SOUPS 2021

Seventeenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security

August 8–10, 2021

Co-located with

Thanks to those who joined us for the Seventeenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021). 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 full proceedings and presentation slides are free and open to the public on the technical sessions page. Videos are posted within a few weeks of the end of the event.

Registration Information

See the Registration Information page for details.

USENIX Conference Policies

We encourage you to learn more about USENIX’s values and how we put them into practice at our conferences.

Refunds and Cancellations

We are unable to offer refunds, cancellations, or substitutions for any registrations for this event. Please contact the Conference Department at conference@usenix.org with any questions.

About SOUPS 2021

Conference Policies
Code of Conduct
View Past Symposia

Questions?

Review our Conference FAQs, and send direct queries via email:

Registration: conference@usenix.org
Membership: membership@usenix.org
Sponsorship: sponsorship@usenix.org
Student Grants: students@usenix.org
Proceedings Papers: production@usenix.org

Symposium Organizers

Sonia Chiasson

Carleton University

General Chair

Technical Papers Committee

Yasemin Acar, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Florian Alt, Bundeswehr University Munich

Olabode Anise, Google

Adam J. Aviv, The George Washington University

Rebecca Balebako, Google

Lujo Bauer, Carnegie Mellon University

Jasmine Bowers, MITRE

Cristian Bravo-Lillo, Ciberseguridad Humana

Lynne Coventry, Northumbria University

Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University

Carrie Gates, Bank of America

Maximilian Golla, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Julie Haney, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Marian Harbach, Google

Jun Ho Huh, Samsung Research

Iulia Ion, Google

Hassan Khan, University of Guelph

Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University

Katharina Krombholz, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Janne Lindqvist, Aalto University

Shri Mare, Western Washington University

Abigail Marsh, Macalester College

Susan E. McGregor, The Data Science Institute at Columbia University

Mainack Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology

Xinru Page, Brigham Young University

Irwin Reyes, Two Six Labs

Scott Ruoti, The University of Tennessee

Florian Schaub, University of Michigan

Kent Seamons, Brigham Young University

Elizabeth Stobert, Carleton University

Jose M. Such, King's College London

Eran Toch, Tel Aviv University

Blase Ur, University of Chicago

Kami Vaniea, University of Edinburgh

Emanuel von Zezschwitz, Google

Yang Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Rick Wash, Michigan State University

Josephine Wolff, Tufts University

Leah Zhang-Kennedy, University of Waterloo

Mary Ellen Zurko, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Lightning Talks and Demos Co-Chairs

Sanchari Das, University of Denver

Blase Ur, University of Chicago

Lightning Talks and Demos Junior Co-Chair

Amel Bourdoucen, Aalto University

Karat Award Chair

Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage, La Trobe University

Posters Co-Chairs

Camille Cobb, Carnegie Mellon University

Maximilian Golla, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Posters Junior Co-Chair

Yixin Zou, University of Michigan

Tutorials and Workshops Co-Chairs

Katharina Krombholz, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Leah Zhang-Kennedy, University of Waterloo

Tutorials and Workshops Junior Co-Chair

Imani Sherman, University of Florida

Mentoring Co-Chairs

Adam J. Aviv, The George Washington University

Mohamed Khamis, University of Glasgow

Mentoring Junior Co-Chairs

Ruba Abu-Salma, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and University of California, Berkeley

Borke Obada-Obieh, University of British Columbia

Publicity Co-Chairs

Charles Weir, Lancaster University

Yaxing Yao, Carnegie Mellon University

Email List Chair

Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University

Accessibility Chair

Liz Markel, USENIX Association

USENIX Liaison

Casey Henderson, USENIX Association

Diamond Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Industry Partners and Media Sponsors

Open Access Sponsor

Conference Sponsorship

Become a Sponsor: Sponsorship exposes your brand to highly qualified attendees, funds our grants program, supports open access to our conference content, and keeps USENIX conferences affordable. USENIX is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that relies on sponsor support to fulfill its mission. To learn more, please contact the Sponsorship Department with the conference name in your subject line.

The acceptance of any organization as a sponsor does not imply explicit or implicit approval by USENIX of the donor organization’s values or actions. In addition, sponsorship does not provide any control over conference program content. Questions? Contact the Sponsorship Department.