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
Speaker: Prof. Fabio Roli, University of Cagliari, Italy
Presentation: Adversarial Machine Learning for Cybersecuirty
Speaker: Dr. Cyril Onwubiko, Research Series Limited / IEEE UK-Ireland Secretary
Presentation: Use Cases for Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
Speaker:Dr Thomas Pasquier, University of Bristol, UK
Presentation: Towards provenance-based intrusion detection
Tea Break and Poster Session
Chair: Prof John Thompson - The University of Edinburgh
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
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
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.
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.
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)
Speaker: Dr. Ibrahim Ghafir, Loughborough University, UK
Presentation: Hidden Markov Model for Multi-Stage Attacks
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
Poster Session
Poster title: Investigation of Machine Learning for Signal Detection in Wireless Communications.
Authors: Miss Narengerile and John Thompson, Edinburgh University, UK.
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.
Poster title: A Calibrated Learning Approach to Distributed Power Allocation in Small Cell Networks
Authors: Xinruo Zhang. and Gan Zheng, Loughborough University, UK.
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.
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).
Poster title: Privacy Techniques for Big Data Applications.
Authors: Dr. Yogachandran Rahulamathavan (Loughborough University London)
Poster title: Hidden Markov Model for Predicting Multistage Network Attacks
Authors: Timothy Chadza, Dr. Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, Prof. Sangarapillai Lambotharan (Loughborough University, UK).
Poster title: Fragmented Landscapes: Machine Learning in Defence and Military
Authors: Amy Ertan (Royal Holloway University of London)
Poster title: TESSERACT: Eliminating Experimental Bias in Malware Classification across Space and Time.
Authors: Feargus Pendlebury*, Fabio Pierazzi*, Roberto Jordaney, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro.
Poster title: Security of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks.
Authors: Dr. Asma Adnane
Demos
‘Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Cognitive Radio Testbed using USRP" by Minglei You, Xinruo Zhang and Gan Zheng, Loughborough University, UK.
"WiFi Injection Attack Detection" by Matt Beechey, Dr. Kostas Kyriakopoulos, Dr. Francisco Aparicio Navarro, Loughborough University.
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