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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 lead the Research Group Humans, Security and Privacy.

I conduct research at the intersection of psychology, human-computer interaction, and security/privacy. My interdisciplinary research examines human resilience to deception and risk in digital environments.

My research interests are:

  • Human experiences of digital deception, including social engineering, misinformation, and related online manipulation.

  • Design and evaluation of user-centered technologies that support critical judgment, informed choices, and user autonomy.

  • Behaviors in response to security technologies and interventions.

Before joining Aalto, I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at UniBw M in Munich. I earned my Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Luxembourg, during which I also completed a research stay at CMU’s Cylab. I also hold a master’s degree in social sciences from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France.

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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Osaamisalueet

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

Palkinnot

CHI Honorable Mention Award

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

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  • Professorship Distler Verena, Assistant Professor
  • Computer Science RA - HCI, Graphics and Games, Assistant Professor
  • Computer Science Cross-cutting theme - Security, Assistant Professor
  • Helsinki-Aalto Institute for Cybersecurity (HAIC), Assistant Professor

Julkaisut

Franziska Bumiller, Sarah Delgado Rodriguez, Lukas Mecke, Verena Distler, Florian Alt 2026 CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Sari Kujala, Verena Distler, Robin Welsch 2026 European Psychologist

Isabel Schwaninger, Anastasia Sergeeva, Simon Anell, Francisco Nunes, Verena Distler, Carine Lallemand, Tiago Guerreiro 2026

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

Xiaowei Chen, Verena Distler, Chloe Gordon, Yaxing Yao, Ziwen Teuber 2025 CCS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security

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)

Filipo Sharevski, Verena Distler, Florian Alt 2025 Proceedings of the 34th USENIX Security Symposium

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 Proceedings of the 2024 European Symposium on Usable Security, EuroUSEC 2024

Reha Tuncer, Anastasia Sergeeva, Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Verena Distler, Sophie Doublet, Vincent Koenig 2024 Behaviour and Information Technology

Florian Alt, Mariam Hassib, Verena Distler 2023 2023 New Security Paradigms Workshop, NSPW 2023

Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Jean Louis Sterckx, Arianna Rossi, Anastasia Sergeeva, Vincent Koenig, Salvador Rivas, Verena Distler 2023 Proceedings - EuroUSEC 2023

Xiaowei Chen, Anders Hedman, Verena Distler, Vincent Koenig 2023 Computers in Human Behavior Reports

Verena Distler, Matthias Fassl, Hana Habib, Katharina Krombholz, Gabriele Lenzini, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig, Lorrie Faith Cranor 2023 Human Factors in Privacy Research

Verena Distler 2023 CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Verena Distler, Yasmeen Abdrabou, Felix Dietz, Florian Alt 2023 Proceedings of the 2nd Empathy-Centric Design Workshop, EmpathiCH 2023 - Collocated with ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Suvadeep Mukherjee, Björn Rohles, Verena Distler, Gabriele Lenzini, Vincent Koenig 2023 Computers & Education

Anastasia Sergeeva, Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Verena Distler, Vincent Koenig 2023 CLIHC 2023 - 11th Latin American Conference on Human Computer Interaction

Anastasia Sergeeva, Björn Rohles, Verena Distler, Vincent Koenig 2023 CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Jean Louis Sterckx, Arianna Rossi, Verena Distler, Salvador Rivas, Vincent Koenig 2022 Proceedings - 7th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2022

Verena Distler, Tamara Gutfleisch, Carine Lallemand, Gabriele Lenzini, Vincent Koenig 2022 Computers in Human Behavior Reports

Björn Rohles, Sophie Doublet, Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy, Verena Distler, Vincent Fourrier, Anastasia Sergeeva, Vincent Koenig 2022

Verena Distler, Matthias Fassl, Hana Habib, Katharina Krombholz, Gabriele Lenzini, Carine Lallemand, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Vincent Koenig 2021 ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Verena Distler 2021

Marie-Laure Zollinger, Verena Distler, Peter B. Rønne, Peter Y.A. Ryan, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig 2021

Verena Distler, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig 2020 Computers in Human Behavior

Verena Distler, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig 2020 Proceedings - 5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020

Verena Distler, Gabriele Lenzini, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig 2020 New Security Paradigms Workshop, NSPW 2020 - Post-Proceedings

Verena Distler, Marie Laure Zollinger, Carine Lallemand, Peter B. Roenne, Peter Y.A. Ryan, Vincent Koenig 2019 CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Verena Distler, Carine Lallemand, Thierry Bellet 2018 CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Verena Distler, Carine Lallemand, Vincent Koenig 2018

Verena Distler 2018