Publications

2025

Rao, P. S. B., Šćepanović, S., Jayagopi, D. B., Cherubini, M., & Quercia, D. (2025). The AI Model Risk Catalog: What Developers and Researchers Miss About Real-World AI Harms. Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society8(3), 2150-2163. https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i3.36702 Conference

Rao, P. S. B., Nagarajan Venkatesan, L., Cherubini, M., & Jayagopi, D. B. (2025). Invisible Filters: Cultural Bias in Hiring Evaluations Using Large Language Models. Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society8(3), 2164-2176. https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i3.36703 Conference

Aliyu, S., Shehu, A., Abdulwasiu, A., & Cherubini, M. (2025). Disclosure-Based Cyberbullying Support App: Victims’ Psychological Well-Being, Awareness, and Support Through Counseling. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction9(7), 1-23.  https://doi.org/10.1145/3757581 Conference

Silacci, A., Cherubini, M., & Caon, M. (2025). Navigating the design of simulated exercising peers : insights from a participatory design study. Frontiers In Digital Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1551966 Journal

2024

Arnéra, J., Chan, C. H. M., & Cherubini, M. (2024, July). Digital, Analog, or Hybrid: Comparing Strategies to Support Self-Reflection. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 3435-3452). https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3661558  Conference

Rao, P. S. B., Renier, L., Boldi, M.-O., Mast, M. S., Jayagopi, D. B., & Cherubini, M. (2024). On the potential of supporting autonomy in online video interview training platforms. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies191, 103326.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103326 Journal

Aliyu, S., Khan, S., Mbodj, A. N., Osho, O., Li, L., Knijnenburg, B., & Cherubini, M. (2024, July). Participatory Design to Address Disclosure-Based Cyberbullying. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 1547-1565). https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3660716 Conference

Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., Velykoivanenko, L., Zufferey, N., Cherubini, M., Huguenin, K. & Humbert, M. (2024) Wearable Activity Trackers: A Survey on Utility, Privacy, and Security. ACM Computing Surveys (ACM CSUR). Vol. 56, Issue. 7, Article 183 (April 2024), 40 pages. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3645091 Journal

Niksirat, K. S., Korka, D., Jacquemin, Q., Vanini, C., Humbert, M., Cherubini, M., … & Huguenin, K. (2024). Security and Privacy with Second-Hand Storage Devices: A User-Centric Perspective from Switzerland. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PoPETs), 2024(2), 22.: https://serval.unil.ch/en/notice/serval:BIB_B69A6B006D03  Conference

Maceiras, M., Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., Bernard, G., Garbinato, B., Cherubini, M., Humbert, M., & Huguenin, K. (2024). Know their Customers: An Empirical Study of Online Account Enumeration Attacks. ACM Transactions on the Web. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3664201 Journal

2023 

Arianna Boldi, Alessandro Silacci, Marc-Olivier Boldi, Mauro Cherubini, Maurizio Caon, Noé Zufferey, Kévin Huguenin, & Amon Rapp. (2023). Exploring the impact of commercial wearable activity trackers on body awareness and body representations : A mixed-methods study on self-tracking. Computers in Human Behavior, 108036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108036 Journal

Lahari Goswami, Alexandre Senges, Thibault Estier, and Mauro Cherubini. 2023. Supporting Co-Regulation and Motivation in Learning Programming in Online Classrooms. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, CSCW2, Article 298 (October 2023), 29 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610089 Conference

Lahari Goswami, Pegah Sadat Zeinoddin, Thibault Estier, and Mauro Cherubini. 2023. Supporting Collaboration in Introductory Programming Classes Taught in Hybrid Mode: A Participatory Design Study. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’23), July 10–14, 2023, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596042 Conference

Aliyu, S., Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., Huguenin, K. & Cherubini, M. (2023) On the Extent to which Cyberbullying is Fueled by the Disclosure of Personal Information. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PoPETs) 2023 (4) pages 468-483 (July 2023). DOI: 10.56553/popets-2023-0120 Conference

Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., Goswami, L., S. B. Rao, P., Tyler, J., Silacci, A., Aliyu, S., Aebil, A., Wacharamanotham, C., & Cherubini, M. (2023) Changes in Research Ethics, Openness, and Transparency in Empirical Studies between CHI 2017 and CHI 2022. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3544548.3580848 Best Paper 🏆 Conference

Salehzadeh Niksirat, K.,  Korka, D., Harkous, H., Cherubini, M., & Huguenin, K. (2023) On the Potential of Mediation Chatbots for Mitigating Online Multiparty Privacy Conflicts – A Wizard-of-Oz Study. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, CSCW1, Article 142 (April 2023), 33 pages. [BLOG]. DOI: 10.1145/3579618  Conference

Korka. D., Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., & Cherubini, M. (2023) Revisiting the Design Agenda for Privacy Notices and Security Warnings. arXiv:2304.08780, Workshop on Privacy Interventions and Education (PIE): Encouraging Privacy Protective Behavioral Change Online at ACM CHI, 28 April 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 11 pages. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.08780 Conference

Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., Goswami, L., S. B. Rao, P., Tyler, J., Silacci, A., Aliyu, S., Aebli, A., Wacharamanotham, C., & Cherubini, M. (2023) Criteria Definition for Research Ethics, Openness, and Transparency. OSF preprint, 15 pages. DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/jvuw8 Preprint

2022

Tyler, J., Boldi, M.-O., & Cherubini, M. (2022). Contemporary self-reflective practices: A large-scale survey. Acta Psychologica, 230, 103768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103768 Journal

Rao, P., Jayagopi, D. B., & Cherubini, M. (2022, June 14). Explainability in Automated Training and Feedback Systems. In Human-Centered Explainable AI Workshop (HCXAI) CHI 2022 DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/qd87c Conference

M. Humbert, I. D. Dupertuis, M. Cherubini, K. Huguenin. KGP Meter: Communicating Kin Genomic Privacy to the Masses. In Proceedings of the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P), Genoa, Italy, p. 20, Jun 2022. DOI: 10.1109/EuroSP53844.2022.00033 Conference

Tawanna R Dillahunt, Lucas Siqueira Rodrigues, Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao, Mauro Cherubini, Self-regulation and Autonomy in the Job Search: Key Factors to Support Job Search Among Swiss Job Seekers, Interacting with Computers, 2022;, iwac008, DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iwac008 Journal

Villalobos-Zúñiga, Gabriela. (2022). In the Quest for the Motivation App: Designing Effective Behavior Change Apps Through the Lens of the Self-Determination Theory (Doctoral dissertation, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland). Retrieved from https://serval.unil.ch/en/notice/serval:BIB_8244DB29B6DA Dissertation

2021

Velykoivanenko, L., Salehzadeh Niksirat, K., Zufferey, N., Humbert, M., Huguenin, K., & Cherubini, M. 2021. Are Those Steps Worth Your Privacy? Fitness-Tracker Users’ Perceptions of Privacy and Utility. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) 5, 4, Article 181 (December 2021), 41 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3494960 Journal

G. Villalobos-Zúñiga, I. Rodríguez, A. Fedosov, M. Cherubini. “Informed Choices, Progress Monitoring and Comparison with Peers: Features to Support the Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness Needs, as suggested by the Self-Determination Theory”.  Proceedings of The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI) 2021. DOI: 10.1145/3447526.3472039 [presentation video] Conference

G. Villalobos-Zúñiga. Designing for Gender Role Differences Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory.  Proceedings of User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP) 2021. DOI: 10.1145/3450614.3464622 Conference

Mauro Cherubini, Alex Jiahong Lu, Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao, Muhan Zhao, Anandita Aggarwal, and Tawanna R. Dillahunt. 2021. Elucidating Skills for Job Seekers: Insights and Critical Concerns from a Field Deployment in Switzerland. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2021 (DIS’21), June 28-July 2, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 25 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3461778.3462049, [presentation video] [teaser video] Conference

K. Salehzadeh Niksirat, E. Anthoine-Milhomme, S. Randin, K. Huguenin, and M. Cherubini. 2021. “I thought you were okay”: Participatory Design with Young Adults to Fight Multiparty Privacy Conflicts in Online Social Networks. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2021 (DIS ’21), Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 21 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3461778.3462040 [presentation video] [teaser video] Conference

M. Cherubini, K. Salehzadeh Niksirat, M-O. Boldi, H. Keopraseuth, J. M. Such, K. Huguenin. 2021. When Forcing Collaboration is the Most Sensible Choice: Desirability of Precautionary and Dissuasive Mechanisms to Manage Multiparty Privacy Conflicts. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, CSCW edition, 35 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3449127 [presentation video] Conference

2020

E. Erne, M. Cherubini, and O. Delémont. 2020. How to share and utilise expertise in a police forensic department through externalisation and mutualisation. Science & Justice. 60, 3, May 2020. Pages 225-233. DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2019.12.004 Journal

A. Meylan, M. Cherubini, B. Chapuis, M. Humbert, I. Bilogrevic, and K. Huguenin. 2020. A Study on the Use of Checksums for Integrity Verification of Web Downloads. ACM Transasctions on Privacy and Security (TOPS), 24, 1, Article 4 (September 2020), 36 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3410154 Journal

M. Cherubini, L. Reut, J. Tyler and M. Ortlieb. Inattentive, Imprudent and Inapt: Discovering Inadequacies of ICT During Life-Changing Events Through the Lens of Non-Users. Behaviour & Information Technology (BIT). Accepted in May 2020, in press. DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2020.1772879 Journal

G. Villalobos-Zuñiga, M. Cherubini. 2020. Apps That Motivate: a Taxonomy of App Features Based on Self-Determination Theory. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS). Volume 140, August 2020, 102449. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102449 Journal

B. Chapuis, O. Omolola, M. Cherubini, M. Humbert, K. Huguenin. An Empirical Study of the Use of Integrity Verification Mechanisms for Web Subresources. In Proc. of the The Web Conference (WWW’20), Taipei, Taiwan, Apr 2020. DOI:10.1145/3366423.3380092 Conference

M. Cherubini, G. Villalobos-Zuñiga, M.-O. Boldi, and R. Bonazzi. 2020. The Unexpected Downside of Paying or Sending Messages to People to Make Them Walk: Comparing Tangible Rewards and Motivational Messages to Improve Physical Activity. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact (ToCHI). 27, 2, Article 8 (March 2020), 44 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3365665 Journal

2018

M. Cherubini, A. Meylan, B. Chapuis, M. Humbert, I. Bilogrevic, K. Huguenin (2018). Towards Usable Checksums: Automating the Integrity Verification of Web Downloads for the Masses. In Proc. of the 25th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS’18), Toronto, ON, Canada, Oct 2018. DOI: 10.1145/3243734.3243746 Conference

Jean Vanderdonckt, Bruno Dumas, and Mauro Cherubini (2018). Comparing Some Distances in Template-based 2D Gesture Recognition. In Extended Abstracts of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper LBW121, 6 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3170427.3188452 Conference

G. Villalobos-Zuñiga, M. Cherubini, Activity Self-Tracking with Smart Phones: How to Approach Odd Measurements?, Proceedings of CHI’2018 Workshop on Long Term Self Tracking, Montreal, Canada – May 2018. arXiv preprint: arXiv:1804.04855 Workshop

2017

G. Villalobos-Zuñiga, M. Cherubini, Not a Technology Person: Motivating Older Adults Toward the Use of Mobile Technology, Proceedings of the CHI’2017 One Day Workshop on Designing Mobile Interactions for the Ageing Populations, Denver, Colorado, USA — 6 May 2017. arXiv preprint: arXiv:1707.07887 Workshop

2015

J. P. Carrascal, R. De Oliveira, and M. Cherubini. 2015. To Call or to Recall? That’s the Research Question. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. (ToCHI) 22, 1, Article 4 (March 2015), 30 pages. DOI: 10.1145/2656211 Journal

2013

R. De Oliveira, M. Cherubini, and N. Oliver. 2013. Influence of personality on satisfaction with mobile phone services. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. (ToCHI) 20, 2, Article 10 (May 2013), 23 pages. DOI: 10.1145/2463579.2463581 Journal

De Oliveira, Rodrigo, Mauro Cherubini, and Nuria Oliver. “Medication compliance using persuasive computing.” U.S. Patent No. 8,439,758. 14 May 2013. Patent

2010

R. Oliveira, M. Cherubini, and N. Oliver (2010), MoviPill: Improving medication compliance for elders using a mobile persuasive social game, in Proc. of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UBICOMP’10), (Copenhagen, Denmark), ACM Press, September 26-29 2010. DOI: 10.1145/1864349.1864371 Conference

M. Cherubini, A. Gutierrez, R. de Oliveira, and N. Oliver, Social tagging revamped: Supporting the users’ need of self-promotion through persuasive techniques, in Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI’2010), (Atlanta, GA, USA), April 10-15 2010.  DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753473 Best paper nominee Conference