Category: Publications

This paper summarises a pivotal chapter of my doctoral thesis. It has just been submitted for peer review and is now available as a preprint. In spite of research recognizing the home as a shared space and privacy as inherently social, privacy in smart homes has mainly been researched from an individual angle. Sometimes contrasting […]

Empowering privacy in the connected home: communal use of smart technologies (thesis). Doctor of Philosophy. Department of Computer Science and Linacre College, University of Oxford (accepted on June 30th 2022). It’s finally available online: The latest wave of internet-connected smart home technologies promises convenience and control over a diverse network of different systems, such as appliances, […]

(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 […]

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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

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 […]

I’m delighted to present my poster at the ACM CCS conference in Vienna. eHealth devices such as smart scales and wearable fitness trackers are a key part of many health technology solutions. However, these eHealth devices can be vulnerable to privacy and security related attacks. In this poster, we propose a security analysis framework for […]