Smirity Kaushik

I work in HCI and User Experience Research domain in social computing systems research, focusing on privacy policies and usable privacy and security. I am particularly interested in exploring user-centered privacy research ideas to resolve socio-technical challenges at the intersection of privacy, policy, and HCI.

• IAPP Privacy Award 2021 (SOUPS 2021) (virtual conference) - Awarded IAPP Privacy award for presenting first 1st - authored paper on People’s Perspectives on Solely Automated Decision-Making (SADM) at the Seventeenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021) conference.
• SOUPS Student Grant (SOUPS 2021) (virtual conference) – Awarded full scholarship to attend SOUPS 2021, a premier venue for usable privacy and security research with a 26% acceptance rate for 2021
• SOUPS Student Volunteer (SOUPS 2021) (virtual conference) – Selected as student volunteer for Seventeenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021)
• CHI Student Volunteer (CHI’21) (virtual conference) - Selected as student volunteer for Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI) 2021. Also selected for Accessibility Task Force as a point of contact for accessibility support during conference
• IAPP Privacy Award 2019 (SOUPS 2019) at Santa Clara, CA- Awarded IAPP Privacy award for presenting a paper on inclusive privacy for people with visual impairment at the Fifteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2019) conference.
• John R. Weitzel Memorial Award Scholar 2019 for Information Systems Research at Syracuse, NY, 13210- Awarded graduate award for demonstrating excellence in the area of information systems through coursework and research.
• Grace Hopper Conference 2018 (GHC’18) Scholar at Houston, TX– Awarded full scholarship to attend the world’s largest conference of women in computing.
• Information Management Faculty Engagement Scholar (IMFES) merit fellowship (2017) at Syracuse University, iSchool.

S.Kaushik, Y.Yao, P.Dewitt, Y.Wang: "How I know for sure": People's Perspectives on Solely Automated Decision-Making (SADM). Accepted at Symposium for Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021).

J.Hayes, S.Kaushik, CE.Price, Y.Wang: Cooperative Privacy & Security: Learning from People with Visual Impairments and Their Allies. Accepted at Symposium for Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2019).

Y.Yao, J.R.Basdeo, S.Kaushik, Y.Wang: Defending My Castle: A Co-Design Study of Privacy Mechanisms for Smart Homes. Accepted at Conference on ACM Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2019).S. Kaushik, Y. Wang: Enabling Privacy by Design in GDPR: An Analysis of Industry Tool Support. Accepted at CHI-GDPR Workshop titled “The General Data Protection Regulation, an opportunity for the HCI Community?" (CHI 2018).

S. Kaushik, J.S. Chawla: Interoperability and Standardization of IoT Technology: A Legal perspective. Accepted at Osmania University Seminar titled "National Seminar on Information Technology and Law – Issues, Concerns, and Challenges" (2016).