School of Computing News

Domestic abuse perpetrators are increasingly using digital and online technologies to monitor, threaten and humiliate their victims, according to a new Home Office report co-authored by Dr Jason Nurse, Associate Professor in Cyber Security at the University's School of Computing and Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS). Based on a project funded by the UK Home Office Domestic A...

Professor Andrew Hone, Associate Member of the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS), is working with the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) on a new project, Huge Primes, which focuses on prime numbers and primality testing. This project aims to give school students throughout the UK the opportunity to learn techniques from mathematics and cryptography that underpin the sec...

Congratulations to Rodney Adriko, MSc Cyber Security graduate, who won the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) Student Project of the Year Award! We caught up with Rodney to find out more about his time at Kent, his plans for the future his award-winning project. Could you tell us about your experiences studying at Kent? The world evolved...

We are pleased to announce that the University has been awarded £1.148 million from the latest Office for Students (OfS) Capital Funding Competition in recognition of our commitment to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).   The funding will support the expansion of our natural sciences (Biosciences, Physics & Astron...

The School of Computing hosted the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Canterbury Regional Tournament last month, in collaboration with The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Congratulations to the challenge winners, Kemsing Primary School, who will progress to the England and Wales National Final, taking place in February! In addition to the winning team from Kemsing Primary Sc...

Earlier this year, Institute for Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) member Dr Jason Nurse contributed to a government-commissioned Ipsos MORI report, titled 'Consumer Attitudes Towards IoT security'. This report detailed the findings of an online survey of the UK public, exploring consumer purchasing behaviour of, and attitudes towards connected devices. This report has now been cited in government plans for new legislation, The Product Security and...

The School of Computing at the University of Kent will host the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Canterbury Regional Tournament on Wednesday 8 December 2021, in collaboration with The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The global STEM challenge for 9-16 year olds aims to inspire youth and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics. The LEGO League sees teams ...

A new policy report co-led by Dr Jason Nurse, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) and School of Computing, has found that the number of programmes and students engaged in cybersecurity within higher education are growing. This is also complemented by an increase in state-level initiatives across Europe in cybersecurity skills. As a consequence, the number of graduates in the next 2...

The Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent has been awarded a grant from End Violence's Tech Coalition Safe Online Research Fund. The project, 'Understanding and improving help-seeking by people at risk of perpetrating online child sexual exploitation and abuse', will explore interventions that aim to reach those people who are at r...

School of Computing PhD candidates will showcase their research online, on gather.town, on Wednesday 24 November, from 2pm to 4pm. 22 Computing PhD candidates will present their work in the virtual environment, where attendees will be able to ‘walk’ around the room and engage with the presenters. Attendees and participants can also vote for their 3 favourite posters or presenta...