Dr. rer. nat. Oksana Kulyk

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Curriculum Vitae

Oksana Kulyk is an assistant professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. She also works as a part-time researcher in the SECUSO Research Group of Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer since March 2019, supporting the group within the GHOST project. She has previously been working as a full-time postoctoral researcher since April 2017, and as a research assistant in the group since October 2013. She has a doctorate from Technische Universität Darmstadt and a diplom degree (Dipl.-Math.) in Mathematics with focus on Computer Science and Cryptography from Justus-Liebig University in Giessen. Her research interests are electronic voting, usable security and privacy.

For further information, see also https://okskulyk.github.io.

Research Interests

Remote electronic voting
Cryptographic protocols
Usable security
Smartphone security
Usable privacy
Privacy settings

Research Projects

Teaching

Lectures

WS 2018/2019: E-Voting
SS 2018: E-Voting
WS 2016/2017: E-Voting (as assistant)
WS 2014/2015: Einführung in Trusted Systems (as assistant)
WS 2013/2014: E-Voting (as assistant)

Seminars/Labs

WS 2018/2019: Seminar Privacy Awareness
SS 2018: Praktikum Privacy Friendly Apps (Programming Lab)
SS 2018: Seminar Betriebliche Informationssysteme: Datenschutz und IT-Sicherheit (Seminar)
WS 2016/2017: Usable Security and Privacy (Programing lab)
WS 2016/2017: Security, Usability and Society (Seminar)
SS 2016: Usable Security and Privacy (Programing lab)
SS 2016: Bachelorpraktikum Psychologie in IT
WS 2015/2016: Security, Usability and Society (Seminar)
SS 2015: Crypto Programing Lab
SS 2015: Usable Security and Privacy (Programing lab)
SS 2014: Security, Usability and Society (Seminar)

Theses

Seitenkanalangriffe und Faultattacken auf RSA
Diploma Thesis, July 2012, Gießen
Comparison of Clustering Methods for the Identification of Falsifications in Survey Data
Bachelor Thesis, March 2014, Gießen

Research Visits

Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden, Privacy and Security Research Group (April 2016)
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Demtech (March 2015)
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, E-Voting Group (November 2013)

Scientific services:

Organisation Activities

21st E-Voting PhD Colloquium, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
20th E-Voting PhD Colloquium, co-located with the 2nd International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (E-VOTE-ID 2017)

Program Committee Memberships

14th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2019)
4th International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (E-VOTE-ID 2019)
4th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting, in association with Financial Crypto (Voting 2019)
3rd International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (E-VOTE-ID 2018)
1st Interdisciplinary Workshop on Privacy and Trust (iPAT 2018), co-located with ARES 2018.
13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2018)
44. GI Jahrestagung / Workshop: Elektronische Wahlen. September 2014. Stuttgart, Germany.

Reviewing Activities

17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2018)
Security and Communication Networks Journal
Journal of Information Security and Applications
Financial Cryptography, 2nd Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes (VOTING'17)
NDSS Workshop on Usable Security (USEC 2017)
Computers & Security Journal
Computer Communications - The International Journal for the Computer and Telecommunications Industry
Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust (STAST 2016)
Workshop Nutzerzentrierte Sicherheit (NzS 2016)
NDSS Workshop on Usable Security (USEC 2016)
Financial Cryptography, 1st Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes (VOTING'16)
The 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-15)
30th IFIP TC-11 SEC 2015 International Information Security and Privacy Conference (IFIP SEC 2015)
3rd International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (EGOVIS 2014)

Co-supervision

Jan Henzel (co-supervised by Oksana Kulyk and Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer): Comparative Study of Cast-as-Intended Verifiability. Master Thesis.
Hermann Berket (co-supervised by Oksana Kulyk and Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer): User Acceptance of Authentication Methods in Internet Voting. Master Thesis.
Ahsan Abbasi (co-supervised by Oksana Kulyk and Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer): Developing and evaluating permission interfaces for web browser extensions’ installation process. Master Thesis.
Alexander Thiebes (supervised by David Kelm, Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer and Oksana Kulyk): Entwicklung einer Anti-Phishing Landing Page. Bachelor Thesis.
Oliver Käfer (supervised by Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer and Oksana Kulyk): Benutzerfreundliche Cookieeinstellung in Webbrowsern, realisiert in Chrome als eine Erweiterung. Bachelor Thesis.
Karola Marky (supervised by Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer and Oksana Kulyk): Improving the Usability of the Helios Internet Voting System. Master Thesis.
Niklas Bunzel (supervised by Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer and Oksana Kulyk): Extension of Tallying Component, Identification And Handling of Faults in the Android Application for Election Authorities. Bachelor Thesis.

Talks

A Concept and Evaluation of Usable and Fine-Grained Privacy-Friendly Cookie Settings Interface
17th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications (IEEE TrustCom-18) - New York (08/2018)

Comparative Usability Evaluation of Cast-as-intended Verification Approaches in Internet Voting
Jahrestagung des Fachbereichs Sicherheit – Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit der Gesellschaft für Informatik - Konstanz (04/2018)

"This Website Uses Cookies": Users' Perceptions and Reactions to the Cookie Disclaimer
3rd European Workshop on Usable Security - London (04/2018)

Extending the Helios Internet Voting Scheme Towards New Election Settings
2nd Verifiable Voting Schemes Workshop - Luxembourg (10/2017)

Security Proofs for Participation Privacy, Receipt-Freeness and Ballot Privacy for the Helios Voting Scheme
The 12th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) - Reggio Calabria (8/2017)

Enabling Vote Delegation for Boardroom Voting
2nd Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting (VOTING) - Malta (04/2017)

New Solutions for E-Voting in Various Election Settings
12th International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (E-Vote-ID) - Schloss Hofen, Lochau (10/2016)

Introducing Proxy Voting to Helios
The 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) - Salzburg (8/2016)

Coercion-resistant Proxy Voting
31st International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC) - Ghent (5/2016)

E‐Voting Solutions for Various Application Scenarios
16th International e-Voting Phd Seminar - Tarragona (04/2016)

Efficiency Comparison of Various Approaches in E-Voting Protocols
1st Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting - Barbados (02/2016)

A Socio-Technical Investigation into Smartphone Security
11th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management - Vienna (09/2015)

Extending Helios Towards Private Eligibility Verifiability
The 5th International Conference on E-Voting and Identity (VoteID) - Bern (09/2015)

Efficiency Evaluation of Cryptographic Protocols for Boardroom Voting
The 10th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) - Toulouse (08/2015)

Human Centered Security and Privacy by Design for Electronic Voting
Democracy in the Digital Age Workshop - Copenhagen (03/2015)

Electronic Voting with Fully Distributed Trust and Maximized Flexibility Regarding Ballot Design
Verifying the Vote - 6th Electronic Voting Conference (EVOTE2014) - Schloss Hofen, Lochau (10/2014)

Blockchain Network as a Decentralized Bulletin Board for Cryptographic Electronic Voting
EVOTE2014 PhD Colloquium, Schloss Hofen, Lochau (10/2014)

A Usable Android Application Implementing Distributed Cryptography For Election Authorities
The Ninth International Workshop on Frontiers in Availability, Reliability and Security (FARES 2014), Fribourg (09/2014).

Decentralized Mobile Voting on Smartphones
CrossFyre Conference, Bochum (07/2014).

Boardroom Voting with Ballot Design Flexibility
Research Seminar (BFH), Biel (11/2013).

An Android Application Implementing Distributed Cryptography to Support Election Authorities
E-Voting PhD Days Workshop, Muenchenweiler (11/2013).

Boardroom voting scheme for smartphones
CrossFyre Conference, Leuven (07/2013).

Publications

2020

Towards Improving the Efficacy of Code-Based Verification in Internet Voting.
Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.; Müller, M.; Renaud, K.
2020. Financial Cryptography and Data Security : FC 2020 International Workshops, AsiaUSEC, CoDeFi, VOTING, and WTSC, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, February 14, 2020, [1st Asian Workshop on Usable Security, AsiaUSEC 2020, the 1st Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance, CoDeFi 2020, the 5th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting, VOTING 2020, and the 4th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts, WTSC 2020, held at the 24th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2020; Kota Kinabalu; Malaysia; 14 February 2020 through 14 February 2020], Revised Selected Papers. Ed.: Matthew Bernhard, 291–309, Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54455-3_21

Security and Privacy Awareness in Smart Environments – A Cross-Country Investigation.
Kulyk, O.; Reinheimer, B.; Aldag, L.; Mayer, P.; Gerber, N.; Volkamer, M.
2020. Financial Cryptography and Data Security : FC 2020 International Workshops, AsiaUSEC, CoDeFi, VOTING, and WTSC, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, February 14, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Ed.: Matthew Bernhard, 84–101, Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54455-3_7

2019

Comparing “Challenge-Based” and “Code-Based” Internet Voting Verification Implementations.
Kulyk, O.; Henzel, J.; Renaud, K.; Volkamer, M.
2019. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019. Part I. Ed.: D. Lamas, 519–538, Springer International Publishing, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29381-9_32

Wahrnehmungen und Reaktionen der Endnutzer auf Cookie-Meldungen “Diese Webseite verwendet Cookies”.
Oksana Kulyk; Nina Gerber; Melanie Volkamer; Annika Hilt.
2019. Datenschutz und Datensicherheit, 43 (2), 81–85. doi:10.1007/s11623-019-1068-8

Does This App Respect My Privacy? Design and Evaluation of Information Materials Supporting Privacy-Related Decisions of Smartphone Users.
Kulyk, O.; Gerber, P.; Marky, K.; Beckmann, C.; Volkamer, M.
2019. Proceedings 2019 Workshop on Usable Security. Ed.: M.F. Theofanos. doi:10.14722/usec.2019.23029

A Proxy Voting Scheme Ensuring Participation Privacy and Receipt-Freeness.
Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2019. 52. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-52), Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, 8 - 11 Januar 2019

2018

Usability is not Enough: Lessons Learned from ’Human Factors in Security’ Research for Verifiability.
Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2018. Third International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting (E-Vote-ID 2018), TUT Press

"This Website Uses Cookies": Users’ Perceptions and Reactions to the Cookie Disclaimer.
Kulyk, O.; Hilt, A.; Gerber, N.; Volkamer, M.
2018. 3rd European Workshop on Usable Security (EuroUSEC), London, England, April 23, 2018, Internet Societa, Reston 8VY)

A Concept and Evaluation of Usable and Fine-Grained Privacy-Friendly Cookie Settings Interface.
Kulyk, O.; Mayer, P.; Käfer O.; Volkamer, M.
2018. The 17th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications (TrustCom 2018), New York, NY, August 1-3, 2018, 1058–1063, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00148

Poster: "This Website Uses Cookies": Users’ Perceptions and Reactions to the Cookie Disclaimer.
Kulyk, O.; Hilt, A.; Gerber, N.; Volkamer, M.
2018. 14th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2018), Baltimore, MD, USA, 12.–14. August 2018

Comparative Usability Evaluation of Cast-as-Intended Verification Approaches in Internet Voting.
Marky, K.; Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2018. Sicherheit 2018, Konstanz, 25.-27. April 2018. Hrsg.: H. Langweg, 197–208, Köllen, Bonn. doi:10.18420/sicherheit2018_15

What Did I Really Vote For? - On the Usability of Verifiable E-Voting Schemes.
Marky, K.; Kulyk, O.; Renaud, K.; Volkamer, M.
2018. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Montreal, QC, Canada, April 21 - 26, 2018, Paper 176/1–13, ACM, New York (NY). doi:10.1145/3173574.3173750

Human Factors in Security.
Gerber, P.; Ghiglieri, M.; Henhapl, B.; Kulyk, O.; Marky, K.; Mayer, P.; Reinheimer, B.; Volkamer, M.
2018. Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, 83–98, Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19523-6_5

2017

Coercion-resistant proxy voting.
Kulyk, O.; Neumann, S.; Marky, K.; Budurushi, J.; Volkamer, M.
2017. Computers & security, 71, 88–99. doi:10.1016/j.cose.2017.06.007

Security Proofs for Participation Privacy, Receipt-Freeness, Ballot Privacy for the Helios Voting Scheme.
Bernhard, D.; Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2017. 12th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Reggio di Calabria, I, August 29 - September 1, 2017, Article No.: 1/1–10, ACM, New York (NY). doi:10.1145/3098954.3098990

Advancing Trust Visualisations for Wider Applicability and User Acceptance.
Kulyk, O.; Reinheimer, B. M.; Gerber, P.; Volk, F.; Volkamer, M.; Mühlhäuser, M.
2017. IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1-4 August 2017, 562–569, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/Trustcom/BigDataSE/ICESS.2017.285

Enabling Vote Delegation for Boardroom Voting.
Kulyk, O.; Neumann, S.; Marky, K.; Volkamer, M.
2017. International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC), Sliema, Malta, 7. April 2017, 419–433, Springer, Cham

Sharing Information with Web Services – A Mental Model Approach in the Context of Optional Information.
Kulyk, O.; Reinheimer, B. M.; Volkamer, M.
2017. 5th International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust (HAS) - Part of HCI International 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 9-14, 2017, 675–690, Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58460-7_46

Nothing Comes for Free: How Much Usability Can You Sacrifice for Security?.
Kulyk, O.; Neumann, S.; Budurushi, J.; Volkamer, M.
2017. IEEE security & privacy, 15 (3), 24–29. doi:10.1109/MSP.2017.70

2016

Introducing Proxy Voting to Helios.
Kulyk, O.; Marky, K.; Neumann, S.; Volkamer, M.
2016. Availability, reliability, and security in information systems: IFIP WG 8.4, 8.9, TC 5 International Cross-Domain conference, CD-ARES 2016, and Workshop on Privacy Aware Machine Learning for Health Data Science, PAML 2016, Salzburg, Austria, August 31 - September 2, 2016, 98–106, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/ARES.2016.38

Security Proofs for Participation Privacy and Stronger Verifiability for Helios.
Bernhard, D.; Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2016. CRISP – Center for Research in Security and Privacy, Darmstadt. doi:10.5445/IR/1000081968

Coercion-resistant Proxy Voting.
Kulyk, O.; Neumann, S.; Marky, K.; Budurushi, J.; Volkamer, M.
2016. ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection : 31st IFIP TC 11 International Conference, SEC 2016, Ghent, Belgium, May 30 - June 1, 2016, proceedings. Ed. by Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Stefan Katzenbeisser, 3–16, Springer, Cham

Encouraging Privacy-Aware Smartphone App Installation: What Would the Technically-Adept Do.
Kulyk, O.; Gerber, P.; Reinheimer, B.; Renaud, K.; Volkamer, M.
2016. NDSS Workshop on Usable Security (USEC), Feb 21, 2016, San Diego, CA, 10 S., Internet Society, Reston, VA

Efficiency Comparison of Various Approaches in E-Voting Protocols.
Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2016. International Workshops on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2016 and 3rd Workshop on Bitcoin and Blockchain Research, BITCOIN 2016, 1st Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes, VOTING 2016, and 4th Workshop on Encrypted Computing and Applied Homomorphic Cryptography, WAHC 2016, Christ Church, Barbados, 22nd - 26th February 2016. Eds.: Jens Grossklags, Bart Preneel, 209–233, Springer, Berlin

2015

An Investigation into the "Other" Barriers to Adoption of Smartphone Security Precautions (Poor Usability being a Given).
Volkamer, M.; Renaud, K.; Kulyk, O.; Emeröz, S.
2015. TU, Darmstadt

A Socio-Technical Investigation into Smartphone Security.
Volkamer, M.; Renaud, K.; Kulyk, O.; Emeröz, S.
2015. Security and Trust Management (STM). Hrsg.: Sara Foresti, 265–273, Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24858-5_17

Extending Helios Towards Private Eligibility Verifiability.
Kulyk, O.; Teague, V.; Volkamer, M.
2015. E-Voting and Identity : 5th International Conference, VoteID 2015, Bern, Switzerland, September 2-4, 2015, proceedings / edited by Rolf Haenni, Reto E. Koenig, Douglas Wikström. Hrsg.: Rolf Haenni, Reto Koenig, Douglas Douglas, 57–73, Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22270-7_4

Efficiency Evaluation of Cryptographic Protocols for Boardroom Voting.
Kulyk, O.; Neumann, S.; Budurushi, J.; Volkamer, M.; Haenni, R.; Koenig, R.; Bergen, P. von.
2015. International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Toulouse, France, 24.-28.08.2015, 224–229, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/ARES.2015.75

2014

Electronic Voting with Fully Distributed Trust and Maximized Flexibility Regarding Ballot Design.
Kulyk, O.; Feier, C.; Köster, T.; Neumann, S.; Volkamer, M.
2014. Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote (EVOTE), Lochau, Austria, 29-31 October 2014, 1–10, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/EVOTE.2014.7001142

A Usable Android Application Implementing Distributed Cryptography For Election Authorities.
Neumann, S.; Kulyk, O.; Volkamer, M.
2014. Ninth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) - Ninth International Workshop on Frontiers in Availability, Reliability, and Security (FARES), Fribourg, Switzerland, 8-12 September 2014, 207–2016, IEEE, Piscataway (NJ). doi:10.1109/ARES.2014.35

2013

Towards a Practical Mobile Application for Election Authorities (Demo).
Neumann, S.; Kulyk, O.; Murati, L.; Volkamer, M.
2013. 4th International Conference on e-Voting and Identity - Vote-ID 2013, Guildford, UK, July 17-19, 2013