George Chalhoub

Dr George Chalhoub
Department of Computer Science,
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Biography
Dr George Chalhoub is a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) in Secure Networking by Design (SNbD) at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Human Centered Computing group. George’s research is interdisciplinary. He works at the intersection of cybersecurity, human-computer interaction (HCI), and artificial intelligence. His current research focuses on mitigating the security and privacy threats of emerging technologies (smart homes and LLMs).
He obtained his DPhil (PhD) in Cyber Security at the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, and part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security in 2022, with support from the Information Commissioner's Office. During his doctoral studies, George completed internships at the Calc Intelligence team at Microsoft Research and the Social Dynamics team at Nokia Bell Labs.
He received his BS in Computer Science from the Computer Science and Mathematics Department at the Lebanese American University in 2017. He obtained his MSc in Computer Science from the school of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton in 2018, in collaboration with Lloyd's Register. He previously worked as a Cyber Security Analyst and an Expert Contributor at Oxford Analytica.
Research Interests
His research interests include usable security and privacy, applied cryptography, security implications of LLMs, network security, security of electronic health and medical records (EHR/EMR), high-stakes AI and biometric authentication. He is the co-author of 11 conference paper publications and 1 patent.
Selected Publications
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"You are you and the app. There’s nobody else.": Building Worker−Designed Data Institutions within Platform Hegemony
Jake Stein‚ Vidminas Vizgirda‚ Max Van Kleek‚ Reuben Binns‚ Jun Zhao‚ Rui Zhao‚ Naman Goel‚ George Chalhoub‚ Wael Albayaydh and Nigel Shadbolt.
In 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023). April, 2023.
Details about "You are you and the app. There’s nobody else.": Building Worker−Designed Data Institutions within Platform Hegemony | BibTeX data for "You are you and the app. There’s nobody else.": Building Worker−Designed Data Institutions within Platform Hegemony | Download (pdf) of "You are you and the app. There’s nobody else.": Building Worker−Designed Data Institutions within Platform Hegemony | DOI (10.1145/3544548.3581114)
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"It’s Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets
George Chalhoub and Advait Sarkar
In 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022). ACM. May, 2022.
Details about "It’s Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets | BibTeX data for "It’s Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets | Download (pdf) of "It’s Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets | DOI (10.1145/3491102.3501833) | Link to "It’s Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants": Understanding and Improving the User Experience of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets
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"It did not give me an option to decline": A Longitudinal Analysis of the User Experience of Security and Privacy in Smart Home Products
George Chalhoub‚ Martin J. Kraemer‚ Norbert Nthala and Ivan Flechais
In 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021). ACM. May, 2021.
Details about "It did not give me an option to decline": A Longitudinal Analysis of the User Experience of Security and Privacy in Smart Home Products | BibTeX data for "It did not give me an option to decline": A Longitudinal Analysis of the User Experience of Security and Privacy in Smart Home Products | Download (pdf) of "It did not give me an option to decline": A Longitudinal Analysis of the User Experience of Security and Privacy in Smart Home Products | DOI (10.1145/3411764.3445691)