Designing Trustworthy and Privacy-Conscious Smart Home Experiences for Older Adults
Post-Doctoral Research
Project Summary
Individually lead UX research examining usable privacy of voice-enabled smart home and AI technologies for older adults
Designed and executed interactive workshops with older adults exploring adoption and understanding of data collection and privacy of voice-enabled smart home AI technologies
Collaborated with interdisciplinary researchers and stakeholders across privacy, accessibility, aging, and human-centered AI domains
Supervised and mentored graduate and undergraduate researchers on research design, data analysis, and communication of insights
Resulting Publications:
Maddock, Catherine, Christine Murad, Adam Loo, and Cosmin Munteanu. 2025. Older Adults and Smart Home Devices: A Legal Critique of Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Agreements of Voice-Activated Smart Home Devices. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 56-71. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025.