Research

Publications

2024

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

2023

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

2022

• Data Protection at a Discount: Investigating the UX of Data Protection from User, Designer, and Business Leader PerspectivesGeorge Chalhoub, Ivan Flechais
  CSCW 2022 · 25th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social ComputingImpact Recognition Award
• "It's Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in SpreadsheetsGeorge Chalhoub, Advait Sarkar
  CHI 2022 · ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

2021

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

2020

• Factoring User Experience into the Security and Privacy Design of Smart Home Devices: A Case StudyGeorge Chalhoub, Ivan Flechais, Norbert Nthala, Ruba Abu-Salma, Elie Tom
  CHI EA 2020 · Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
• The UX of Things: Exploring UX Principles to Inform Security and Privacy Design in the Smart HomeGeorge Chalhoub
  CHI EA 2020 · Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
• Innovation Inaction or In Action? The Role of User Experience in the Security and Privacy Design of Smart Home CamerasGeorge Chalhoub, Ivan Flechais, Norbert Nthala, Ruba Abu-Salma
  SOUPS 2020 · Sixteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security
• "Alexa, are you spying on me?": Exploring the Effect of User Experience on the Security and Privacy of Smart Speaker UsersGeorge Chalhoub, Ivan Flechais
  HCII 2020 · 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Preprints

• "It's Meant to Be an Escape": Exploring Player Attitudes and Expectations Towards Video Game PrivacyJaimz Winter, George Chalhoub, Petros Lameras, Sylvester Arnab
  SSRN, March 2025

Patents

• Table Column Operations for SpreadsheetsAdvait Sarkar, George Chalhoub, Christopher Evan Oslund, Christian Mendel Canton
  US Patent US12271687B2, April 2025 · Assigned to Microsoft

Op-Eds

• We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer reviewGeorge Chalhoub
  Times Higher Education, 29 September 2025

Theses

• The UX of Things: Exploring UX Principles to Inform Security and Privacy Design in the Smart HomeGeorge Chalhoub
  DPhil (PhD) Cyber Security, University of Oxford, 2022 · Advised by Ivan Flechais
• The Design and Implementation of a 3D Information System for Ship Pump SystemsGeorge Chalhoub
  MSc Computer Science, University of Southampton, 2018 · Advised by Reza Rezazadeh
• Look Ma! No Server: A cloud multiplayer cards gameGeorge Chalhoub
  BS Computer Science, Lebanese American University, 2017 · Advised by Ramzi Haraty