Discipline
Information Systems
Supervisor
- Yasser Rahrovani
- Derrick Neufeld
Steven is an Information Systems PhD student at Ivey. His research interests are behavioural cybersecurity and better understanding how people are influenced to getting scammed, tricked, or phished online. Alongside technology-based prevention mechanisms, he is hoping to develop a better psychological understanding of both victims and the perpetrators involved in cybercrime.
Education
- MSc in Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
- B Com in Business Technology Management, Toronto Metroplitan University
Research Interests
- Behavioral Cybersecurity
- Cybercrime
- Negative uses of novel technologies
- Deception and persuasion
Conferences
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Gal, I., & Bulgurcu, B. (2024). “Exploring Factors Influencing Internet Users’ Susceptibility to Deepfake Phishing.” Presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, United States of America, August 15-17. Published in AMCIS 2024 Proceedings.
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Gal, I., & Bulgurcu, B. (2024). “Exploring Factors Influencing Internet Users’ Susceptibility to Deepfake Phishing.” Presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, United States of America, August 15-17. Published in AMCIS 2024 Proceedings.
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Gal, I., & Khokhar, M. (2025). “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review” Presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Waterloo, Canada, May 17-19. Published in the ASAC 2025 Proceedings.
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Accepted/in progress: Gal, I., & Bulgurcu, B. (2025). "Antecedents of Trust in Deepfakes: Insights from the Elaboration Likelihood Model". Will present at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Montreal, Canada, August 14-16. Will be published in AMCIS 2025 Proceedings.
Academic Experience
- Teaching Assistant in Data Visualization using Tableau
