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2024

• 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 Swiss Cyber Circle focusing on how to prepare for and train for cybersecurity 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 our 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: 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 Swiss Cyber Circle. Thanks to the great organizing commitee and the engaging discussions with the participating CISOs. We are looking forward to the next sessions.

2023

• 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 the #SecurityAwarenessDay 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 - 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.
• 21st/22nd September - 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.
• 29th August 2023 - PostDoc Position: We offer a 100% PostDoc position in human-centered security and privacy research.
  
• 18th August - Book published: The external pagebook "Human Factors in Privacy Research"call_made to which Verena Zimmermann contributed a chapter on privacy nudges is available now open access. 
  
• 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 Karthause Ittingen and surroundings.
  
• 17th May - Karen Renaud: We welcomed Dr. Karen Renaud from the Strathclyde University, Glasgow as guest speaker. She gave a talk in the ISTP Colloquium and contributed to an event with our collaboration partners from the Digital Society Initiative and the project CYREN-ZH.
  
• 05th April 2023 - Podcast: With great pleasure Verena Zimmermann was interviewed for the podcast series "Frauen machen MINT" by the external pageFemtec.Alumnae e.V. (FTA)call_made, 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-cenetred security and privacy topics.
  
• 14th March 2023 - Globe Magazine: The current issue of the Globe Magazine features an interview conversation with Verena Zimmermann, Joachim Buhmann and Elgar Fleisch on the role of emotions in the area of human-technology interaction and AI. Read the interview.
  
• 08th March 2023 - Inaugural Lecture: Verena Zimmermann gave her Inaugural Lecture with the title "Security, Differently: Rethinking the Role of the Human in Cybersecurity".
  
• 21st February 2023 - Guest speaker: Our Visiting Researcher, Alina Stöver, will be the speaker within the Behavioural Studies Colloquium.

2022

• 30th November 2022 - ETH unterwegs: On Wednesday, the 30th November, the ETH Zürich initiative "ETH unterwegs" will visit the Kantonsschule Schaffhausen. Verena Zimmermann will be there to introduce Human-Computer Interaction as a topic. Take a look at the initiative.
• 29th November 2022 - Guest speaker: We welcome Dr. Nina Gerber as a guest speaker within the Behavioural Studies Colloquium.
• 27th October 2022 - ETHZ Cyber Group Meet & Greet: The ETH Cyber Group organizes an annual Meet & Greet on the 27th October. This year’s topic will be: "Humans: the weakest link in Cyber Security?". Verena Zimmermann has been invited as a keynote speaker on the role of the human in cybersecurity.
• 20th October 2022 - ZISC Seminar series: Within the Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (ZISC) seminar series, Verena Zimmermann will give a talk on “Human-centered Security & Privacy” on the 20th October. For more information about the talk.
  
• 12th October 2022 - ISTP Colloquium: On the 12th October, Verena Zimmermann, will give a lecture within the Institute for Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP) colloquium on “Digital Nudging . Too much or not enough?”. More information about the lecture.
  
• 3rd October 2022 - Welcome Lorin: The Security, Privacy and Society Group welcomes Lorin Schöni, who joins as PhD student after completing his Master of Science in Psychology at the University of Zurich.