Dr George Chalhoub - University College London

Publications

Trouble in Paradise? Understanding Mastodon Admin's Motivations, Experiences, and Challenges Running Decentralised Social Media
Zhilin Zhang, Jun Zhao, Ge Wang, Samantha-Kaye Johnston, George Chalhoub, Diyi Liu, Tala Ross, Claudine Tinsman, Rui Zhao, Max Van Kleek, and Nigel Shadbolt.
27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024), November 2024.
Beyond the Office Walls: Understanding Security and Shadow Security Behaviours in a Remote Work Context
Sarah Alromaih, Ivan Flechais and George Chalhoub.
Twentieth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2024), August 2024.
Useful Shortcuts: Using Design Heuristics for Consent and Permission in Smart Home Devices
George Chalhoub, Martin J. Kraemer and Ivan Flechais.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS 2024), February 2024.

But is it exploitable? Exploring how Router Vendors Manage and Patch Security Vulnerabilities in Consumer-Grade Routers
George Chalhoub and Andrew Martin.
The 2023 European Symposium on Usable Security. (EuroUSEC 2023), October 2023.
Best Paper Award.
Practical Cybersecurity Ethics: Mapping CyBOK to Ethical Concerns
Ivan Flechais and George Chalhoub.
New Security Paradigms Workshop (NSPW 2023), September 2023.
"It Becomes More of an Abstract Idea, this Privacy" - Informing the Design for Communal Privacy Experiences in Smart Homes.
Martin J. Kraemer, Helena Webb, George Chalhoub and Ivan Flechais.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS 2023), August 2023.
Navigating the Data Avalanche: Towards Supporting Developers in Developing Privacy-Friendly Children's Apps
Anirudh Ekambaranathan, Jun Zhao, and George Chalhoub.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. (IMWUT 2023), June 2023.
"You are you and the app. There’s nobody else.": Building Worker-Designed Data Institutions within Platform Hegemony
Jake Stein, Vidminas Vizgirda, Max Van Kleek, Reuben Binns, Jun Zhao, Naman Goel, Rui Zhao, Wael S Albayaydh, George Chalhoub and Nigel Shadbolt.
2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023), April 2023.

Data Protection at a Discount: Investigating the UX of Data Protection from User‚ Designer‚ and Business Leader Perspectives
George Chalhoub and Ivan Flechais.
25th ACM Conference On Computer−Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW 2022), November 2022.
Impact Recognition Award.
"It's Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets
George Chalhoub and Advait Sarkar.
2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022), May 2022.

"It did not give me an option to decline": A Longitudinal Analysis of the User Experience of Security and Privacy in Smart Home Products.
George Chalhoub‚ Martin J. Kraemer‚ Norbert Nthala and Ivan Flechais.
2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021), May 2021.

Factoring User Experience into the Security and Privacy Design of Smart Home Devices: A Case Study.
George Chalhoub‚ Ivan Flechais‚ Norbert Nthala‚ Ruba Abu−Salma and Elie Tom.
Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2020), April 2020.

The UX of Things: Exploring UX Principles to Inform Security and Privacy Design in the Smart Home.
George Chalhoub.
Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2020). April 2020.

Innovation Inaction or In Action? The Role of User Experience in the Security and Privacy Design of Smart Home Cameras.
George Chalhoub‚ Ivan Flechais‚ Norbert Nthala and Ruba Abu−Salma.
Sixteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2020), August 2020.

"Alexa‚ are you spying on me?": Exploring the Effect of User Experience on the Security and Privacy of Smart Speaker Users.
George Chalhoub and Ivan Flechais.
22nd International Conference on Human−Computer Interaction (HCII 2020), July, 2020.

TABLE COLUMN OPERATIONS FOR SPREADSHEETS.
Advait Sarkar, George Chalhoub, Christopher Evan Oslund, Christian Mendel Canton.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), October 2023.

The UX of Things: Exploring UX Principles to Inform Security and Privacy Design in the Smart Home.
George Chalhoub. Advised by Ivan Flechais.
University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science, Thesis for DPhil Cyber Security. October 2022.
The Design and Implementation of a 3D Information System for Ship Pump Systems.
George Chalhoub. Advised by Reza Rezazadeh.
University of Southampton, Computer Science and Engineering, Thesis for MSc Computer Science. September 2018.

Look Ma! No Server: A cloud multiplayer cards game
George Chalhoub. Advised by Ramzi Haraty.
Lebanese American University, Computer Science and Mathematics, Thesis for BS Computer Science. July 2017.