CollectiAR: Computer Vision-Based Word Hunt for Children with Dyslexia in the EA of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI Play), 2022.

Authors: Danlu Fei, Ze Gao, Linping Yuan, Zikai Alex Wen*

Abstract: The existing word recognition and spelling training games for children with dyslexia were not able to leverage children’s immediate vicinity. Therefore, we designed an augmented reality mobile game, CollectiAR, that uses computer vision to identify objects in the player’s immediate vicinity.

Pointers: Presentation

New Differential Privacy Communication Pipeline and Design Framework in the EA of the Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2022.

Authors: Jingyu Jia, Zikai Alex Wen*, Zheli Liu, Changyu Dong

Abstract: To help users understand how differential privacy techniques may help protect their data, we propose a new communication pipeline that starts with asking users about their privacy concerns and then provides customized differential privacy mechanism and communication.

What.Hack: Engaging Anti-Phishing Training Through a Role-Playing Phishing Simulation Game in the proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2019.

Authors: Zikai Alex Wen, Zhiqiu Lin, Rowena Chen, Erik Andersen

Abstract: People being phished is due in part to insufficient and tiresome user training in cybersecurity. we designed the game What.Hack, which not only teaches phishing concepts but also simulates actual phishing attacks in a role-playing game to encourage the player to practice defending themselves.

Pointers: Game