PhD Student at CMU

Fall 2016

Since Fall 2016, I've been a PhD student in Carnegie Mellon University's Societal Computing program. My thesis is about using nudges to help people adopt security and privacy tools. I also support the Usable Privacy Policy Project's research on using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to make privacy policies more usable; currently, I oversee development of our Opt-Out Easy browser plugin.

Opt-Out Easy

K2 Coding Inc.

Spring 2015

K2 Coding Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, founded by a team of Gordon students. Our mission is to connect middle schoolers to college-aged mentors, to get them excited about coding. We hire college students to teach our affordable after-school programs.

K2 Coding Blog

Fairplay Activity

Spring 2015

For the Models of Computation class, I gave a presentation on the Fairplay Secure Function Evaluation (SFE) protocol. I also created an activity for evaluating an encrypted binary circuit.

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SageMath Cryptosystem Development

Spring 2015

To practice concepts from Number Theory, I implemented the RSA and ElGamal cryptosystems for the open-source SageMath project.

RSA Ticket ElGamal Ticket

HCI-SEC Literature Review

Spring 2015

I conducted a literature review of papers in the intersecting fields of human-computer interaction and computer security, known as HCI-SEC. Researchers in this field consider the human factors which impact the security of software systems. For example, how should users create strong and memorable passwords?

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Continuous Authentication Research

Summer 2014

As part of a summer REU program at NYIT, my team researched continuous authentication systems for mobile devices. My focus was identifying users based on accelerometer readings collected during typing.

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EasyOrder

Fall 2013

Ruby on Rails web-app written for CPS353: Internet Programming. The site incorporates secure user accounts, unit and functional tests, and use of the Google Maps Web API.

Code on GitHub

Multiple Choice Quizzer

Fall 2012

A web-app written for Dr. Hildebrandt's Old Testament class. Using JavaScript with jQuery, I wrote a replacement for his existing Flash webpage. The CSS styling was done by my sister, Katie Story.

Try It!

Sub Marine

Summer 2009

A simple platformer, written in Objective-C with OpenGL. The primary goal is exploration, but there is a final boss fight!