CATCUS/P Colloquium is a regional event for the Capital Area (and broader friends) to gather and discuss recent results in Usable Security and Privacy, broadly construed. The Colloquium consists of both research talks and networking events, and is hosted twice a year.

The next CACTUS will be held on June 20, 2024 at the University of Maryland.

Registration

Registration for this event is closed. If you haven’t registered but would like to attend, please email Michelle.

Schedule

Below is a draft schedule, subject to change.

Long talks are 12 minutes with 5 minutes of questions, and short talks are 3 minutes with 3 minutes of questions.

  • 9:30am: Arrival Coffee, tea, light pastry and fruit

  • 9:45am-10:00am: Welcome and Intros

  • 10:00am-10:35am: Research Talks:
    • Phoebe Moh – University of Maryland
      • Understanding How People Share Passwords
    • Elija Bouma-Sims – Carnegie Mellon University
      • Exploring the Privacy Experiences of Closeted Users of Online Dating Services in the US
  • 10:35am-11:00am: Short Talks:
    • Parthav Poudel – University of Maryland
      • Third-Party Asset Sharing Among Misinformation Websites
    • Wentao Guo – University of Maryland
      • Measuring platforms’ defenses against brute forcing of multi-factor authentication
    • Jan Tolsdorf – The George Washington University
      • Investigating How Users Perceive and Expose Bias in AI Chatbots and Assistants
    • Nathan Malkin – New Jersey Institute of Technology
      • Understanding LLM use by Survey Participants

  • 11:00am-11:30am: Break

  • 11:30am-12:05pm: Research Talks:
    • Jan Tolsdorf – The George Washington University
      • Insights from a Phishing Simulation in a Large German Hospital
    • Noel Warford – Oberlin College
      • How Entertainment Journalists Manage Online Hate and Harassment
  • 12:05pm-12:35pm: Short Talks
    • Annie Dai – University of Maryland
      • Challenges in Satellite Network Security
    • Conor Gilsenan – UC Berkeley
      • Social Backup and Recovery (SBR)
    • Emma Shroyer – University of Maryland
      • Partial Anonymity in Non-Anonymous Group Chats
    • Alan Luo – University of Maryland
      • Threat Modeling Healthcare Privacy
    • Hari Kailad – University of Maryland
      • Building an Efficient Anonymous Forum with Reputation

  • 12:35pm-1:45pm: Lunch (provided)

  • 1:45pm-2:00pm: BoF Brain Storm

  • 2:00pm-3:00pm BOF 1

  • 3:00pm-3:15pm: Break

  • 3:15pm-4:15pm BOF 2

  • 4:15pm-4:30pm: Closing Remarks

Location

All events will take place at UMD in the Brendan Iribe Center, Room 1116

Directions and other information

  • We’re on the first floor, which is not the ground floor. There’s also a mezzanine area between the ground and first floors.

  • If you are driving, I recommend you park in the lot/garage of “The Varsity” apartments (Baltimore Ave.), which should be both cheaper and a closer walk than using official campus visitor parking. It’s about $2 per hour. They will, however, ticket you quickly if your time expires (campus would also). Watch the signs so you park in the visitor and not resident section. Another viable option is the paid lot along Diamondback Drive behind The Hotel at UMD, which is also cheaper than campus visitor parking.

  • If you are using metro, it’s about a 1-mile walk from the station to our building, or you can use the UM shuttle that runs every 10-20 minutes (no ID required). Here’s the schedule. The closest stop is the Glenn L. Martin wind tunnel.

  • We have eduroam, so if you have an eduroam account you are all set. If you don’t have an eduroam account, you can sign up for a 24-hour pass to the umd-guest wireless network.

Virtual attendees

Infomation coming soon!

Sponsors

We wish to thank the Maryland Cybersecurity Center at the University of Maryland for the support to make this event happen.