The Cyber Security Arena @ UU/IT
Facilitating research collaborations between divisions and between the department of Information technology and external parts.
About The Cyber Security Arena @ IT/UU
Security is a broad area with many different meanings. One view is that security is about protecting people, places, strategic sites and society's vital functions against for example terrorism, organised crime, and natural disasters. Cyber Security (CS) or Computer Security is aimed at protecting digital infrastructure against (malicious) disruption of the service as provided. This website (arena) collects relevant activities at the Department of Information Technology of Uppsala University.
Research and Education
Read about our research and education in Cybersecurity through this link. There, you can also find our different research topics and respective groups and contact persons.
In Nov.-Dec. 2020, we have organised an open web-based course on cyber security. For more info, see here
Graduate School in Cybersecurity
The Graduate School in Cybersecurity started in 2022. It gathers a cohort of PhD students and their supervisors to create an environment where experts in cybersecurity and related areas work together.
Read more about the graduate school and its activities through this link.
Seminars
2024 (past):
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 12 | 13:00-17:00 | 101125 | - | UU Workshop on Cybersecurity |
2023:
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 08 | 13:15-14:00 | 101146 | Manus Almgren, Chalmers University | From University Labs to the Market: Navigating Challenges and Pitfalls in the Journey of Research and Commercialization in Cyberphysical Security |
| Mar. 24 | 13:15-14:00 | 101125 | Vicenç Torra, Umeå University | Data Privacy: From Centralized Learning to Federated Learning |
2022 (past):
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 20 | 11:15-12:00 | 101125 | Quanyan Zhu, New York University | Security and Privacy of Distributed Machine Learning |
| Dec. 15 | 13:15-14:00 | 4101 | Daniel Selvaratnam, KTH | Tutorial seminar: "Linear Temporal Logic for the Uninitiated" |
| Dec. 12 | 14:00-15:00 | 101125 | NA | Meeting about VR call on Information and CyberSecurity |
| Nov. 29 | 11:15-12:00 | 101130 | Guilherme Ramos, University of Lisbon | Improving security and privacy in consensus methods |
2021 (Past):
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 03 | 15:00-16:00 | Zoom | Konrad-Lorenz Krentz, UU | A Middlebox-Centered Remote Denial-of-Sleep Defense with Reduced Trust Assumptions |
| Nov. 12 | 15:00-16:00 | Zoom | Shahid Raza, RISE | Cybersecurity Research at RISE and outlook in EU and Sweden |
| Sept. 24 | 14:00-15:00 | Zoom | Rikard Höglund, RISE | Self-Adaptive Reaction against Denial of Service in the Internet of Things |
| Sept. 10 | 14:00-15:00 | Zoom | Panos Papadimitratos, KTH | Scaling up Security and Privacy for Wireless Networked Systems |
| 09 April | 14:00-15:00 | Zoom | David Sands, Chalmers | Privacy: Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place? |
| 12 March | 14:00-15:00 | Zoom | Omar Javid, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland | An Evaluation of Container Security Vulnerability Detection Tools in the Wild |
| Februari 18 | 14:00-15:00 | Zoom | Tommy Schönberg, Vinnova | Cybersecurity initiatives, upcoming calls and Q&A |
2020:
| Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday Jan 23 | 11:00 - 12:00 | ITC 1211 | David Kotz |
Challenges to ensuring human safety throughout the life-cycle of Smart Environments |
| Tuesday Aug 20 | 11:00 - 13:00 | Å2005 | Bengt Jonsson and others | Workshop on strategic planning for Cybersecurity |
| Wednesday September 23 | 13:15 - 14:00 | Zoom |
Samuel Lindemer (RISE/UU) | Real-time Thread Isolation and Trusted Execution on Embedded RISC-V |
| Friday Oct 11 | 14:15 - 15:00 | ITC 1311 | Sam Hylamia | Two-tier Authentication and Key Distribution for Wearable Devices |
| Thursday Nov 12 | 09:00 - 15:00 | Zoom | List of Speakers |
Uppsala University Workshop on Cybersecurity |
| Tuesday December 8 | 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom |
André Teixeira (UU) | Security Metrics for Control Systems: from Analysis to Design |
| Tuesday December 8 | 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom |
Martin Ochoa (AppGate Inc) | On the multiple facets of Cybersecurity |
| Thursday December 10 | 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom |
Guo Huaqun (Institute for Infocomm Research I2R) | Cyber Security for Transportation Systems, Vehicular Network and Industrial Internet of Things |
| Friday Dec 13 | 10:15 - 11:00 | ITC 4306 | Musard Balliu |
Securing Web Applications across Tiers |
2019:
The first Matariki workshop on Cybersecurity was held 16-17 December 2019, Dartmouth (see here).
Thesis Projects
For (future) thesis projects, do get in touch directly with the contact person of your preferred focus area.
You can also find thesis projects at different divisions and external companies through the links below.
External projects
Internal projects
Contact Us
The Cyber Security Arena is part of the Department of Information Technology and is situated at the Information Technology Centre (ITC) in Uppsala, Sweden.
Contact persons:
André Teixeira
Christian Rohner
Arena Security e-mail list
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The list (it-security -AT- lists.uu.se) will be used for announcements.
- Next seminar: Dec. 15, 13:15-14:00, Daniel Selvaratnam, KTH, Tutorial seminar: "Linear Temporal Logic for the Uninitiated"