Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security
In-cooperation with USENIX , the Advanced Computing Systems Association
Call for John Karat Award
All dates are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time.
In honor of John Karat's contributions to the usable privacy and security community and his dedication to mentoring students,
The Karat Student Award will be presented to a graduate student based on:
- Their research in usable privacy and security
- Their efforts to mentor others
- Their community service for usable privacy and security (e.g., volunteer activities in conferences)
The winner of the award will be announced at the
To be eligible, the student must have graduated no earlier than 18 months prior to the conference. Thus for the 2026 award, current graduate students and those who have graduated no earlier than January 2025 are eligible.
The deadline for nominations is Thursday, June 11, 2026.
Nominees will be notified of the outcome by the end of July.
Nominations should include:
- The student's best three usable privacy and security papers. These papers must have been submitted for publication while the nominee was a student. The papers may have been published (or accepted for publication) in any peer-reviewed venue.
- A CV covering the student's research and activities in the area of usable privacy and security while they were a student. It should include matriculation date and graduation date, if that has already occurred.
- A statement from the student (up to one page) describing their contributions to usable privacy and security research, to mentoring, and to usable privacy and security community service. If desired, bibliographic references may be included on a second page.
- Three letters of support. The letters of support should include descriptions of the student's specific contributions to the papers in the nomination package, as well as comments on the student's mentoring and service.
Nomination packages, in the form of a single PDF, should be sent to soupskarataward@googlegroups.com
Contact
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