09 April 2024 - We hacked the hacker! Together with partners from CYREN ZH, we played the Escape Room at Switch. It was great fun to increase our cybersecurity awareness and learn about password hashes and security. Thanks to Switch and Fabio Greiner!
20 March - Swiss Cyber Circle: What an interesting session with the external pageSwiss Cyber Circlecall_made focusing on how to prepare for and train for cybersecuirty crisis that we supported as a research partner. Thanks to everyone involved and the hosts Milena Thalmann, Peter Kosel and Stefan von Rohr.
23rd February 2024 - HCI@ETH: The SPG group is part of HCI@ETH, a great initiative to make human-computer interaction research at ETHZ visible and to connect related groups across departments. Check out the new corresponding website.
1st February 2024 - Informatiktage: The SPG team will proudly support the Informatiktage 2024 at ETH with a talk on "Mensch-Computer-Interaktion: Der Mensch als Sicherheitsfaktor" on Saturday 23rd March. For more details please see the external pageprogramcall_made.
17th January 2024 - Swiss Cyber Circle: Prof. Verena Zimmermann, Lorin Schöni and Neele Roch led a workshop on "Can IT Security learn from Safety?" in this year's first session of the external pageSwiss Cyber Circlecall_made. Thanks to the great organizing commitee and the engaging discussions with the participating CISOs. We are looking forward to the next sessions.
8th December 2023 - Xmas dinner & event: Beautiful hike in the snow from Üetliberg to Felsenegg with well-deserved dinner there.
14th November 2023 - ETH AI Center: Verena Zimmermann is now part of the ETH AI Center faculty as an associated member. We are looking forward to a great collaboration and exciting AI-related projects in the context of human-centered security and privacy research. The ETH AI Center is also currently seeking candidates for PhD/Post-Doc positions, including with a focus on human-centered AI and security/privacy aspects. You can find further information at https://ai.ethz.ch/education/phd-and-postdoc-programs.html. If you have any inquiries please don't hesitate to reach out. The application deadline is November 22, 2023.
26th October- Security Awareness Day: Verena Zimmermann had the opportunity to speak at theexternal page#SecurityAwarenessDaycall_made organised by SWITCH in Bern. She talked about how we can move from what we can't do to what we can do to enhance cybersecurity resilience. Take a look at the external pagevideocall_made. Thanks to SWITCH for the great organisation and the fantastic audience!
28th September 2023 - Guest Speaker: Our Visiting Researcher, Jennifer Klütsch, will hold a talk from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. on "Privacy Research, its Experimental Approaches and Statistical Data Analysis". If you are interested, we are happy to send the zoom link.
21. - 22. September 2023 - JDPLS Summer School in Murten/BE: Our new doctoral student, Adrienn Toth, started in the second cohort. Prof. Verena Zimmermann participated as supervisor. The ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Program in the Learning Sciences JDPLS educates a new generation of dual-disciplined scientists.
6th September 2023 – ETH Industry Day: The Security, Privacy and Society group participated in the ETH Industry Day with Prof. Verena Zimmermann as a speaker and a booth in the exhibition. We enjoyed the interesting exchanges with people from industry and academia alike. Find more information about the industry day and with a short video.
14th August - CASA Summer School: Verena Zimmermann was invited as a speaker to the external pageCASA Summer Schoolcall_made at Ruhr University Bochum where she also introduced a game-based approach to cybersecurity that she works on with Linda Fanconi.
10/11th August - Team Retreat: In our first team retreat we had the option to not only work intensely on our projects but also to enjoy the beautiful external pageKartause Ittingencall_made and surroundings.
14th March 2023- Globe Magazine of ETH: The current issue of the Globe Magazine of ETH features an interview conversation with Prof. Verena Zimmermann, Prof. Joachim Buhmann and Prof. Elgar Fleisch on the role of emotions in the area of human-technology interaction and AI. Read the interview in Globe Magazine.
5th April 2023- Podcast: With great pleasure Verena Zimmermann was interviewed for the podcast series "Frauen machen MINT" ("Women do STEM") by the external pageFemtec.Alumnae e.V.call_made (FTA), a network for motivated and technology-enthusastic women in academia with a background in the STEM sciences. external pageListen to the podcastcall_made on human-centered security and privacy topics.
