Machine learning for Cyber Security - Security Lancaster Seminar Series

Thursday 26 July 2018, 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Venue

Infolab D55 - View Map

Open to

Postgraduates, Staff, Undergraduates

Registration

Registration not required - just turn up

Event Details

Dr Miranda Mowbray is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bristol, and joins us for our July Seminar Series, talking about some of the difficulties with using machine learning for detecting cyber security attacks on enterprise networks.

Dr Miranda Mowbray is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bristol, and joins us for our July Seminar Series, talking about some of the difficulties with using machine learning for detecting cyber security attacks on enterprise networks.

Miranda's talk will talk about some of the difficulties with using machine learning for detecting cyber security attacks on enterprise networks, and ways to address them. The seminar will also talk about a successful application of machine learning for cyber security, using both supervised and unsupervised learning to detect some previously-unknown malware.

Mini-bio: Miranda Mowbray is a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bristol, where her research interests include cyber security and big data ethics. Most of her career has been in industrial research, at HP. Her PhD is in Mathematics, from London University. She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society.

The Seminar Series is open to all, so please feel free to drop in on the day, join the seminar and meet with Miranda after with tea, coffee and biscuits.

Contact Details

Name Paul Bennett
Email

p.bennett4@lancaster.ac.uk

Telephone number

+44 1524 595186