I’ve been slowly working away at the bot since the last post a couple of weeks ago. Although there has been little ‘concrete’ progress; in terms of thinking and practicing the techniques that the bot will be using, it was a very good couple of weeks. I’ve focused on two main things: 1) on making
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Frankenstein 2.0: Blog 2
I’ve taken some time off over the Christmas break and I’m now dedicating a whole work day per week to this project. Today has been somewhat both slow and also good for the progress of the project for someone who has never built any sort of explicit speech bot. As I said on my first
Brexit – A Bad Deal for Influencing Cybersecurity?
Updated: 26 December 2020. The UK and the European Union have finally delivered a deal – which some will see as a bitter end to 2020 or as a ‘Happy Brexmas’. However, what does this mean for cybersecurity? In summary – little is going to happen and it will limit the UK’s influence into the
Offensive Cyber – Working Group and Scoping Workshop Report
On the 18th November, the inaugural scoping workshop of the ‘Offensive Cyber Working Group‘, which I co-lead with Amy Ertan happened. This has been in the works for the best part of a year – so I’m glad it finally happened. This links with my broader interest in stimulating conversation around ‘offensive cyber’ writ large
Guest Lecture – Universiteit Leiden
Last week was exceptionally busy, but it was great to give a guest lecture to a group of really great students (from the questions!) at Leiden University’s ‘Unrestricted Warfare’ module. I don’t have any written notes from this lecture as it was less formal, but you can find my slides below. I just wish that
Frankenstein 2.0: Blog 1
I am going to be doing a series of blog posts as part of a reflection on a project I am working with Hayden Lorimer and Pip Thornton, both at the University of Edinburgh. This is an Human Data Interaction-funded project (see more information here), “Spoken Word Data: Artistic Interventions in the Everyday Spaces of
COVID-19 alters focus of cyberespionage
This was a piece published on 11 June 2020 that I wrote on COVID-19 and cyberespionage. Copyright belongs to Oxford Analytica and the link to the live piece is available here. The rapid spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic has altered the strategic goals and intensity of cyberespionage. Calls by the UN and civil society
Starting at Durham…
It’s always odd starting a new job, but I think this is going to be strange doing this remotely. I’ve bought myself a new notebook, pen, and hopefully little things like this will make the difference to provide a break between the monotonous environment of the home office. I’m really looking forward to getting involved
Zoom Obscura; a new collaborative research project
For more information see ZOOM OBSCURA – EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CALL I’m very excited to announce that I am part of a brand new project on the politics and ethics of video-calling, which was brought into fruition by the hard work of Pip Thornton at the University of Edinburgh’s Creative Informatics. This develops on work
Future of UK Cyber Security Research
Over the Christmas period and New Year of 2020 (what a different world back then!) I spent (at least) two months pulling together data on research spending in ‘cyber security’ across France, Germany, Israel, Singapore, the USA and the UK. This was done with another then research associate in the Bristol Cyber Security Group, Brit