Adam J. Aviv
Associate Professor of Computer Science
The George Washington University
aaviv@gwu.edu
SEH 5810
202-994-6569
Ongoing Research Recruitment Notice
We are currently conducting recruitment for a research study entitled "Key Factors Influencing Developers' Decisions to Change App Labels." If you are an app developer whose app did not undergo changes in the last two years, you might have received an email from our lab using the email address gwusec@email.gwu.edu for you to answer a few questions. This notice is to ensure you that this is an approved research student (GWU IRB # NCR246154). You can view the informed consent if you need more details.
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About Me
I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the George Washington University. I have broad research interests, primarily in the area of computer security/cybersecurity, privacy, and usable security. I am the lead for the George Washington University/Usable Security and Privacy Lab (gwusec). If you are interested in joining the lab or collaborating on research, more information can be found there.
Teaching Spring 2026
- Not Teaching
Office Hours Spring 2026
I am not holding regular office hours Spring'26. Please email me if you need to meet or require assistance.
Am I listed as your MS Academic Advisor?
I am happy to help, but before sending me an email or scheduling a meeting, please check the CS MS Advising FAQ
Interested in having me as a mentor for your PhD?
I do not intend to accept new students to my lab for Spring'26 or Fall'26 starts. You may still email me to learn more, but I cannot promise I will reply. I do read (nearly) all the email I receive.
Undergrad or masters student at GW interested in research?
Yes! I am always looking for motivated undergraduates and masters students at GW to do research. Shoot me an email and complete the following form, and I will do my best to follow up. However, I cannot always offer a assistanship or stipend. I am looking for more ways to advice MS thesis, but you will need to have a complete topic in mind and a committee. Please keep in mind I only have so much capacity and may still decline.
News
- 2026 News
- Good News (Jan 2026) One new paper accepted at CHI'26
- Adryana Hutchinson, Elaine Ly, Collins W. Munyendo, and Adam J. Aviv. Re-Examining the Examiners: Changes in Privacy and Security Perceptions of Exam Proctoring. ACM CHI Conference on Human factors in Computing (CHI'26). April 2026.
- Bad News (Jan 2026) One paper rejected from CHI'26
- 2025 News
- Bad News (Dec 2025) One paper rejected from USENIX Sec'26
- Good News (Sep 2025) One new paper accepted at IMC
- Neal Keating, Wellington Esposito Barbosa, Leo Phan, Viraj Prakash, Gianluca Stringhini, Adam J. Aviv. Mirror Mirror on the Wall, which APK Mirror Site is the Largest of them All?. ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC'25). October 2025.
- Good News (Sep 2025) One new paper accepted at IEEE SP'26
- Mindy Tran, Xinru Tang, Adryana Hutchinson, Adam J. Aviv, and Yixin Zou. Toward Inclusive Security and Privacy for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People: A Community-Based Interview Study. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP'26). May 2026.
- Bad News (Sep 2025) One paper rejected from IEEE SP'26
- Bad News (July 2025) One NSF grant rejected
- Good News (July 2025) One new NSF grant awarded
- Collaborative Research: Conference: 2025 Workshop for Aspiring PIs in Trusted Cyberspace. With PIs Michelle Mazurek and Dachmen-Soled.
- Good News (July 2025) One new NSF travel grant awarded
- NSF Student Travel Grant for the 2025 Privacy Enhancing Technology Symposium (PETS'25)
- Good News (July 2025) One new NSF grant awarded
- NSF-BSF: SaTC: CORE: Small: Security and Privacy in Enclave Communities. With collaborators Eran Toch at Tel Aviv University and Oshrat Ayalon at University of Haifa
- Bad News (June 2025) One NSF Grant Rejected
- Bad News (June 2025) One ONR Grant Rejected
- Good News (May 2025) One SOUPS paper accepted
- Jan Tolsdorf, Alan F. Luo, Monica Kodwani, Junho Eum, Mahmood Sharif, Michelle L. Mazurek, Adam J. Aviv. Safety Perceptions of Generative AI Conversational Agents: Uncovering Perceptual Differences in Trust, Risk, and Fairness. Twenty-First Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS'25). August 2025.
- Bad News (May 2025) One SOUPS paper rejected
- Good News (April 2025) I won the OVPR Research Mentorship Award
- The OVPR mentorship award is awarded to "A George Washington University (GW) faculty member who has had a significant impact on the academic and professional development of students and postdocs in the areas of research and scholarship will be selected for the GW Research Mentorship Award. GW invites any current student, postdoc, or recent graduate to nominate members of the faculty who exemplify excellence as a mentor in the development of original research and/or scholarship. Nominees for this award will be considered based on their mentorship of students or postdocs and the stated impact of that mentorship on the nominator’s academic and professional growth." Details available here: OVPR Faculty Awards
- Bad News (April 2025) One USENIX Sec' paper rejected
- Good News (April 2025) One paper accepted at ConPro
- Jan Tolsdorf, Alan F. Luo, Monica Kodwani, Junho Eum, Mahmood Sharif, Michelle L. Mazurek, Adam J. Aviv. On a Scale of 1 to 5, How Reliable Are AI User Studies? A Call for Developing Validated, Meaningful Scales and Metrics about User Perceptions of AI Systems. 9th Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro ’25). May 2025.
- Bad News (Jan 2025) One NSF proposal rejected
- Good News (Jan 2025) We have a newly accepted paper at USENIX Security 2025
- Wentao Guo, Paige Pepito, Adam J. Aviv, Michelle L. Mazurek. How Researchers De-identify Data in Practice. USENIX Security Symposium. August 2025.
- Good News (Jan 2025) We have a newly accepted paper at ACM CHI 2025
- Kavous Salehzadeh Niksirat, Collins W. Munyendo, Onicio Batista Leal Neto, Ms Muswagha Katya, Cyrille Kouassi, Kevin Ochieng, Angoa Georgina, Bernard Olayo, Jean-Philippe Barra, Ciro Cattuto, Adam J. Aviv, Carmela Troncoso. Reimagining Wearable-Based Digital Contact Tracing: Insights from Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. May 2025.
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