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Dr Lynsay Shepherd

@lynsayshepherd.bsky.social
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Reader in Cybersecurity & Human-Computer Interaction at Abertay University | 👁️ Eye-Tracking | 🥽 XR & Immersive Safety | 💔 Romance Scam Prevention | 🎮 Serious Games. Views are my own. She/her. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👩‍💻 New open-access paper from @abertayuni.bsky.social out in Computers & Security, written with Nicole Carle (based on her great MSc Ethical Hacking dissertation), and Jacques Ophoff. We compared loss aversion vs. fixed reward in gamified cybersecurity training. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you want to know more about my @abertayuni.bsky.social - @spriteplus.bsky.social AIM Secondment collaboration with #FlockXR and @flipcomputing.bsky.social, our project page is now live 😊 - excited to get started! #accessibility #ExtendedReality #DigitalCreators www.spritehub.org/aim-day-seco...
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Trusting Creative Technologies: Exploring the Security, Privacy, and Trust Needs of Visually Impaired Digital Creators | SPRITE+ Hub
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pleased to have been awarded a @spriteplus.bsky.social AIM Secondment to work with #FlockXR and @flipcomputing.bsky.social, drawing on my @abertayuni.bsky.social research 😊 We'll explore the intersection of TIPS and accessibility in XR creation platforms for blind and partially sighted creators.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Down in Edinburgh for the next 2 days for the @spriteplus.bsky.social Expert Fellows meeting. Many interesting conversations so far, and lots to think about 🙂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #cybersecurity #HCI
Princes Street Edinburgh. Blue sky and a large white cloud. A double-decker bus is on the road, and the spire of the Scott Monument is in the background.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Had a chat with @thatstvofficial.bsky.social Tayside yesterday about our new 👀 eyetracking research partnership at @abertayuni.bsky.social with OTH Regenburg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇪 #HCI #gaming #cybersecurity fb.watch/Jqjxvu-Zj3/
A screengrab from the That's TV Tayside Facebook page of my interview. The text in the image says "This will allow us to work on much larger scale projects."
That's TV spoke to Dr Lynsay Shepherd about Abertay University's new partnership with OTH Regensburg in Germany, supporting research aimed at improving the design of software, AI and digital technologies through the analysis of eye movements."
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
👀 Had an interview this afternoon with @thatstvofficial.bsky.social Tayside about the new partnership 😊
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My work on 💔 Romance Scams 💔 has been published as a chapter in the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology, drawing on research I have been leading at @abertayuni.bsky.social link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
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Romance Scams
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Really pleased to see my research collaboration at @abertayuni.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with OTH Regensburg 🇩🇪 has come to fruition. We have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on eyetracking research across a number of areas 😊👀 #HCI #Gaming #Cybersecurity www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2026/ab...
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Abertay University launches international partnership to advance eye-tracking research
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Bonus: I can now access my Bluesky DMs again - age verification done ✅
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Spent the weekend having fun with Claude Code 😊 - refactored some old web projects, to improve accessibility and responsiveness. Some hand-holding required. Also migrated lynsay.me to Jekyll + Markdown on GitHub Pages, so my hosting bill is about to shrink. Now to update the actual content!
A screenshot of my lynsay.me website. On the left-hand side there is a purple sidebar with my name and role, alongside social media links. On the right-hand side, is the main content area highlighting my research interests.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our free "Game On: Adaptive Play" even opens down at the @vadundee.bsky.social today and runs until Monday - come on down for a visit 🙂
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🎣 📧 Our paper from @abertayuni.bsky.social "Gone Phishing: Teaching Phishing Awareness Through Environmental Storytelling and Contextual Clue Discovery" has been accepted to the WIP track at @chiplay.bsky.social 2026 (collaborated with @melophilus.bsky.social, @martinlynagh.bsky.social, & Christos).
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Excited to see the RNIB XR Toolkit, developed with colleagues at @abertayuni.bsky.social and the @rnib.bsky.social, featured at Game On: Adaptive Play at @vadundee.bsky.social this August 🙂 www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats... #Accessibility #XR #InclusiveDesign #GameAccessibility
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Game On: Adaptive Play
Play, test and experiment with video games exploring inclusive design
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Great @spriteplus.bsky.social AIM Day in London 🇬🇧 yesterday - valuable discussions bringing industry and academia together around challenges in XR and immersive environments. A wee nod to @abertayuni.bsky.social and Dundee on the walk back to Thameslink - the DC Thomson building on Fleet Street 😊.
A red brick office building several stories high. On the side (in brick) it features some of DC Thomson's best known publications.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My Honours student Snow at @abertayuni.bsky.social is doing important work as part of her BSc in Ethical Hacking, focusing on improving the #accessibility of authentication systems for people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Her work has been featured by @ms-uk.bsky.social: ms-uk.org/blog/my-univ...
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'My university project will improve digital access for MS patients'
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Great time at the Game Accessibility Symposium at @ucl.ac.uk this week! @robinjss.bsky.social & I joined from @abertayuni.bsky.social to share our work on accessible game & cultural experiences for blind & partially sighted people. I presented our @rnib.bsky.social accessible XR toolkits.
Woman (me) presenting slides to an audience.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Great to be part of the TIPSS in #XR community-building event hosted by @spriteplus.bsky.social this week. Really valuable conversations and appreciated connecting with others in the space ❤️
Manchester skyline with trams in the foreground
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Heading down to the @spriteplus.bsky.social TIPSS in eXtended Reality (#XR) community-building event this week. My work with Octavia Lea at @abertayuni.bsky.social on #RomanceScams ties closely into some of the challenges & opportunities being explored in XR spaces www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi2M...
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Valentine's Day: Have you swiped right on a scam?
YouTube video by abertayTV
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Looking forward to presenting at the @ucl.ac.uk Video Game Accessibility Symposium in April! There’s still time to grab a free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/video-game... I’ll be sharing our #XR accessibility toolkits developed in collaboration between @rnib.bsky.social and @abertayuni.bsky.social
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Video Game Accessibility Symposium
Save the dates for this free, fun three‑day event filled with creative energy and insightful discussions on game accessibility.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
👩‍💻I was interviewed by BBC Scotland's News at Seven today to discuss the strengthening of legislation surrounding non-consensual explicit deepfakes, which links in with my research at @abertayuni.bsky.social The rise of "nudification" tools is a significant threat to digital safety.
Woman with wavey blonde hair, round glasses, and a blue hoodie sitting in front of a blank whiteboard. The caption reads- Dr Lynsay Shepherd, Cybersecurity expert at Abertay University
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The launch of our @abertayuni.bsky.social and @rnib.bsky.social XR toolkits was featured on That's TV Tayside in the last 24 hours 🙂 #XR #GLAM #Gaming www.facebook.com/watch/?v=160...
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
More good news: I was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy @advancehe.bsky.social today🙂
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Just launched two new accessible XR toolkits created in collaboration with the @rnib.bsky.social & my team at @abertayuni.bsky.social. We researched, prototyped, & tested with blind & partially sighted users to ensure #InclusiveDesign in #Gaming & #GLAM experiences. www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2025/ga...
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Games without frontiers: Abertay University and RNIB launch toolkit to make extended reality experiences more accessible for blind and partially sighted people
New guidance launched in December 2025 will support accessible design in games and immersive experiences for blind and partially sighted users.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Another awesome trip to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 as part of #ACOP Cyber Offender Prevention: Academia. Great opportunity to catch-up with folks and discuss the challenges in this space. Lots more research to be done at the intersection of #games and #cyber.
A black and white image of Kasteel Woerden, a canal in Woerden flanked by trees and red brick buildings, and a blue KLM plane at Edinburgh airport.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Over the last year, my colleagues and I at @abertayuni.bsky.social have been collaborating with the @rnib.bsky.social on creating accessible eXtended Reality experiences. We recently presented a demo of our work at the Zip-Scene Conference in Prague 👏 🇨🇿 rke.abertay.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
On Friday, @abertayuni.bsky.social had a visit from @stephengethins.bsky.social MP - I presented my #RomanceFraud 💔 research conducted with one of my former MSc students Octavia, and my PhD student Marc www.linkedin.com/posts/aberta...
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This afternoon, we were pleased to showcase our work in food innovation and cybersecurity to Stephen Gethins MP. An innovative project designed to track techniques used by criminals in romance fraud… ...
This afternoon, we were pleased to showcase our work in food innovation and cybersecurity to Stephen Gethins MP. An innovative project designed to track techniques used by criminals in romance fraud a...
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
On Monday I did a bit of filming with BBC News Scotland at @abertayuni.bsky.social on the rise of deepfakes and AI-powered “nudification” applications. The piece is out today on TV, radio and the web. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Friend stole my face for deepfake nudes – now I want tougher laws
The victim of one of the first deepfake prosecutions in Scotland says the law needs to change to protect victims.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Yesterday was an excellent day trip to Utrecht 🇳🇱! I had a great time with the COPS team Politie Nederland, discussing my Abertay University research in cyber and games. Thanks for inviting me over 😊 #GamesTech #Cyber #Research
In the left-hand pane of the image, there is a cylindrical building with a motorbike in the foreground (it's a Police building). In the top-right, there is a picture of a blue and white KLM plane. In the bottom right, there is a knitted toy of the rabbit Miffy.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Day trip for a wee talk on my research at Abertay University 😊 “Synthetic Seduction: Navigating Romance Scams in XR Environments”. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Not prepared for the temperatures though (30c forecast in Manchester) #ImmersiveExperiences #ImmersiveTech #XR #Metaverse
Title slide for my talk “Synthetic Seduction: Navigating Romance Scams in XR Environments”. It contains my name, email address (lynsay.shepherd@abertay.ac.uk) and mentions I am talking at an XR event. In the background is a pink, futuristic, mechanical heart.Loganair turboprop plane waiting at the gate.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🤖Another new publication! 🤖 My former MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence & UX student from Abertay Uni and I had a paper titled “Optimising Tab Management with Machine Learning to Improve User Experience” published at HCI International 2025. 😊 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Optimising Tab Management with Machine Learning to Improve User Experience
Tabbed browsing can often become a counter-intuitive experience. After opening dozens of tabs, the user interface becomes cluttered, which can lead to a decrease in productivity, unnecessary cognitive...
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
👀 New eye tracking paper published 👀 - Abertay University “A Cookbook for Eye Tracking in Software Engineering” has been published in the Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Software Engineering Education (ECSEE '25) dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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A Cookbook for Eye Tracking in Software Engineering | Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Software Engineering Education
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Early start this morning! Just finished up an online talk for cognitive science students studying at @au.dk in Denmark 🇩🇰, covering some of the serious games and cyber security work we are doing at Abertay University 😊
Slide with pink and blue cyberpunk themed computers in the background. Slide features my name and university, along with the talk title of “Cognitive Load-ing…: Serious Games for Cyber Awareness”
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Great day! Hailey Austin and I spent the day down at @rnibscotland.bsky.social in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 testing our accessible VR Abertay University project work with blind and visually impaired people. Huge thank you to @jameskyle.bsky.social for organising this! Very informative session!
Person wearing a black RNIB jumper, sitting on an office chair in front of a laptop. They are wearing a VR headset.
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Alexander Bilz, Graham Johnson, & I at Abertay University have had our paper titled 💔“Tainted Love: a Systematic Literature Review of Online Romance Scam Research”💔 published in Interacting with Computers 🙂 #RomanceFraud #CyberCrime #HumanComputerInteraction academic.oup.com/iwc/advance-...
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Dr Lynsay Shepherd @lynsayshepherd.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
👋 Hello, World! Time to introduce myself here. 👩‍💻I'm Dr Lynsay Shepherd, a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity and Human-Computer Interaction at Abertay University. 👤I focus on applied research in the human aspects of cybersecurity, and investigate how people interact with emerging technologies.
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