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Me

About


I'm a user researcher with a background in computer science and human factors. I've spent years studying how people interact with security systems, interviewing practitioners, analyzing patterns, and converting findings into actionable insights. My work has been published at ACM CCS, NDSS, and IEEE S&P.

Research


I research how people use systems and where those systems fail them. My work bridges human factors and security, using qualitative and quantitative methods to uncover insights that help build safer, more human-centered systems.

PUBLICATIONS


Above and Beyond: Organizational Efforts to Complement U.S. Digital Security Compliance Mandates (pdf) (bibtex)
Rock Stevens*, Faris Bugra Kokulu*, Adam Doupé, and Michelle L. Mazurek
*Co-first authors
Proceedings of the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), February, 2022.


"Watching over the shoulder of a professional": Why Hackers Make Mistakes and How They Fix Them (pdf) (bibtex)
Irina Ford, Ananta Soneji, Faris Bugra Kokulu, Jayakrishna Vadayath, Zion Leonahenahe, Gaurav Vipat, Adam Doupé, Ruoyu Wang, Gail-Joon Ahn, Tiffany Bao, and Yan Shoshitaishvili
Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May, 2024.


From Victims to Defenders: An Exploration of the Phishing Attack Reporting Ecosystem (pdf)
Zhibo Sun, Faris Bugra Kokulu, Penghui Zhang, Adam Oest, Gianluca Stringhini, Tiffany Bao, Ruoyu Wang, Yan Shoshitaishvili, Adam Doupé, and Gail-Joon Ahn
Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID), September, 2024.


Education



Ph.D. in Computer Science (discontinued)
Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ
2016 – 2023


M.S. in Computer Science
Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ
December 2015


B.S. in Computer Engineering
Eastern Mediterranean University; Cyprus
January 2012