Teaching & Theses
Please find below information of the courses and theses projects currently offered by the Security, Privacy and Society Group as well as an overview on the course portfolio.
Currently Offered Theses Projects
1) Master Thesis or Student Project: "Positive" Cybersecurity Incident Reporting
What can we learn from cybersecurity incident reporting data bases, not only with regards to negative outcomes but also secure operation? Please take a look at the Downloadadvertisement (PDF, 139 KB).
2) Master Thesis: Inferential privacy impact of LLM-based chatbot usage
To what extent can an LLM-based chatbot infer an individual’s private information from their interaction?
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Course Overview
Behavioural Studies Colloquium
The Behavioral Studies Colloquium is hosted by all professorships within the Behavioral Section of D-GESS: Prof. Ulrik Brandes, Prof. Emily Cross, Prof. Dirk Helbing, Prof. Christoph Hölscher, Prof. Manu Kapur, Prof. Martina Rau, Prof. Christoph Stadtfeld, Prof. Elsbeth Stern and Prof. Verena Zimmermann. It takes place every semester and is organized by a different professorship each semester. Prof. Emily Cross organizes the current Behavioral Studies Colloquium.
Human-Centered IT Security and Privacy
The course Human-Centered IT Security and Privacy concerns the intersection of computer science and psychology. It is designed as a combination of a lecture and exercises and takes place each spring semester starting in 2023.
Students will gain an overview of the role of the human in security and privacy, learn about human-centered design and psychological aspects. Selected application scenarios are presented and discussed. Furthermore, practical exercises and group work activities are used to showcase human-related aspects and foster reflection.
See in the current Course Catalogue (VVZ).
Human-Centered IT Security and Privacy Lab
The project seminar Human-Centered IT Security and Privacy Lab takes place every fall semester starting in 2023.
After an introduction on usable security as the intersection of computer science and psychology, students will form teams and work on exemplary security- or privacy-related research questions. The teams will develop and evaluate a concept for a human-centered solution. Through input sessions and milestone presentations the human perspective will be incorporated and reflected upon.
See in the current Course Catalogue (VVZ) of ETH.