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publications
SpatioTemporal Template-based Search: An Architecture to Model Human Search for Spatiotemporal Targets
Published in Advances in Cognitive Systems, 2018
This paper is about comparing agent and human-strategies for performing visual tracking tasks.
Recommended citation: Brown, Ellis, Soobeen Park, Noel Warford, Adriane Seiffert, Kazuhiko Kawamura, Joseph Lappin, Maithilee Kunda. 2018. “SpatioTemporal Template-Based Search: An Architecture to Model Human Search for Spatiotemporal Targets.” Advances in Cognitive Systems 6: 18.
Measuring Individual Differences in Visual and Verbal Thinking Styles
Published in CogSci, 2018
This paper describes a metric for judging whether users favor visual or verbal cognition.
Recommended citation: Warford, Noel, and Maithilee Kunda. 2018. “Measuring Individual Differences in Visual and Verbal Thinking Styles.” Proc. CogSci, 6.
The Challenges of Labeling Vulnerability-Contributing Commits
Published in ISSREW, 2019
This paper compares manual labeling of VCCs to automated approaches, demonstrating challenges in automating vulnerability contribution.
Recommended citation: Hogan, Kevin, Noel Warford, Robert Morrison, David Miller, Sean Malone, and James Purtilo. 2019. “The Challenges of Labeling Vulnerability-Contributing Commits.” Proc. ISSREW, October, 270–75.
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A Comprehensive Quality Evaluation of Security and Privacy Advice on the Web
Published in USENIX Security, 2020
In this paper, we analyzed a large corpus of security advice and show that even for experts, it is difficult to pick which advice is most important and impactful.
Recommended citation: Redmiles, Elissa M., Noel Warford, Amritha Jayanti, et al. 2020. “A Comprehensive Quality Evaluation of Security and Privacy Advice on the Web.” Proc. USENIX Security, Best Paper Award.
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Strategies and Perceived Risks of Sending Sensitive Documents
Published in USENIX Security, 2021
In this paper, we showed that, despite a desire for more privacy, most people use the most convenient method to send sensitive documents.
Recommended citation: Warford, Noel, Collins W. Munyendo, Ashna Mediratta, Adam J. Aviv, and Michelle L. Mazurek. 2021. “Strategies and Perceived Risks of Sending Sensitive Documents.” Proc. USENIX Security.
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SoK: A Framework for Unifying at-Risk User Research
Published in IEEE S&P, 2022
This paper describes a framework of 10 contextual factors and a set of protective strategies that synthesize existing work on digital safety for at-risk users.
Recommended citation: Warford, Noel, Tara Matthews, Kaitlyn Yang, Omer Akgul, Sunny Consolvo, Patrick Gage Kelley, Nathan Malkin, Michelle L. Mazurek, Manya Sleeper, Kurt Thomas. 2022. “SoK: A Framework for Unifying at-Risk User Research.” Proc. IEEE S&P.
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How Library IT Staff Navigate Privacy and Security Challenges and Responsibilities
Published in USENIX Security, 2023
This paper describes an interview study with 12 library IT staff on how they manage digital-safety concerns in relation to their library systems and patrons.
Recommended citation: Luo, Alan F., Noel Warford, Samuel Dooley, Rachel Greenstadt, Michelle L. Mazurek, and Nora McDonald. 2023. “How Library IT Staff Navigate Privacy and Security Challenges and Responsibilities.” Proc. USENIX Security.
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Characterizing Everyday Misuse of Smart Home Devices
Published in IEEE S&P, 2023
In this paper, we measured how everyday misuse (i.e., misuse that is not intentionally malicious) happens via common smart devices.
Recommended citation: Moh, Phoebe, Pubali Datta, Noel Warford, Adam Bates, Nathan Malkin, and Michelle L. Mazurek. 2023. “Characterizing Everyday Misuse of Smart Home Devices.” Proc. IEEE S&P.
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SoK: Safer Digital-Safety Research Involving At-Risk Users
Published in IEEE S&P, 2024
This paper is a follow-up to my 2022 SoK, but focusing instead on how to do research well with at-risk populations.
Recommended citation: Bellini, Rosanna, Emily Tseng, Noel Warford, Alaa Daffalla, Tara Matthews, Sunny Consolvo, Jill Palzkill Woelfer, Patrick Gage Kelley, Michelle L. Mazurek, Dana Cuomo, Nicola Dell, Thomas Ristenpart. 2024. “SoK: Safer Digital-Safety Research Involving At-Risk Users.” Proc. IEEE S&P.
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How Entertainment Journalists Manage Online Hate and Harassment
Published in SOUPS, 2024
This paper is an interview study with nine entertainment journalists about how they manage harassment.
Recommended citation: Warford, Noel, Nicholas Farber, and Michelle L. Mazurek. 2024. “How Entertainment Journalists Manage Online Hate and Harassment.” Proc. SOUPS.
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teaching
CSCI 150 - Introduction to Computer Science
Undergraduate course, Oberlin College
Taught Spring & Fall 2024, Spring & Fall 2025. This class covers fundamentals of computer science using programming in Python as a basis. I assume no knowledge from students coming in, and take them through basic object-oriented programming and recursion.
CSCI 313 - Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
Undergraduate course, Oberlin College
Taught Spring 2025. A high-level overview of the field of HCI for upper-level CS majors. In this class, after covering basic concepts of design and HCI, we cover a broad variety of relevant topics based on student interest. Students also worked in groups to create and prototype new designs around a shared theme.
CSCI 315 - Introduction to Human-Centered Security
Undergraduate course, Oberlin College
Taught Spring & Fall 2024. This course is an introduction to the field of human-centered security to upper-level CS majors, focusing on basic empirical methods in computer science, fundamental security and privacy concepts, and reading a wide variety of relevant papers. This was the first course that I developed on my own, with significant inspiration from Michelle Mazurek’s version of this course at the graduate level.