Publications

Chowdhury W. (2019) Toys That Talk to Strangers: A Look at the Privacy Policies of Connected Toys. In: Arai K., Bhatia R., Kapoor S. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018. FTC 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 880. Springer, Cham.

Chowdhury W. (2018). Social motivation for online privacy. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Thought. Volume 07(02). CD-ROM ISSN: 2156-6992.

Chowdhury, W. (2015). Are Warnings from Online Users Effective? An Experimental Study of Malware Warnings Influencing Cyber Behaviour. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), 5(2), 45-60.

Chowdhury, W., Burt, C., Akkaoui, A., & Davies, J. (2015). Quanty: A computer game for eliciting the wisdom of the crowd. Computers in Human Behavior, 49, 213-219.

Thorngate, W., & Chowdhury, W. (2014). By the numbers: Track record, flawed reviews, journal space, and the fate of talented authors. In B. Kaminski & G. Koloch (Eds.), Advances in Social Simulation: Proceedings of the 9th conference of the European Social Simulation Association. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Chowdhury, W., & Thorngate, W. (2013). Take it or leave it: Cognitive rules for satisfying choices. In R. West & T. Stewart (eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Ottawa: Carleton University.

Thorngate, W., Liu, J., and Chowdhury, W. (2011). The competition for attention and the evolution of science. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 14(4), 17. http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/14/4/17.html

 

Conference presentations

Chowdhury W. (Nov. 2018) Toys That Talk to Strangers: A Look at the Privacy Policies of Connected Toys. Paper presented at the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018, Vancouver, Canada.

Chowdhury, W. (May 30, 2018). Online privacy: Do people care about it?  Paper presented at International Journal of Arts and Sciences' American Canadian conference in Montreal, Canada.

Chowdhury, W. (July 21-23, 2016). Why Privacy Matters: A Philosophical and Social Psychological Discussion of Public Reasoning.  Paper presented at the 33rd international conference of North American Society for Social Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Chowdhury, W. (October 1-2, 2015). Science: What to Teach?. Paper presented at the Science in Society knowledge community, University Center, Chicago, USA.

Thorngate, W., Chowdhury, W., Ma, C, Hamzavy, F., Rocca, C., Wallinger, P. (August 6-9, 2015). Matthew revisited: Track record and the social evils of a good reputation. In W. Thorngate (Chair), Rules of the Game: Fair Contests with Unfair Outcome. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Toronto, Canada.

Chowdhury, W.,, & Chartier, S. (May 14-15, 2015). How to predict: Cognitive Rules to Multiple Cue Probability Learning. Paper presented at the 4th annual conference of psychology outside the box, Ottawa University.

Chowdhury, W., & Thorngate, W. (June 13-15, 2013). Herding cats: allocating attention among multiple problems. Paper presented at The Canadian Psychological Association's 74th Annual Convention, Québec City Convention Centre, Québec, Québec.

Chowdhury, W. (September 21-22, 2012). Reputation: a criterion for judging credibility. Paper presented at Curiosity and Serendipity: a Conference on Qualitative Research Methods, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Chowdhury, W. (May 7-9, 2012). Reputation: a precursor and consequence of the growth of science. Paper presented at the 1st annual conference of psychology outside the box, Ottawa University.

 

Poster presentations

Chowdhury, W. (May 18-19, 2016). Why privacy matters: Cognitive rules and online privacy. Poster session presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychology, Ottawa University, Ottawa.

Chowdhury, W. (August 6-9, 2015). Decision rules and correlated features. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Toronto, Canada.

Chowdhury, W. (June 5, 2015). Chowdhury, W. (August 6-9, 2015). Quanty: A computer game for eliciting the wisdom of the crowd. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, Ottawa, Canada.

Chowdhury, W., & Thorngate, W. (April 7-11, 2014). Poster session presented at the workshop on Simulating the Social Processes of Science, Lorenz Workshop, Netherlands.

Chowdhury, W., & Thorngate, W. (2013). Take it or leave it: Cognitive rules for satisfying choices. Poster session presented at the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Carleton University, Ottawa.

Chowdhury, W. (June 13-15, 2013). Do malware warnings work? The social psychology of user reviews. Poster session presented at The Canadian Psychological Association's 74th Annual Convention, Québec City Convention Centre, Québec, Québec.

Chowdhury, W. (April 11, 2013). Do malware warnings in user reviews work? The case of the Trojan Horse. Poster session presented at the Institute of Cognitive Science spring conference, Carleton University.

Chowdhury, W. (April 19, 2012). Them that’s got shall get. Poster session presented at the Institute of Cognitive Science spring conference, Carleton University.

 

Invited presentations

Chowdhury, W. (April 9, 2016). Why do Canadians Join the Military? Factor Analyses of Recruits’ Motivations. Poster session presented at the Institute of Cognitive Science spring conference, Carleton University.

Chowdhury, W. (April 9, 2015). Decision rules and correlated features. Poster session presented at the Institute of Cognitive Science spring conference, Carleton University.

Chowdhury, W. (November 6, 2014). Quanty: A computer game to improve professional estimates. Paper presented at the Colloquium of Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University.

Chowdhury, W. (April 4, 2014). Attitude towards online surveillance: An exploratory analysis. Paper presented at the Institute of Cognitive Science spring conference, Carleton University.

Chowdhury, W. (April 11, 2013). Do malware warnings in user reviews work? The case of the Trojan Horse. Paper presented at the Institute of Cognitive Science spring conference, Carleton University.

Chowdhury, W. (March 18, 2012). Trojan horses and social cognition. Talk presented at the Computer Science Department conference, Carleton University.