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Verena Distler

Verena Distler

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
T313 Dept. Computer Science

I am an assistant professor at Aalto University, where I conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of humans and technology (engineering psychology).

Much of my work focuses on human-centered security and privacy, for instance developing human-centered defenses against social engineering attacks and fostering behavior change. In my research, I employ qualitative and quantitative social science methods to understand the complex relationships between people and technology. 

Some ongoing projects include social approaches to cybersecurity and privacy, defenses against social engineering and misinformation.

Below, you find a selection of recent publications. In general, important publications venues include Computers in Human Behavior, CHI, ToCHI, IEEE S&P. The complete list of publications is available on .

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Areas of expertise

human-centered security and privacy, engineering psychology, human-computer interaction, 113 Computer and information sciences, Work and organisational psychology, Social psychology, Software engineering, operating systems, man-computer interaction

Honors and awards

CHI Honorable Mention Award

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Computer Science Jan 2025

Research groups

  • Computer Science Professors, Assistant Professor
  • Professorship Distler Verena group, Assistant Professor

Publications

Xiaowei Chen, Lorin Schöni, Verena Distler, Verena Zimmermann 2025 CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Doruntina Murtezaj, Viktorija Paneva, Verena Distler, Florian Alt 2025 NSPW '24: Proceedings of the New Security Paradigms Workshop

Jasmin Schwab, Alexander Nussbaum, Anastasia Sergeeva, Florian Alt, Verena Distler 2025 NDSS Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC)

Andreas Triantafyllopoulos, Anika A. Spiesberger, Iosif Tsangko, Xin Jing, Verena Distler, Felix Dietz, Florian Alt, Björn W. Schuller 2025 Computer Speech and Language

Yomna Abdelrahman, Florian Alt, Tilman Dingler, Christopher Hadnagy, Abbie Maroño, Verena Distler 2024 Dagstuhl Reports

Xiaowei Chen, Sophie Doublet, Verena Distler 2024

Xiaowei Chen, Margault Sacre, Gabriele Lenzini, Samuel Greiff, Verena Distler, Anastasia Sergeeva 2024 CHI 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Xiaowei Chen, Sophie Doublet, Anastasia Sergeeva, Gabriele Lenzini, Vincent Koenig, Verena Distler 2024 Proceedings of the Twentieth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2024)

Joao Janeiro, Sergio Alves, Tiago Guerreiro, Florian Alt, Verena Distler 2024 IEEE Security & Privacy

Suvadeep Mukherjee, Verena Distler, Gabriele Lenzini, Pedro Cardoso-Leite 2024