Madiha Tabassum
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User Experience Researcher
P.hD. Candidate
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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I'm a Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, advised by Dr. Heather Lipford. My research lies in the area of human-computer interaction with a focus on usable security and privacy.
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My Ph.D. dissertation focused on understanding the security and privacy in the smart home from a human-centered perspective. I have conducted multiple qualitative and quantitative studies with smart home users to understand the current state of end-user knowledge of smart home devices data practices, available privacy controls, and their security and privacy concerns and behaviors. These studies identify gaps in current privacy awareness and control mechanisms and provide guidelines for designing such mechanisms to assist users in making better security and privacy decisions in the smart home.
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MY WORKS
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EXPERIENCE
Aug 2016 - Dec 2021
Graduate Research Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA at CHARLOTTE
I have designed and conducted multiple user studies to investigate different methods of secure programming education and the impact of security and privacy in the smart home and smart phone. I have performed qualitative and quantitative analysis on the data and published multiple academic papers on the findings from the studies.
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Graduate Student Instructor
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA at CHARLOTTE
I have taught graduate and undergraduate students the basics of Secure Programming and Penetration Testing. I have Prepared course materials such as lecture slides and hands-on assignments.
MAY 2019 - JUL 2019
Graduate Student Mentor
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA at CHARLOTTE
I have mentored visiting undergraduate research students. I demystified the research process and worked with students on meeting milestones.
MAY 2018 - AUG 2018
Summer Research Intern
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE
I have designed and conducted a survey study to understand the end users’ privacy expectations and role of contextual factors in shaping their information sharing norms around always listening voice assistants.
I have performed statistical and thematic analysis on the data, write up the findings, and submitted a research paper after the internship.
SKILLS
Programming - C, Java, PHP, SQL, Python
Tool - HTML, CSS/CSS3, Javascript, SPSS, Justinmind, Figma(basic), Photoshop (basic)
User Research - Usability Study, Eye-tracking, User Interview, Survey Design and Deployment, Experience Sampling, Diary Study
Design - Persona, Storyboarding, Prototyping, Cognitive Walkthrough, Heuristic Evaluation, User Journey, Empathy map