Research Areas

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Cybersecurity

We investigate the cognitive factors that support cybersecurity professionals, cyber workforce development, and cyber hygiene.

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Human-Automation Teaming

We investigate how people and automation work together, especially when safety and performance are critical.


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STEM Education and Careers

We create, study, and evaluate strategies to increase participation and achievement in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.

Lab News

January 17, 2024

Now accepting volunteer student research assistant applications!

January 17, 2024

We released the newest four modules in APEX STATS: Independent samples t-test, ANOVA, Bean Machine, and Sampling Techniques.

July 26, 2023

Announcing APEX STATS Release 1.1: Open, editable, and modular resources that use Python to make it easier to teach introductory statistics.

July 25, 2023

We will be facilitating sessions at the 2023 APEX Summer Workshop

August 26, 2022

Applications are being accepted for a Student Software Developer, Python

April 18, 2022

Visit our posters at the 2022 Spartan Psychological Association Research Conference (SPARC) in Poster Presentations I (11:10-12:10 p.m.)

March 7, 2022

We are seeking cybersecurity professionals to volunteer as research participants this spring as we complete our NSF-funded project. Visit vectr.study to learn more.

January 3, 2022

We are preparing for a productive research and teaching semester and ready to adapt to changing circumstances. Look for the latest guidance from SJSU at the Health Advisories website.

December 11, 2020

Early access publication now available in the Cybersecurity Skills Journal: 2020 Special Issue on the NICE Framework.

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