Author: Martin

This article was published in the 2021 yearbook of the CDT in Cyber Security at the University of Oxford. The latest wave of internet-connected smart home technologies promises convenience and control over a diverse network of different systems, such as appliances, utilities, and entertainment devices. Striking the balance between convenience and control proves to be […]

I’m happy to share that I’ve joined VDI/VDE-IT as a research consultant with a focus on cyber security. I will be consulting funding organisations and innovators/researchers on trends in the field and support clients in implementing funding programs. I still pursue my research interests and will be happy to chat about any of my work.

I finally found some time to collate information on the different research projects I worked on over the years. Check out the projects page.

Data Security and Privacy, MSc in Software and Systems Security. Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.

(Paper, 2nd author) accepted to CHI 2021 in Yokohama, Japan Smart home products aren’t living up to their promise. They claim to transform the way we live, providing convenience, energy efficiency, and safety. However, the reality is significantly less profound and often frustrating. This is particularly apparent in security and privacy experiences: powerlessness, confusion, and annoyance have […]

Brown Bag Seminar at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. Virtual Event.

I just uploaded an old report on some research that did not become part of my thesis but was pivotal to my PhD journey: Exploring Social Acceptability and Expectations in Communal Use of Smart Home Devices (Research Report) from July 2020. This report documents an effort to explore communal use in smart homes with a factorial vignette […]

A Case for Contextualised Participatory Design Published in the 2020 Yearbook, Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security. University of Oxford. There is a gap between person-centred data protection legislation and practices, and the communal implications of internet-connected technology. Modern communal spaces – such as our homes – typically involve heterogeneous groupings of individuals with […]

Data Security and Privacy, MSc in Software and Systems Security. Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.

(Talk) at the 2020 USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR 20). Virtual event. There’s a gap between the personal focus of data protection legislation and practices, and the communal implications of internet-connected technology. Through our research, we’ve started to explore how existing design tools and methods can help understand and address communal implications. […]

(Workshop Paper) accepted to Privacy and Power, the Networked Privacy Workshop at CHI 2020 in Hawaii, USA. Taking care of technology for a dependent can be a daunting task. Often poorly resourced and lacking the formal training and codes of practise available to professionals, those giving informal digital care need to be understood and empowered by the […]

Empowering households to tend their digital devices (Article) in Linacre News (college magazine) Voice assistants, household helpers, toys and smart building technology, powered by electricity and data, all are making their way into ever more households. New things brought to our homes for the purpose of ‘making life simpler’ inevitably challenge the way we do things.  […]

(Paper, 2nd author) accepted to CHI 2020 in Hawaii, USA. Connected devices in the home represent a potentially grave new privacy threat due to their unfettered access to the most personal spaces in people’s lives. Prior work has shown that despite concerns about such devices, people often lack sufficient awareness, understanding, or means of taking effective action. […]

(Extended Abstract) accepted to CHI 2020 in Hawaii, USA. Device use in smart homes is becoming increasingly communal, requiring cohabitants to navigate a complex social and technological context. In this paper, we report findings from an exploratory survey grounded in our prior work on communal technology use in the home [4]. The findings highlight the importance of […]

Conference paper (peer-reviewed) accepted to Halfway to the Future Symposium in Nottingham, UK Vacuum cleaners, dish washers, and computers have had a lasting impact on ordinary life, and the last wave of ubiquitous technology, smart home technology, once again alters social order and practices in the home. Increasingly pervasive and internet-connected, domestic technology has become a […]

William Seymour and Martin Kraemer discuss their new project ‘Informing the Future of Data Protection in Smart Homes’ Published in the 2019 Yearbook, Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security. University of Oxford. The rollout of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has had a big impact in the cyber security world, with many […]

(Report) published in Privacy Laws & Business, UK. Issue 105. September 2019. Martin Kraemer and William Seymour at the University of Oxford report on an ICO-funded research project investigating how ‘smart’ doesn’t have to mean invasive.

Workshop paper accepted to CHI 19 Workshop on New Directions for the IoT: Automate, Share, Build, and Care in Glasgow, UK Recent changes to data protection regulation, particularly in Europe, are changing the design landscape for smart devices, requiring new design techniques to ensure that devices are able to adequately protect users’ data. A particularly interesting […]

Alexa, Roomba, Kayla, Cozmo, Ring and Nest all crave your attention This article was published in the Winter 2018 edition of the Oxford’s Computer Science Department’s magazine called Inspired Research Assistants, household helpers, toys and smart building technology, powered by electricity and data, all are making their way into ever more households. When such new […]

Published in the 2018 Yearbook, Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security. University of Oxford. Summary An applaudable account of the long-lasting efforts to transform idealism into reality – Dorothie and Martin Hellman provide an inspiring account of the long journey that saved their marriage. Through holistic thinking and compassion, they built a relationship of […]

It was my pleasure to talk at the CDT show case day in Oxford. The talk included an outline of my research as well as some early findings. As always, do get in touch if you would like to discuss details. https://martin-kraemer.net/presentations/2018-10-cdt-showcase.pdf

It was a pleasure to present and discuss at the 1st Annual Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity in Princeton. My talk focussed on an upcoming research agenda to disentangle privacy practices in smart homes, so as to inform product design and provide implications for privacy theory. The slides of my talk are online. Do […]

It was my pleasure to attend the CHI 2018 doctoral consortium in Montreal, Canada. A great thanks to all organisers, faculty, and attendees. I also had a poster at the main confrence: Smart homes are expected to reduce the time we spend on routine activities. Data becomes an enabler and asset, as smart devices collect […]

The adoption of smart devices in homes is rapidly advancing, and information on our daily routines and activities is collected, processed, disseminated by these devices in order to function. People have specific ideas as to which, when, why, and how information on them may be collected and used. They feel infringed in their privacy if […]