26 February 2024 - Cyber Security, Privacy, & Trust Research Showcase Image About this event Welcome to the Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust Research Showcase! Explore the latest research trends in cybersecurity, data privacy, and trustworthy systems. This event aims to bring together researchers, students, and members of the industry and government to engage in insightful discussions and learn about the groundbreaking research taking place at the university. Join us for the networking lunch and poster session, where topics include smart device privacy, blockchain decentralisation, digital indentity, fairness and transparency for information technology and Artificial Intelligence, systems security, privacy-preserving techniques, and more cutting-edge topics in cyber security, privacy, and trust. With thanks to our sponsor SICSA, The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance. If you would like to attend, follow this link to register on Eventbrite. We hope to see you there! Agenda 11:00 - 11:10 - Welcome & Introductions Speaker Topic Prof. Aggelos Kiayias Overview of Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust Research 11:10-12:00 - Research Talks Speaker Topic Amirreza Sarencheh Central Bank Digital Currencies and Decentralized Identities Alec Dialo AI and Cyber Security Dimitris Karakostas Edinburgh Decentralisation Index Jan Bobolz Notions of (Composable) Cryptographic Security 11:50-12:00 - Head of School Address Speaker Topic Prof. Helen Hastie Address by Head of School of Informatics 12:00 - 12:30 - Guest Speakers Thomas Kerber Technical Architect at Input Output Global Title A Compact made at Midnight – How Both Theory and Practice Lie Abstract Kachina is a design for privacy-preserving smart contracts that is now being realised in the Midnight blockchain. This short talk will highlight how research and engineering perspectives on the same problem differ, and the different challenges involved in both. Bio Thomas holds a PhD in Cryptography from the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in 2021, his thesis being on privacy-preserving smart contracts. After graduating, he has worked as a software architect and engineer on Midnight, a new blockchain developed by IOG for smart contracts with data protection properties. Misha Volkov Cryptography Engineer at O(1) Labs Title ZK Proofs: Theory and Practice Abstract Zero-Knowledge proofs are an incredibly powerful primitive that has been becoming more popular over the last years. The talk will cover a high-level summary of the differences between how they are approached from the academic versus engineering perspective. Bio Misha Volkhov is a ZK engineer at O(1) Labs, who recently finished his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under supervision of Markulf Kohlweiss. His academic work was focusing on malleabilities of zero-knowledge proofs and their applications, particularly in blockchain scenarios. His current responsibilities include designing and implementing ZK protocols with emphasis on real-world functionality and applicability. 12:30-14:00 - Poster Session & Networking Lunch Presenter Poster title Lorenzo Martinico Augmented modelling of Globally Attested Trusted Execution Kai Yao Algorithmic Unfairness in Private Classifiers Christina Ovezik Blockchain Decentralisation: A Multi-layered Affair Thomas Wong Data Valuation for Decentralized ML Marketplaces Lawrence Piao Incentivizing Vulnerability Discovery Through Teaming and Collaboration Sean Adamson Parallel remote state preparation for fully device-independent verifiable blind quantum computation Sándor Bartha Quantitative metrics for Cyber Essentials Mohammad Vaziri Automated techniques for Cryptanalysis of Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms Tarini Saka A Collaborative Human-AI Approach to Mitigate Phishing Attacks Yu Xia Efficient Secure Multi-party Computation Neenu Garg Meta - Embedding Privacy into the Network & Infrastructure Robert Flood Closing the Reality Gap: Synthetic Data Generation for Security Shenando Stals and Manuel Maarek Secrious Project Cybersecurity Cards Kefan Chen and Mehdi Rizvi Analysis of Ethnic Minorities' sentiment and trust in accessing online services Feb 26 2024 11.00 - 14.00 26 February 2024 - Cyber Security, Privacy, & Trust Research Showcase Join us for guest talks and research demos on Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust. Dive into emerging tech at our in-person showcase! Informatics Forum 10 Crichton St Newington Edinburgh EH8 9AB Google Maps Eventbrite
26 February 2024 - Cyber Security, Privacy, & Trust Research Showcase Image About this event Welcome to the Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust Research Showcase! Explore the latest research trends in cybersecurity, data privacy, and trustworthy systems. This event aims to bring together researchers, students, and members of the industry and government to engage in insightful discussions and learn about the groundbreaking research taking place at the university. Join us for the networking lunch and poster session, where topics include smart device privacy, blockchain decentralisation, digital indentity, fairness and transparency for information technology and Artificial Intelligence, systems security, privacy-preserving techniques, and more cutting-edge topics in cyber security, privacy, and trust. With thanks to our sponsor SICSA, The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance. If you would like to attend, follow this link to register on Eventbrite. We hope to see you there! Agenda 11:00 - 11:10 - Welcome & Introductions Speaker Topic Prof. Aggelos Kiayias Overview of Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust Research 11:10-12:00 - Research Talks Speaker Topic Amirreza Sarencheh Central Bank Digital Currencies and Decentralized Identities Alec Dialo AI and Cyber Security Dimitris Karakostas Edinburgh Decentralisation Index Jan Bobolz Notions of (Composable) Cryptographic Security 11:50-12:00 - Head of School Address Speaker Topic Prof. Helen Hastie Address by Head of School of Informatics 12:00 - 12:30 - Guest Speakers Thomas Kerber Technical Architect at Input Output Global Title A Compact made at Midnight – How Both Theory and Practice Lie Abstract Kachina is a design for privacy-preserving smart contracts that is now being realised in the Midnight blockchain. This short talk will highlight how research and engineering perspectives on the same problem differ, and the different challenges involved in both. Bio Thomas holds a PhD in Cryptography from the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in 2021, his thesis being on privacy-preserving smart contracts. After graduating, he has worked as a software architect and engineer on Midnight, a new blockchain developed by IOG for smart contracts with data protection properties. Misha Volkov Cryptography Engineer at O(1) Labs Title ZK Proofs: Theory and Practice Abstract Zero-Knowledge proofs are an incredibly powerful primitive that has been becoming more popular over the last years. The talk will cover a high-level summary of the differences between how they are approached from the academic versus engineering perspective. Bio Misha Volkhov is a ZK engineer at O(1) Labs, who recently finished his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under supervision of Markulf Kohlweiss. His academic work was focusing on malleabilities of zero-knowledge proofs and their applications, particularly in blockchain scenarios. His current responsibilities include designing and implementing ZK protocols with emphasis on real-world functionality and applicability. 12:30-14:00 - Poster Session & Networking Lunch Presenter Poster title Lorenzo Martinico Augmented modelling of Globally Attested Trusted Execution Kai Yao Algorithmic Unfairness in Private Classifiers Christina Ovezik Blockchain Decentralisation: A Multi-layered Affair Thomas Wong Data Valuation for Decentralized ML Marketplaces Lawrence Piao Incentivizing Vulnerability Discovery Through Teaming and Collaboration Sean Adamson Parallel remote state preparation for fully device-independent verifiable blind quantum computation Sándor Bartha Quantitative metrics for Cyber Essentials Mohammad Vaziri Automated techniques for Cryptanalysis of Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms Tarini Saka A Collaborative Human-AI Approach to Mitigate Phishing Attacks Yu Xia Efficient Secure Multi-party Computation Neenu Garg Meta - Embedding Privacy into the Network & Infrastructure Robert Flood Closing the Reality Gap: Synthetic Data Generation for Security Shenando Stals and Manuel Maarek Secrious Project Cybersecurity Cards Kefan Chen and Mehdi Rizvi Analysis of Ethnic Minorities' sentiment and trust in accessing online services Feb 26 2024 11.00 - 14.00 26 February 2024 - Cyber Security, Privacy, & Trust Research Showcase Join us for guest talks and research demos on Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust. Dive into emerging tech at our in-person showcase! Informatics Forum 10 Crichton St Newington Edinburgh EH8 9AB Google Maps Eventbrite
Feb 26 2024 11.00 - 14.00 26 February 2024 - Cyber Security, Privacy, & Trust Research Showcase Join us for guest talks and research demos on Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust. Dive into emerging tech at our in-person showcase!
