We are very excited that the paper “Casual Users and Rational Choices within Differential Privacy” authored by Narges, Oana and Prof. Bernstein, along with the student Badrie L. Persaud, was accepted at the 45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)!

The paper presents the results of a user study investigating the efficacy of various interactive data visualizations in explaining the functioning of Differential Privacy and the adjustment of its key parameter, ε. The study surveyed 426 participants, revealing valuable insights into communicating complex and technical privacy-preserving techniques to users. It was presented by Narges in San Francisco in May 2024.