publications

2025

1. Evaluating language models on grooming risk estimation using fuzzy theory

   Geetanjali Bihani, Tatiana Ringenberg, and Julia Rayz

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.12563, 2025

   Bib

   @article{bihani2025evaluating,
     title = {Evaluating language models on grooming risk estimation using fuzzy theory},
     author = {Bihani, Geetanjali and Ringenberg, Tatiana and Rayz, Julia},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.12563},
     year = {2025}
   }

2. Assessing Crowdsourced Annotations with LLMs: Linguistic Certainty as a Proxy for Trustworthiness

   Tianyi Li, Divya Sree, and Tatiana Ringenberg

   In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{li2025assessing,
     title = {Assessing Crowdsourced Annotations with LLMs: Linguistic Certainty as a Proxy for Trustworthiness},
     author = {Li, Tianyi and Sree, Divya and Ringenberg, Tatiana},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities},
     pages = {191--201},
     year = {2025}
   }

3. Enhancing Social Engineering Education Through Roleplaying

   Devang Patel, Madiha Fathima, Tatiana Ringenberg, and 1 more author

   In 2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ringenberg2025enhancing,
     title = {Enhancing Social Engineering Education Through Roleplaying},
     author = {Patel, Devang and Fathima, Madiha and Ringenberg, Tatiana and Thomas, Paul J},
     booktitle = {2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)},
     year = {2025},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

4. Vision: Comparison of AI-assisted Policy Development Between Professionals and Students

   Rishika Thorat and Tatiana Ringenberg

   2025

   Bib

   @article{thoratvision,
     title = {Vision: Comparison of AI-assisted Policy Development Between Professionals and Students},
     author = {Thorat, Rishika and Ringenberg, Tatiana},
     year = {2025}
   }

2024

1. Are you a cop?: Identifying suspicion in online chat operations with online groomers

   Tatiana R Ringenberg, Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar, and Julia Rayz

   Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024

   Bib

   @article{ringenberg2024you,
     title = {Are you a cop?: Identifying suspicion in online chat operations with online groomers},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana R and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C and Rayz, Julia},
     journal = {Child Abuse \& Neglect},
     volume = {154},
     pages = {106919},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2. Assessing differences in grooming stages and strategies in decoy, victim, and law enforcement conversations

   Tatiana R Ringenberg, Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, and Julia Rayz

   Computers in Human Behavior, 2024

   Bib

   @article{ringenberg2024assessing,
     title = {Assessing differences in grooming stages and strategies in decoy, victim, and law enforcement conversations},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana R and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn and Rayz, Julia},
     journal = {Computers in Human Behavior},
     volume = {152},
     pages = {108071},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

3. Fostering AI Literacy Through Simple Prompting Exercises Using Dall-E

   Tatiana Ringenberg, Nidhi Bhardwaj, Nathan Kim, and 1 more author

   In 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ringenberg2024fostering,
     title = {Fostering AI Literacy Through Simple Prompting Exercises Using Dall-E},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana and Bhardwaj, Nidhi and Kim, Nathan and Thomas, Paul J},
     booktitle = {2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)},
     pages = {1--5},
     year = {2024},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

2023

1. MySmartE-A Cloud-Based Smart Home Energy Application for Energy-Aware Multi-unit Residential Buildings

   Huijeong Kim, Sangwoo Ham, Marlen Promann, and 8 more authors

   ASHRAE Transactions, 2023

   Bib

   @article{kim2023mysmarte,
     title = {MySmartE-A Cloud-Based Smart Home Energy Application for Energy-Aware Multi-unit Residential Buildings},
     author = {Kim, Huijeong and Ham, Sangwoo and Promann, Marlen and Devarapalli, Hemanth and Kwarteng, Vanessa and Bihani, Geetanjali and Ringenberg, Tatiana and Bilionis, Ilias and Braun, James E and Rayz, Julia Taylor and others},
     journal = {ASHRAE Transactions},
     volume = {129},
     pages = {667--675},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.}
   }

2. Kids, Cats, and Control: Designing Privacy and Security Dashboards for IoT Home Devices

   Jacob Abbott, Jayati Dev, DongInn Kim, and 7 more authors

   In Proceedings 2023 Symposium on Usable Security. Internet Society, 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{abbott2023kids,
     title = {Kids, Cats, and Control: Designing Privacy and Security Dashboards for IoT Home Devices},
     author = {Abbott, Jacob and Dev, Jayati and Kim, DongInn and Gopavaram, Shakthidhar Reddy and Iyer, Meera and Sadam, Shivani and Mare, Shirang and Ringenberg, Tatiana and Andalibi, Vafa and Camp, L Jean},
     booktitle = {Proceedings 2023 Symposium on Usable Security. Internet Society},
     year = {2023}
   }

3. Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Support Seeking on Reddit: A thematic Analysis

   Siva Sahitya Simhadri and Tatiana Ringenberg

   In Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023, 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{simhadri2023child,
     title = {Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Support Seeking on Reddit: A thematic Analysis},
     author = {Simhadri, Siva Sahitya and Ringenberg, Tatiana},
     booktitle = {Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023},
     pages = {267--271},
     year = {2023}
   }

2022

1. A scoping review of child grooming strategies: Pre-and post-internet

   Tatiana R Ringenberg, Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar, Julia M Rayz, and 1 more author

   Child Abuse and Neglect, 2022

   Bib

   @article{ringenberg2022scoping,
     title = {A scoping review of child grooming strategies: Pre-and post-internet},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana R and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C and Rayz, Julia M and Rogers, Marcus K},
     journal = {Child Abuse and Neglect},
     volume = {123},
     pages = {105392},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2. MySmartE–An eco-feedback and gaming platform to promote energy conserving thermostat-adjustment behaviors in multi-unit residential buildings

   Huijeong Kim, Sangwoo Ham, Marlen Promann, and 8 more authors

   Building and Environment, 2022

   Bib

   @article{kim2022mysmarte,
     title = {MySmartE--An eco-feedback and gaming platform to promote energy conserving thermostat-adjustment behaviors in multi-unit residential buildings},
     author = {Kim, Huijeong and Ham, Sangwoo and Promann, Marlen and Devarapalli, Hemanth and Bihani, Geetanjali and Ringenberg, Tatiana and Kwarteng, Vanessa and Bilionis, Ilias and Braun, James E and Rayz, Julia Taylor and others},
     journal = {Building and Environment},
     volume = {221},
     pages = {109252},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

3. Privacy lessons learnt from deploying an IoT ecosystem in the home

   Jacob Abbott, Jayati Dev, Donginn Kim, and 7 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2022 European Symposium on Usable Security, 2022

   Bib

   @inproceedings{abbott2022privacy,
     title = {Privacy lessons learnt from deploying an IoT ecosystem in the home},
     author = {Abbott, Jacob and Dev, Jayati and Kim, Donginn and Gopavaram, Shakthidhar and Iyer, Meera and Sadam, Shivani and Mare, Shrirang and Ringenberg, Tatiana and Andalibi, Vafa and Camp, L Jean},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 European Symposium on Usable Security},
     pages = {98--110},
     year = {2022}
   }

2021

1. Implications of using internet sting corpora to approximate underage victims

   Tatiana Ringenberg, Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, and Julia Rayz

   In Findings of the association for computational linguistics: ACL-IJCNLP 2021, 2021

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ringenberg2021implications,
     title = {Implications of using internet sting corpora to approximate underage victims},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn and Rayz, Julia},
     booktitle = {Findings of the association for computational linguistics: ACL-IJCNLP 2021},
     pages = {3645--3656},
     year = {2021}
   }

2. Uncertainty to avoid entrapment: Comparing internet stings to real victim conversations

   Tatiana Ringenberg, Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, and Julia Taylor Rayz

   In North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Annual Conference, 2021

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ringenberg2021uncertainty,
     title = {Uncertainty to avoid entrapment: Comparing internet stings to real victim conversations},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn and Rayz, Julia Taylor},
     booktitle = {North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Annual Conference},
     pages = {355--367},
     year = {2021},
     organization = {Springer}
   }

2019

1. Chat Analysis Triage Tool: Differentiating contact-driven vs. fantasy-driven child sex offenders

   Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar, Marcus K Rogers, Julia T Rayz, and 3 more authors

   Forensic science international, 2019

   Bib

   @article{seigfried2019chat,
     title = {Chat Analysis Triage Tool: Differentiating contact-driven vs. fantasy-driven child sex offenders},
     author = {Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C and Rogers, Marcus K and Rayz, Julia T and Yang, Shih-Feng and Misra, Kanishka and Ringenberg, Tatiana},
     journal = {Forensic science international},
     volume = {297},
     pages = {e8--e10},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }

2. Not so cute but fuzzy: Estimating risk of sexual predation in online conversations

   Tatiana R Ringenberg, Kanishka Misra, and Julia Taylor Rayz

   In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2019

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ringenberg2019not,
     title = {Not so cute but fuzzy: Estimating risk of sexual predation in online conversations},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana R and Misra, Kanishka and Rayz, Julia Taylor},
     booktitle = {2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)},
     pages = {2946--2951},
     year = {2019},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

3. Exploring automatic identification of fantasy-driven and contact-driven sexual solicitors

   Tatiana Ringenberg, Kanishka Misra, Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar, and 1 more author

   In 2019 Third IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC), 2019

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ringenberg2019exploring,
     title = {Exploring automatic identification of fantasy-driven and contact-driven sexual solicitors},
     author = {Ringenberg, Tatiana and Misra, Kanishka and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C and Rayz, Julia Taylor},
     booktitle = {2019 Third IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)},
     pages = {532--537},
     year = {2019},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

4. Authorship analysis of online predatory conversations using character level convolution neural networks

   Kanishka Misra, Hemanth Devarapalli, Tatiana R Ringenberg, and 1 more author

   In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2019

   Bib

   @inproceedings{misra2019authorship,
     title = {Authorship analysis of online predatory conversations using character level convolution neural networks},
     author = {Misra, Kanishka and Devarapalli, Hemanth and Ringenberg, Tatiana R and Rayz, Julia Taylor},
     booktitle = {2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)},
     pages = {623--628},
     year = {2019},
     organization = {IEEE}
   }

2018

1. Exploring detection of contact vs. fantasy online sexual offenders in chats with minors: Statistical discourse analysis of self-disclosure and emotion words

   Ming Ming Chiu, Kathryn C Seigfried-Spellar, and Tatiana R Ringenberg

   Child abuse & neglect, 2018

   Bib

   @article{chiu2018exploring,
     title = {Exploring detection of contact vs. fantasy online sexual offenders in chats with minors: Statistical discourse analysis of self-disclosure and emotion words},
     author = {Chiu, Ming Ming and Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C and Ringenberg, Tatiana R},
     journal = {Child abuse \& neglect},
     volume = {81},
     pages = {128--138},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }