Honorable Mention @ CHI 2025

Congratulations to Security Lab students Miranda Wei and Tina Yeung, along with faculty members Franzi Roesner and Yoshi Kohno, for receiving an Honorable Mention Award for their paper at the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), titled “‘We’re utterly ill-prepared to deal with something like this’: Teachers’ Perspectives on Student Generation of Synthetic Nonconsensual Explicit Imagery”. The paper’s abstract:

Synthetic nonconsensual explicit imagery, also referred to as “deep-fake nudes”, is becoming faster and easier to generate. In the last year, synthetic nonconsensual explicit imagery was reported in at least ten US middle and high schools, generated by students of other students. Teachers are at the front lines of this new form of image abuse and have a valuable perspective on threat models in this context. We interviewed 17 US teachers to understand their opinions and concerns about synthetic nonconsensual explicit imagery in schools. No teachers knew of it happening at their schools, but most expected it to be a growing issue. Teachers proposed many interventions, such as improving reporting mechanisms, focusing on consent in sex education, and updating technology policies. However, teachers disagreed about appropriate consequences for students who create such images. We unpack our findings relative to differing models of justice, sexual violence, and sociopolitical challenges within schools.

You can read the full paper at this link. Miranda will soon travel to attend CHI in Japan and present the paper.