Sixteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security

August 7–11, 2020
Co-located with

Thanks to those who joined us for the Sixteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2020). We hope you enjoyed the event.

SOUPS brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners in human-computer interaction, security, and privacy.

As part of our commitment to open access to research, the workshop/conference papers, presentation slides, and videos are free and open to the public on the SOUPS 2020 program page.

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SOUPS 2020 Awards

Distinguished Paper Award

Blind and Human: Exploring More Usable Audio CAPTCHA Designs
Valerie Fanelle, Sepideh Karimi, Aditi Shah, Bharath Subramanian, and Sauvik Das, Georgia Institute of Technology

IAPP SOUPS Privacy Award

"I Have a Narrow Thought Process": Constraints on Explanations Connecting Inferences and Self-Perceptions
Emilee Rader, Samantha Hautea, and Anjali Munasinghe, Michigan State University

John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award

Daniel Votipka, University of Maryland

SOUPS 2020 Impact Award

Folk Models of Home Computer Security
Rick Wash
SOUPS 2010

Honorable Mention
Where Do Security Policies Come From?
Dinei Florêncio and Cormac Herley
SOUPS 2010

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