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Concordia in the news
Posted on March 26, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- A Concordia study of the relative strength of online passwords is described in a Press-News release. Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) and Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet, doctoral candidate in the CIISE, rated the password strength meters of several high-traffic web service providers and found the outcomes to be highly inconsistent. Both researchers are quoted. The story is picked up by Vancouver Desi,Odisha Sun Times, Phys Org, Canoe and TVAnouvelles.ca. Please note: Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet will discuss the study on password meters on the CTV Montreal noon news today.
- Marketing professor Gad Saad is featured on Academic Minute. The focus is on Saad's research on the biological roots of consumer behaviour and includes links to audio and video of various talks and interviews he has given on the subject. Inside Higher Ed reprises the audio file of the Academic Minute.
- Research Associate, part-time instructor in the Department of Communication Studies and alumna Jacqueline Wallace was interviewed Tuesday on CBC's Homerun about her research into Etsy(.com) and the craft economy. The audio link, titled "Researcher Jacqueline Wallace investigates etsy", is here.
- Free Republic reprises an earlier story about the work of doctoral candidate and lecturer in the Department of Religion, Brice Jones on deciphering an ancient Egyptian tax receipt.
- An article in Fugues about gay urban life and love mentions the research of Gilbert Emond, associate professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, focusing on the sexuality of gay men.
- An article in The Daily Orange about removing stigma from sex work and pornography mentions a recent Concordia/UCLA study that challenges clinical claims that the more erotica men watch, the likelier they are to experience erectile problems. The Concordia researcher is Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology.