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Seminar Room Change - May 9th - E1.7 SR 008

Written on 30.04.25 by Simon Anell

Dear Students,
We had to change our seminar room for next session and we will meet in E1.7, SR 008 at 10:15.
See you then and have a nice 1st of May!

Seminar Registration and Reading Material

Written on 29.04.25 by Simon Anell

Dear students,
Please ensure that you register for the seminar in LSF and inform us if you experience any difficulties.
We have also uploaded reading materials to the CMS. You are encouraged to review them; however, a detailed knowledge is not required for the next session. The materials serve as an… Read more

If you have any questions, please contact us at seminar-usec-methods@cispa.de.

Content

In this seminar, you will learn about empirical methods used to research the human factor in security and privacy.
The seminar will consist of introductory lessons on various types of research methods, i.e., qualitative and quantitative methods.
We will host hands-on sessions where you get to apply some discussed methods in practice. You are expected to read accompanying scientific literature to prepare for the hands-on sessions and your home assignment.
You will be required to develop your own methodology and write a proposal describing and explaining it. Your proposal will be graded alongside an interactive discussion.

Time & Location

The seminar kick-off will be on the 25 April 2025.
The following in-person meetings will be on Fridays at 10am c.t. as indicated in the table below.

Location: Building E9 1, CISPA C0, Stuhlsatzenhaus 5, 66123 Saarbrücken.

Grading

Your grading will be a combination of:

Attendance (full attendance minus one gives total points)
Contribution to the discussions and hands-on sessions
Home assignment
Discussion of your assignment

You are not allowed to use LLMs (such as ChatGPT) for graded assignments.

Seminar Schedule

Week	Date	Time	Room	Description
17	25.04.2025	10:15 - 11:45	CISPA C0, Room 0.02	Kick-off
19	09.05.2025	10:15 - 11:45	E1.7, Room 0.08	Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
20/21	12.05.2025 - 23.05.2025	-		Homework: Prepare for Hands-On Session with Qualitative Methods
21	23.05.2025	10:15 - 11:45	CISPA C0, Room 0.02	Hands-On Session with Qualitative Methods
23	06.06.2025	10:15 - 11:45	E1.7, Room 0.08	Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
24	13.06.2025	10:15 - 11:45	CISPA C0, Room 0.02	Mixed Methods, Ethics and more
25 - 28	16.06.2025 - 09.07.2025	-		Home Assignment
25/26	16.06.2025 - 27.06.2025	-		Homework: Prepare for Hands-On Session with Quantitative Methods
26	27.06.2025	10:15 - 11:45	CISPA C0, Room 0.02	Hands-On Session with Quantitative Methods
28	09.07.2025	EoD		Deadline Home Assignment
28	11.07.2025	10:15 - 11:45	CISPA C0, Room 0.02	Discussion of Home Assignment
29	18.07.2025	10:15 - 11:45	CISPA C0, Room 0.02	Preliminary: Discussion of Home Assignment