Publications

Full papers

  1. Suqi Lou, Weijun Li, Chao Zhang, Sen Chen, Zhicong Lu, Yaxing Yao. Behind the Same Mask: Understanding the Practice of Spontaneous Collective Anonymity on Chinese Social Platforms. To appear in CSCW 2025.
  2. XInyi Zhang, Minzhu Zhao, Yaxing Yao, Zhicong Lu. How Social Media Plays A Role in Stay-At-Home-Mom’s Transition: A Case Study in China. To appear in CSCW 2025.
  3. Hasan Prottoy, Yaxing Yao, Foad Hamidi. “If we had the Option”: Infrastructuring for Access to Online Subscription-Based Services in Bangladesh. To appear in CSCW 2025
  4. Abhinaya S.B., Abhishri Agrawal, Yaxing Yao, Yixin Zou, Anupam Das. “What are they gonna do with my data?”: Privacy Expectations, Concerns, and Behaviors in Virtual Reality. To appear at PoPETS 2025.
  5. Elmira Deldari, Parth Thakkar, Yaxing Yao. Users’ Perceptions of Online Child Abuse Detection Mechanisms. To appear at CSCW 2024.
  6. Mo Zhou, Zhiyan Qu, Jinhan Wan, Bo Wen, Yaxing Yao, Zhicong Lu. Understanding Chinese Internet Users’ Perceptions of, and Online Platforms’ Compliance with, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). To appear at CSCW 2024.
  7. Yuwen Lu, Chao Zhang, Yuwen Yang, Yaxing Yao, Toby Jia-Jun Li. From Awareness to Action: Exploring End-User Empowerment Interventions for Dark Patterns in UX. To appear at CSCW 2024.
  8. Sunyup Park, Weijia He, Elmira Deldari, Pardis Emami-Naeini, Danny Yuxing Huang, Jessica Vitak, Yaxing Yao, and Michael Zimmer. “Well-intended but half-hearted: Hosts’ consideration of guests’ privacy using smart devices on rental properties.” In Twentieth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2024)
  9. Lanjing Liu, Lan Gao, Yaxing Yao. Exploring Design Opportunities for Family-Based Privacy Education in Informal Learning Spaces. In Proceedings of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PoPETS 2024).
  10. Chaoran Chen, Weijun Li, Wenxin Song, Yanfang Ye, Yaxing Yao, and Toby Jia-Jun Li. “An Empathy-Based Sandbox Approach to Bridge the Privacy Gap among Attitudes, Goals, Knowledge, and Behaviors.” In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024).
  11. Kenan Kamel A. Alghythee, Adel Hrncic, Karthik Singh, Sumanth Kunisetty, Yaxing Yao, and Nikita Soni. “Towards Understanding Family Privacy and Security Literacy Conversations at Home: Design Implications for Privacy Literacy Interfaces.” In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024).
  12. Yuanyuan Feng, Abhilasha Ravichander, Yaxing Yao, Shikun Zhang, Rex Chen, Shomir Wilson, Norman Sadeh. Understanding How to Inform Blind and Low-Vision Users about Data Privacy through Privacy Question Answering Assistants. In Proceedings of USENIX Security 2024.
  13. Kexin Zhang, Elmira Daldari, Yaxing Yao, Yuhang Zhao. A Diary Study in Social Virtual Reality: Impact of Avatars with Disability Signifiers on the Social Experiences of People with Disabilities. In Proceedings of ASSETS 2023 [PDF]
  14. Zikai Alex Wen, Jingyu Jia, Hongyang Yan, Yaxing Yao, Zheli Liu, Changyu Dong. The influence of explanation designs on user understanding differential privacy and making data-sharing decision. Information Sciences 2023
  15. Tu Le, Alan Wang, Yaxing Yao, Yuanyuan Feng, Arsalan Heydarian, Norman Sadeh. Exploring Smart Commercial Building Occupants’ Perceptions and Notification Preferences of Internet of Things Data Collection in the United States. To appear at ASSETS 2023 [PDF]
  16. Elmira Deldari, Diana Freed, Julio Poveda, Yaxing Yao. An Investigation of Teenager Experiences in Social Virtual Reality from Teenagers’, Parents’, and Bystanders’ Perspectives. In Proceedings at SOUPS 2023 [PDF]
  17. Zixin Wang, Danny Huang, Yaxing Yao. Exploring Tenants’ Preferences of Privacy Negotiation in Airbnb. In Proceedings at USENIX Security 2023 [PDF]
  18. Stefany Cruz, Logan Danek, Shinan Liu, Christopher Kraemer, Zixin Wang, Nick Feamster, Danny Yuxing Huang, Yaxing Yao, Josiah Hester. Toward Identifying Home Privacy Leaks Using Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of USEC 2023 [PDF]
  19. Yuhang Zhao, Yaxing Yao, Jiaru Fu, Nihan Zhou. “If sighted people know, I should be able to know:” Privacy Perceptions of Bystanders with Visual Impairments around Camera-based Technology. To appear at USENIX Security 2023 [PDF]
  20. Kexin Zhang, Elmira Deldari, Zhicong Lu, Yaxing Yao, Yuhang Zhao. “It’s Just Part of Me:” Understanding Avatar Diversity and Self-presentation of People with Disabilities in Social Virtual Reality. In Proceedings at ASSETS 2022 [PDF]
  21. Aerin Shikun Zhang, Yuanyuan Feng, Yaxing Yao, Lorrie Cranor, Norman Sadeh. How Usable Are iOS App Privacy Labels? Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2022(4) [PDF]
  22. Parth Thakkar, Shijing He, Shiyu Xu, Danny Huang, Yaxing Yao. “It would probably turn into a social faux-pas”: Users’ and Bystanders’ Preferences of Privacy Awareness Mechanisms in Smart Homes. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  23. Haojian Jin, Boyuan Guo, Rituparna Roychoudhury, Yaxing Yao, Swarun Kumar, Yuvraj Agarwal, Jason I. Hong. Exploring the Needs of Users for Supporting Privacy-Protective Behaviors in Smart Homes. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  24. Ye Wang, Patrick Zuest, Yaxing Yao, Zhicong Lu, Roger Wattenhofer. Impact and User Perception of Sandwich Attacks in the DeFi Ecosystem. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  25. Peter Story, Daniel Smullen, Rex Chen, Yaxing Yao, Alessandro Acquisti, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Norman Sadeh, Florian Schaub. Increasing Adoption of Tor Browser Using Informational and Planning Nudges. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2022(2) [PDF]
  26. Daniel Smullen, Yaxing Yao, Yuanyuan Feng, Norman Sadeh, Arthur Edelstein, Rebecca Weiss. Managing Potentially Intrusive Practices in the Browser: A User-Centered Perspective. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2021(4) [PDF]
  27. Peter Story, Daniel Smullen, Yaxing Yao, Alessandro Acquisti, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Norman Sadeh, Florian Schaub. Awareness, adoption, and misconceptions of web privacy tools. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2021(3)[PDF]
  28. Smirity Kaushik, Yaxing Yao, Pierre Dewitte, Yang Wang. ” How I Know For Sure”: People’s Perspectives on Solely Automated Decision-Making (SADM). In Proceedings of Seventeenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021) [PDF] IAPP Privacy Award
  29. Hana Habib, Yixin Zou, Yaxing Yao, Alessandro Acquisti, Lorrie Cranor, Joe Reidenberg, Norman Sadeh, Florian Schaub. Toggles, Dollar Signs, and Triangles: How to (In) Effectively Convey Privacy Choices. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  30. Yuanyuan Feng, Yaxing Yao, Norman Sadeh. A design space for privacy choices: Towards meaningful privacy control in the internet of things. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  31. Yaxing Yao, Justin Reed Basdeo, Oriana Rosata Mcdonough, and Yang Wang. 2019. Privacy Perceptions and Designs of Bystanders in Smart Homes. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 3, CSCW, Article 59 (November 2019). Best Paper Honorable Mention (top 5%) [PDF]
  32. Yun Huang, Yisi Sang, Qunfang Wu, and Yaxing Yao. 2019. Higher Education Check-Ins: Exploring the User Experience of Hybrid Location Sensing. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 3, CSCW, Article 66 (November 2019) PDF
  33. Nata M.Barbosa, Joon S. Park, Yaxing Yao, & Yang Wang. 2019. “What if?” Predicting Individual Users’ Smart Home Privacy Preferences and Their Changes, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2019(4) [PDF]
  34. Yaxing Yao, Justin Reed Basdeo, Smirity Kaushik, and Yang Wang. 2019. Defending My Castle: A Co-Design Study of Privacy Mechanisms for Smart Homes. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  35. Yaxing Yao, Yun Huang, Yang Wang. 2019. Unpacking People’s Understandings of Bluetooth Beacon Systems – A Location-Based IoT Technology. n Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Best Paper Nomination. [PDF]
  36. Yaxing Yao, Huichuan Xia, Yun Huang, and Yang Wang. 2017. Privacy Mechanisms for Drones: Perceptions of Drone Controllers and Bystanders. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  37. Yaxing Yao, Huichuan Xia, Yun Huang, and Yang Wang. 2017. Free to Fly in Public Spaces: Drone Controllers’ Privacy Perceptions and Practices. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  38. Yaxing Yao, Davide Lo Re, and Yang Wang. 2017. Folk Models of Online Behavioral Advertising. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  39. Yang Wang, Huichuan Xia, Yaxing Yao, and Yun Huang. 2016. Flying Eyes and Hidden Controllers: A Qualitative Study of People’s Privacy Perceptions of Civilian Drones in The US, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2016(3) [PDF]
  40. Yun Huang, Sen Huo, Yaxing Yao, Niu Chao, Yang Wang, Jennifer Grygiel, and Steve Sawyer. 2016. Municipal Police Departments on Facebook: What Are They Posting and Are People Engaging? In Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o ’16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA [PDF]
  41. Hans Jochen Scholl, Kai Wang, Yuan Wang, Grant Woods, Donghe Xu, Yaxing Yao, Marlen C. Jurisch, and Helmut Krcmar. “Top soccer teams in cyberspace: Online channels for services, communications, research, and sales.” Journal of Marketing Analytics 2, no. 2 (2014): 98-119. [PDF]
  42. Marlen Jurisch, Helmut Krcmar, Hand J. Scholl, Kai Wang, Yuan Wang, Grant Woods, Donghe Xu, and Yaxing Yao. “Digital and social media in pro sports: analysis of the 2013 UEFA top four.” In 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 3073-3082. IEEE, 2014. [PDF]
  43. Verónica E. Guajardo, Yaxing Yao, Ivette Bayo Urban, and Ricardo Gomez. “CasaCare. Org: A sociotechnical platform for women immigrant workers in the home care industry.” In Proceedings of the CIRN prato community informatics conference. 2014. [PDF]

Workshop Organized, Posters, Position Papers & Other

  1. Jessica Vitak, Michael Zimmer, Anna Lenhart, Sunyup Park, Richmond Y. Wong, Yaxing Yao. 2021. Designing for Data Awareness: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns About “Smart” Technologies. Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  2. Yaxing Yao, Richmond Wong, Pardis Emami-Naeini, Nick Merrill, Xinru Page, Yang Wang, and Pamela Wisniewski. 2019. Ubiquitous Privacy: Research and Design for Mobile and IoT Platforms. In Conference Companion Publication of the 2019 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  3. Yaxing Yao. 2019. Designing for Better Privacy Awareness in Smart Homes. In Conference Companion Publication of the 2019 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  4. Tousif Ahmed, Nata M. Barbosa, Joseph Calandrino, Lynne Coventry, Ada Lerner, Abigail Marsh, Yang Wang, Yaxing Yao. 4th Workshop on Inclusive Privacy and Security (WIPS) – Privacy and Security for Everyone, Anytime, Anywhere. In the 15th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2019), Santa Clara, CA, August 2019.
  5. Yun Huang, Yisi Sang, Qunfang Wu, and Yaxing Yao. 2019. Studying User Experience of a Hybrid Location Sensing System. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  6. Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Yaxing Yao, Oshrat Ayalon, Bart Knijnenurg, Xinru Page, Eran Toch, Yang Wang, and Pamela J. Wisniewski. 2018. Privacy in Context: Critically Engaging with Theory to Guide Privacy Research and Design. In Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  7. Yaxing Yao. Exploring a Speculative Design Approach for Inclusive Privacy and Security. 3rd Workshop on Inclusive Privacy and Security (WIPS), Baltimore, MD, August 2018.
  8. Yaxing Yao. Personalized Privacy Assistant to Protect People’s Privacy in Smart Home Environment. Networked Privacy Workshop of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018), Montreal, QC, Canada, April 2018.
  9. Yun Huang, Qunfang Wu, and Yaxing Yao. 2018. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons Alone Didn’t Work! In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers (UbiComp ’18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  10. Yaxing Yao, Jennifer Bort, and Yun Huang. 2017. Understanding Danmaku’s Potential in Online Video Learning. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA
  11. Yang Wang, Yaxing Yao. Whose Privacy? The Case of Drone Controllers and Bystanders. Networked Privacy Workshop of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2017), Portland, OR, February 2017.

Magzine Articles

  1. Ashley Marie Walker, Yaxing Yao, Christine Geeng, Roberto Hoyle, and Pamela Wisniewski. 2019. Moving beyond “one size fits all”: research considerations for working with vulnerable populations. interactions 26, 6 (November – December 2019). [PDF]

Book Chapter

  1. Yaxing Yao. 2022. Moving beyond “one size fits all”: research considerations for working with vulnerable populations. interactions 26, 6 (November – December 2019). [PDF]