KAVOUS SALEHZADEH NIKSIRAT

A research Blog about MediationBot for Privacy

I’m excited to share my latest Medium blog on how MediationBot is changing the landscape of digital privacy. This article explores how this innovative chatbot mediator addresses multiparty privacy conflicts (MPCs) in content sharing.

Read the full article here to learn how MediationBot promotes consensus and respectful dialogue in the digital space.

My paper was accepted into ACM CHI 2023 conference! and received the best paper award 🏆

I am thrilled to announce that my paper “Changes in Research Ethics, Openness, and Transparency in Empirical Studies between CHI 2017 and CHI 2022” has been accepted for presentation at the ACM CHI 2023 conference. It has also been recognized as the best paper (top 1%).

ACM CHI is a prestigious conference in the field of human-computer interaction, and I am honored to have the opportunity to share my research with fellow scholars.

In this paper, we answered the question, “are HCI research papers ethical, open, and transparent? “ We examined the changes in research ethics, openness, and transparency in empirical studies over the past five years, specifically focusing on the differences between CHI 2017 and CHI 2022. We found that some aspects are improved, but others need more attention.

Received the CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction 2023 Award 🏆

My paper on understanding intergenerational fitness tracking practices was recognized as the best paper award by CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction. [News]

Joining the SPRING Lab at EPFL as a Postdoctoral Fellow

I had three beautiful years at the University of Lausanne with my colleagues at the ISP and PET labs. I sincerely thank all their support, friendship, and intelligence, particularly Prof. Kévin Huguenin and Prof. Mauro Cherubini for their excellent guidance and support.

Now it is time to move on!

I am so excited to announce that as of March 1st, 2023, I will start working as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Carmela Troncoso from the SPRING Lab at EPFL. I hope to contribute to my new team’s research and keep up the work.

Dagstuhl Seminar on Transparent Quantitative Research as a User Interface Problem

In September 2022, I attended a one-week seminar about Transparent Quantitative Research. The seminar gathered HCI researchers from all over the world to Dagstuhl School in Germany – a well-known venue for conducting computer science workshops and seminars.

PETS’22 Workshop on Interdependent and Multi-party Privacy

Together with Rakibul Hasan, Kévin Huguenin, Mathias Humbert, and Jose Such, we organize a workshop on Interdependent and Multiparty Privacy. The workshop will be held on July 11th, in hybrid mode (both in Sydney and online). Feel free to register and attend!