Research
My research interests include privacy engineering, information security, human factors, mobile and ubiquitous health systems, and the privacy impacts of new technologies.
Project participation:
2022 - Present Digital Health Innovation (DHINO)
2022 - 2022 CyberSec4Europe (H2020)
2022 - 2022 SURPRISE (Foundation for Strategic Research)
2022 - 2022 TRUEdig
2019-2019 PAPAYA: PLATFORM FOR PRIVACY-PRESERVING DATA ANALYTICS
2017-2019 Digital Well Research
2017-2018 Development of a Harmonized Modular Curriculum for the Smart Grid (DAMOC, Erasmus)
2015-2016 Nordic Digital Health Center (NDHC)
2015-2016 Smart Society (EU FP7)
2014-2015 High-Quality Networked Services in a Mobile World (HITS, KK Foundation)
Teaching
Supervision: I am eligible to supervise students in the bachelor's and master's programmes. Project topics include (but are not limited to):
- Ethical hacking and pen-testing of mobile apps
- Usability and quality evaluation of mobile apps
- Security and privacy in healthcare systems
- Empirical studies on privacy engineering
Involved in courses:
Introduction to Programming and Data Handling (DVGA34)
Operating systems (DVGB01)
Computer Security I & II (DVGC19 - DVGC20)
Topics in Computer Security (DVAD03)
Designing for Privacy (DVAD33)
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (DVAE21)
Usable Security and Privacy (DVAE25)
Collaboration
Nursing Department, Karlstad University (Sweden)
Interdisciplinary Study Group on Knowledge, Learning and Organizational Memory (KLOM), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, Brazil)
Australian E-Health Research Centre (AEHRC, CSIRO, Australia)
Bio
2022 - Present Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Karlstad University.
2022 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Privacy and Security (PriSec), Computer Science, Karlstad University.
2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Knowledge, Learning and Organizational Memory (KLOM), Department of Psychology, Federal University of Santa Catarina.
2019 - 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Adelaide.
Project: Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre (Australia)
2019 - 2019 Lecturer in software engineering at the University of Adelaide.
2014 - 2019 PhD in Computer Science
Karlstad University (KAU)
Supervisor: Simone Fischer-Hübner
Co-supervisors: Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt and Leonardo A. Martucci
2012 - 2014 Master in Electrical Engineering
Universidade de São Paulo (USP-POLI)
Supervisor: Tereza C. M. B. Carvalho
Co-supervisor: Marcos A. Simplício Jr.
2006 - 2009 Bachelor in Computer Science
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
Supervisor: Roberto S. U. Rosso Jr.
Selected publications
Wairimu, S., Iwaya, L.H., Fritsch, L. and Lindskog, S., 2024. On the Evaluation of Privacy Impact Assessment and Privacy Risk Assessment Methodologies: A Systematic Literature Review. IEEE Access.
Iwaya, L.H., Nordin, A., Fritsch, L., Børøsund, E., Johansson, M., Varsi, C. and Ängeby, K., 2023. Early Labour App: Developing a practice-based mobile health application for digital early labour support. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 177, p.105139.
Iwaya, L.H., Babar, M.A. and Rashid, A., 2023. Privacy Engineering in the Wild: Understanding the Practitioners' Mindset, Organisational Aspects, and Current Practices. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.