Seminar Archive

2023

October

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  It's more than just money: The real-world harms from ransomware attacks

  25 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join Nandita Pattnaik in a comprehensive exploration of the aftermath of ransomware attacks, revealing the intricate spectrum of damages that span beyond monetary losses.

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  Beyond Bytes and Bugs: Navigating the Human Side of Cybersecurity

  18 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join cybersecurity veteran Paul Baird as he delves beyond technicalities to unravel the humanistic aspects of cybersecurity, emphasizing the often-overlooked non-technical attributes crucial for success in the industry.

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  A First Look at Digital Rights Management Systems for Secure Mobile Content Delivery

  11 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join Amir Rafi as he delves into the intricate world of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems on mobile platforms, offering a comprehensive security assessment of major DRM technologies in the era of cloud-based content delivery.

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  High-Profile Data Breach: An In-Depth Analysis of Crypto-Wallet Case.

  04 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join us for an enlightening session with Assistant Professor Svetlana Abramova as she delves into the repercussions of a data breach on crypto-wallet users. Discover key findings, challenges, and valuable lessons from this real-life incident.

July

• Simplifying Parallel Programming and Opportunities for Collaboration with Brazil

  20 July 2023, 13:00 - 15:00

  This talk concerns Dr. Griebler's research on high-level parallel programming abstractions, stream processing, research tools to perform benchmarks on several parallel computing architectures and distributed systems, and recent data science projects with industry and academic partners. Finally, he will present opportunities for collaborating with Brazil, especially with PUCRS's institutional project of internationalization that...

May

• Chemistry seminar - Professor Jonathan Sessler

  17 May 2023

  RSC Prize Talk Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin

April

• Chemistry seminar - Dr Ming Li

  27 April 2023

  Associate Professor in Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Further details to follow.

March

• Chemistry seminar - Dr Yi Yu

  16 March 2023

  School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, China Further details to follow.

• Towards Closed-Loop Interactive Autonomous Systems: Understanding People and their Impacts on Decision Making

  15 March 2023, 09:00 - 11:00

  At my dissertation defense, I presented Planning and Recognition Together Close the Interaction Loop (PReTCIL) as one of the first ways to integrate algorithms from artificial intelligence (AI) planning and plan, activity, and intent recognition into a single method for adaptive closed-loop interaction in autonomous systems. Despite PReTCIL working out...

• What's next for nematic liquid crystals?

  09 March 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

  Professor Helen Gleeson OBE from the University of Leeds' Soft Matter Physics Group