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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">The Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) serves as an international forum for research and discussion in the area of human factors in security and privacy. USEC is a workshop
with proceedings.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">USEC 2022 will be held on March 3, 2022 in conjunction with NDSS at the Catamaran Resort Hotel & Spa in San Diego, California.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">It is the aim of USEC to contribute to an increase of the scientific quality of research in human factors in security and privacy. To this end, we encourage replication studies to
validate previous research findings. Papers in these categories should be clearly marked as such and will not be judged against regular submissions on novelty. Rather, they will be judged based on scientific quality and value to the community. We also encourage
reports of faded experiments. They must highlight the lessons learned and provide recommendations on how to avoid falling into the same traps.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.05in; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(62, 132, 225);">Important Dates<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Submission deadline: </span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">December 3 AoE (4 Dec 2021 6:59:59am EST / 4 Dec 2021 3:59:59am PST)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decision notification: </span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">January 24, 2022</span></li></ul>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(62, 132, 225);">Call for Papers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">We invite submissions from academia, government, and industry presenting novel research on all aspects of human-centric security and privacy. We welcome a variety of research methods,
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">innovative security or privacy functionality and design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">new applications of existing models or technology<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">usability evaluations of new or existing security or privacy features and lessons learned<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">security testing of new or existing usability features<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">psychological, sociological, and economic aspects of security and privacy<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">research and design methodologies for human-centric security and privacy research<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">reports of replicating previously published studies and experiments<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">reports of failed usable privacy/security studies or experiments, with the focus on the lessons learned from such experience<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">inclusive security and privacy<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">
<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ethics in human-centric security and privacy research<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">All submissions must clearly relate to the human aspects of security or privacy. Papers on security or privacy that do not address usability or human factors will not be considered.
Likewise, papers on usability or human factors that do not address security or privacy will not be considered. The determination of whether a paper is within scope will be solely at the discretion of the program committee chairs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">For accepted papers, at least one author must attend USEC 2022 (either physically or virtually).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(62, 132, 225);">Submission Instructions:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Submission Site: </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://usec22.hotcrp.com/" class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">https://usec22.hotcrp.com/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">All submissions must be original work; authors must clearly document any overlap with previously published or simultaneously submitted papers from any of the authors. All papers
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Format:</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"> The text must be in Times font, 10-point or larger, with 11-point or
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Paper length:</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"> We are looking for submissions of 5 to 10 pages, excluding references
and supplementary materials. We encourage authors to submit papers of appropriate length for the research contribution. If your research contribution only requires 5-7 pages, please only submit 5-7 pages (plus references). Shorter papers with be reviewed like
any other paper and not penalized. Papers shorter than 5 pages or longer than 10 pages(excluding references) will not be considered.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Anonymous Submission:</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"> Reviewing will be double blind. Author names and affiliations
should not appear in the paper. The authors should make a reasonable effort not to reveal their identities or institutional affiliation in the text, figures, photos, links, or other data that is contained in the paper. Authors’ prior work should be preferably
referred to in the third person; if this is not feasible, the references should be blinded. Submissions that violate these requirements will be rejected without review. The list of authors cannot be changed after the acceptance decision is made unless approved
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<b class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Conflict of Interest:</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"> Authors are required to indicate any conflict of interest
and its nature. Advisors and those that they are advising, as well as authors and PC members with an institutional relationship are considered to share a conflict of interest. Professional collaborations (irrespective of whether they resulted in publication
or funding) that occurred in the past 2 years and close personal relationships equally constitute a conflict of interest. PC members, including chairs, that have a conflict of interest with a paper, will be entirely excluded from the evaluation of that paper.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Katharina Krombholz, Prashanth Rajivan<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Program co-chairs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">2022 USEC</span></div>
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