Programme:

Welcome Speech from Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. Steve Rothberg, Loughborough University and Prof. Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Loughborough University.

Overview of Gulf Science, Innovation and Knowledge Economy Programme - speaker Dr. Conor Snowden, British Council.

Overview of CommNet2- Prof. Timothy O'Farrell, Sheffield University, UK

Session I: Chair: Prof. Jonathon Chambers - Leicester University, UK

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Speaker: Prof. Fabio Roli, University of Cagliari, Italy

Presentation: Adversarial Machine Learning for Cybersecuirty

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Speaker: Dr. Cyril Onwubiko, Research Series Limited / IEEE UK-Ireland Secretary

Presentation: Use Cases for Machine Learning for Cybersecurity

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Speaker:Dr Thomas Pasquier, University of Bristol, UK

Presentation: Towards provenance-based intrusion detection

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Tea Break and Poster Session

Chair: Prof John Thompson - The University of Edinburgh

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Session 2: Chair: Prof. Tim O'Farrell - Sheffield University, UK

Speaker: Prof. David Aspinall, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Presentation: Formal Methods, Machine Learning and Cyber Security

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Speaker: Dr. Francisco Aparicio Navarro, Leicester De Montfort University & Loughborough
University, UK 

Presentation: From ICT to Industry 4.0: Challenges and Opportunities from a Cyber Security Perspective. 

Speaker: Dr. Angelos Marnerides, Lancaster University, UK

Presentation: Insights on large-scale IoT-based botnets

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Lunch Break and Poster Session

Session 3: Chair: Prof. Arumugam Nallanathan - Queen Mary University London, UK

Speaker: Prof. Christian Wagner, Nottingham University, UK

Presentation: Leveraging cyber security expert insight through computational intelligence.

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Speaker: Matilda Rhode, Cardiff University, UK

Presentation: Endpoint malware detection with recurrent neural networks. 

Speaker: Dr. Diab M. Diab, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Presentation: Dynamic Time Warping for Network Anomaly Detection

Tea Break and Poster Session - Dr. Hamad Binsalleeh - IMSIU University, Saudi Arabia.

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Session 4: Chair: Dr. Kostas Kyriakopoulos - Loughborough University, UK

Speaker: Prof. Lorenzo Cavallaro, King's College London, UK 

Presentation: When the Magic Wears Off: Flaws in ML for Security Evaluations (and What to Do about it)

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Speaker: Dr. Ibrahim Ghafir, Loughborough University, UK 

Presentation: Hidden Markov Model for Multi-Stage Attacks

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Speaker: Dr. Hamad Binsalleeh, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia

Presentation: Deep Learning and Malware Analysis

Closing Remarks and Discussion

Dr. Basil AsSadhan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

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Poster Session

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Poster title: Investigation of Machine Learning for Signal Detection in Wireless Communications.

Authors: Miss Narengerile and John Thompson, Edinburgh University, UK.

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Poster title: Blockchain and Game Theory for Distributed Operation in Wireless Networks

Authors: Amjad Khan, Yogachandran Rahulamathavan, Gan Zheng and Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Loughborough University, UK

Poster title: Contextual Learning for Content Caching with Unknown Popularity Profiles.

Authors: Xingchi Liu, Mahsa Derakhshani and Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Loughborough University, UK.

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Poster title: A Calibrated Learning Approach to Distributed Power Allocation in Small Cell Networks

Authors:  Xinruo Zhang. and Gan Zheng, Loughborough University, UK.

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Poster title: Learning based dynamic optimization in massive IoT networks. 

Authors: N. Jiang, Y. Deng, O. Simeone (Kings College London, UK) and A. Nallanathan (Queen Mary University London, UK).

Poster title: AI in UAVs: The impact of information exchange on multi-UAV networks.

Authors: J. Cui, Y. Liu and A. Nallanathan, Queen Mary University London, UK.

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Poster title:  Secure wireless communication using support vector machines.

Authors: Tiep M. Hoang and Trung Q. Duong (Queens University Belfast, UK), Sangarapillai Lambotharan, (Loughborough University, UK).

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Poster title: Privacy Techniques for Big Data Applications.

Authors: Dr. Yogachandran Rahulamathavan (Loughborough University London)

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Poster title: Hidden Markov Model for Predicting Multistage Network Attacks

Authors: Timothy Chadza, Dr. Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, Prof. Sangarapillai Lambotharan (Loughborough University, UK).

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Poster title: Fragmented Landscapes: Machine Learning in Defence and Military

Authors: Amy Ertan (Royal Holloway University of London)

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Poster title: TESSERACT: Eliminating Experimental Bias in Malware Classification across Space and Time.

Authors: Feargus Pendlebury*, Fabio Pierazzi*, Roberto Jordaney, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro. 

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Poster title: Security of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks.

Authors: Dr. Asma Adnane

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Demos

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‘Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Cognitive Radio Testbed using USRP"  by Minglei You, Xinruo Zhang and Gan Zheng, Loughborough University, UK.

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"WiFi Injection Attack Detection" by Matt Beechey, Dr. Kostas Kyriakopoulos, Dr. Francisco Aparicio Navarro, Loughborough University.

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