotesResearch Associatemaria.botes@uni.lu Dr Marietjie Botes has transitioned from a 20-year career as a practising attorney in South Africa specialising in health law and biotechnology to academia where she focuses on interdisciplinary research at the intersection between science, technology, law and ethics. She graduated with a PhD in Biotechnology … Continued
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Public notice for Twitter and Reddit web scraping

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical Cybersecurity Public notice for Twitter and Reddit web scraping Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Public notice for Twitter and Reddit web scraping 1. About the research project As part of the research project Deceptive patterns online (Decepticon), we, researchers at the Interdisciplinary Center of Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) … Continued

I am Definitely Manipulated, Even When I am Aware of it. It s Ridiculous! — Dark Patterns from the End-User Perspective

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityI am Definitely Manipulated, Even When I am Aware of it. It s Ridiculous! — Dark Patterns from the End-User PerspectiveKerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Arianna Rossi, Salvador Rivas, Sophie Doublet, Vincent Koenig, Gabriele LenziniAbstract:Online services pervasively employ manipulative designs (i.e., dark patterns) to influence users to purchase goods and subscriptions, spend more … Continued

Storytelling as facilitation tool for inclusive ethics training

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    Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityStorytelling as facilitation tool for inclusive ethics trainingSaturday, April 24, 202110:45 AM to 12:15 PM (CST) Session 4 10:45-12:15 PM, CST Dr Marietjie Botes Storytelling is an ancient form of communication that, in the context of science, helps listeners understand the essence of complex concepts and ideas in … Continued

Leaving no one behind: Digital rights as human rights

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  Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityLeaving no one behind: Digital rights as human rightsWendesday, April 21, 20213:30 PM (IN)VISIBILITY Dr Marietjie Botes COVID-19 forced everyone to start using digital platforms became portholes to people’s healthcare, economic, educational, and social livelihoods. However, digital technologies are not equally accessible, resulting in disadvantaged people giving up of … Continued

Deceptive Patterns Online (DECEPTICON) 2021-24

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Dark patterns (DPs) are manipulative and deceptive design practices aimed at influencing the decisions that users take online about their purchases, their use of time and the disclosure of their personal data.

Data quality: Living in the shadow of data governance

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityData quality: Living in the shadow of data governanceMonday, April 19, 20213:00 PM to 3:10 PM Lightning Talks Dr Marietjie Botes Despite the immense volume and value of data, especially in the field of genomics, many institutions do not realise its full potential. For data to be useful it needs … Continued

All in one stroke? Intervention Spaces for Dark Patterns

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityAll in one stroke? Intervention Spaces for Dark PatternsArianna Rossi, Kerstin Bongard-BlanchyAbstract:This position paper draws from the complexity of dark patterns to develop arguments for differentiated interventions. We propose a matrix of interventions with a measure axis (from user-directed to environmentdirected) and a scope axis (from general to specific). We … Continued

Ziya Alper Genç

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityZiya Alper GençResearch Associateziya.genc@uni.lu Areas of expertise Cryptography Cybersecurity Ransomware Publications Please refer to our Publications section for the full list of Ziya's academic outcomes. Below are his latest publications. Campus Office MNO, E02 0215-090Maison du Nombre6, Avenue de la FonteL-4364 Esch-sur-Alzette Telephone (+352) 46 66 44 5701 Fax (+352) … Continued
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Itzel Vazquez Sandoval

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Interdisciplinary Research Group in Socio-technical CybersecurityItzel Vazquez SandovalResearch Associateitzel.vazquezsandoval@uni.lu Areas of expertise Computational Logic Formal Methods Formal Verification Secure email protocols Research Interests Logic, cryptography, automatic reasoning … and more. Publications Please refer to our Publications section for the full list of Itzel's academic outcomes. Below are her latest publications. Campus Office MNO, E02 0215-120Maison … Continued