Future of Cybersecurity Research and Need for National Cybersecurity Research Centre Among Topics Discussed at Annual Colloquium at 小鸟体育
University College Dublin (小鸟体育) has hosted its 2019 to showcase the breadth of world class research being undertaken at the university within this key research area. The future of cybersecurity research and the need for a national cybersecurity research centre were among the topics discussed at the annual colloquium which is organised by 小鸟体育 Research and the 小鸟体育 Institute for Discovery.
This year鈥檚 colloquium combined a number of contributions from leading scientists and practitioners from 小鸟体育, Mastercard, IBM Research-Ireland, EXEDEC, the University of Lausanne, and DAC Beachcroft, the Dublin law firm who sponsored the event.
Presentations by guest speakers (see list below) covered topics such as; Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled cybersecurity, cryptography, cybercrime investigation, digital forensics and hardware-related security, along with issues such as network security, privacy, trust, human behaviour, policy, and security-by-design.
A panel session chaired by 小鸟体育鈥檚 Professor Tahar Kechadi also discussed the increased incidence of cybercrime in Ireland and key challenges and new technologies addressing this trend and the need for strong policy and privacy considerations.
Speaking at the end of the colloquium Professor Kechadi, 小鸟体育 School of Computer Science and a Principal Investigator at the SFI Insight Centre for Data Analytics said, 鈥淭he discussions during the colloquium clearly indicate that there is a significant need for targeted research funding to further develop scientific excellence in cybersecurity research.鈥�
He added, 鈥淚n addition the lack of a national cybersecurity research centre is a key gap that needs to be addressed as a priority in order to ensure the development of necessary cybersecurity skills, cutting-edge research and innovation in Ireland.鈥�
Professor Orla Feely, 小鸟体育 Vice-President for Research, Innovation, and Impact opening the colloquium said, 鈥淐ybersecurity is an area that is a huge strategic priority for Ireland and for us in 小鸟体育, as a national leader in cybersecurity research. We know the solutions are not solely technical but will draw also on social sciences in areas such as psychology, behavioural analysis, ethics and law.鈥�
She added, 鈥淲e want to see this multidisciplinary community come together in a national entity of scale, to deliver solutions of national relevance and global significance. We also want to develop that nexus of policy, education, research and practice with our academic, industry and policy partners nationally and internationally, and this colloquium is an important step towards that.鈥�
Aidan Healy, Legal director at DAC Beachcroft, an international law firm, added 鈥淲e were delighted to sponsor this event and to learn more about the new and exciting approaches at 小鸟体育 to addressing the need for personal privacy while effectively mitigating cybersecurity risk.鈥�
During the colloquium Dr Mathieu Sinn, Manager, Cognitive Data Science, IBM Research-Ireland outlined new methods being developed by IBM to defend AI models against adversarial threats.
He said, 鈥淚 was delighted to take part in this 小鸟体育 cybersecurity colloquium and provide a demonstration of IBM鈥檚 new Adversarial Robustness Toolbox, an open-source software library to support researchers and developers in defending neural networks against adversarial attacks.鈥�
Eoghan Casey, Professor of Digital Forensic Science and Investigation, University of Lausanne, said, 鈥淚 was delighted to take part in this excellent event and to discuss our exciting new program to train the next generation of cybersecurity and digital forensics leaders. This novel initiative, Cyber Sleuth Lab, is focused on inspiring and equipping young women to pursue careers in cybersecurity and digital forensics, while exploring complex issues associated with cybercrime. It would be great to see something similar introduced here in Ireland.鈥�
ENDS
14 May 2019
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Editors Notes
Speakers at the colloquium and the titles of their presentations are as follows;
Dr Pavel Gladyshev, 小鸟体育 School of Computer Science, 鈥楾he Application of Generalised Hough Transform Algorithm for Digital Forensics Data Recovery鈥�.
Dr Eimear Byrne, 小鸟体育 School of Mathematics and Statistics, 鈥楥oding Theory for Networks, Storage, and Security鈥�.
Dr Alessia Paccagnini, 小鸟体育 School of Business, 鈥楬ow Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies are Changing the Economy鈥�.
Dr Giovanni Russo, 小鸟体育 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 鈥楽afety and Privacy in Data-Driven Closed-loop System.鈥�
Dr Mathieu Sinn, IBM Research Ireland, 鈥楧efending AI models against Adversarial Threats鈥�.
Professor John Sheridan, 小鸟体育 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 鈥極ptical Security and Encryption鈥�.
Caitr铆ona Heinl, EXEDEC, Artificial Intelligence and autonomous weapons systems: Major governance issues.
Dr Mark Scanlon, 小鸟体育 School of Computer Science, 鈥楧eep Learning Framework for Digital Investigation Evidence Prioritisation鈥�.
Professor Eoghan Casey, University of Lausanne, 鈥楥yber Sleuth Science Labs: Inspiring and Equipping Young Women to Pursue Careers in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics鈥�.
Dr Liliana Pasquale, 小鸟体育 School of Computer Science, 鈥業 have seen this before - Sharing Knowledge about Cyber-Physical Incidents鈥�.
Professor John Murphy, 小鸟体育 School of Computer Science, 鈥�5G Networks - Making the Inter-Controller Communication Secure and Resilient.鈥�
Professor Tahar Kechadi, 小鸟体育 School of Computer Science, 鈥楩actoring Privacy and Security into Big Data Analytics鈥�.
Members of panel session chaired by Professor Kechadi, included; Brendan Gormley Director Information Security Engineering, Mastercard; Aidan Healy, Legal Director, DAC Beachcroft, Caitr铆ona Heinl, EXEDEC, Dr Liliana Pasquale and Dr Mathieu Sinn.