Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, September)
Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2014), Glasgow
This presentation will outline some new research related to the Heartbleed vulnerability, and cover the full technical details of the threat, with a live demo. Along with it w...
Guiding learners to near native fluency in English through an adaptive programme of activities which includes phoneme and prosody analysis.
Presentation / Conference
Lawson, A., Attridge, A., & Lapok, P. (2014, September)
Guiding learners to near native fluency in English through an adaptive programme of activities which includes phoneme and prosody analysis. Paper presented at Eurocall 2014, University of Groningen
This project aims to address pronunciation problems of English language learners. Current pronunciation software tools mainly address phonemic difficulties and give little or ...
Mobile User Authentication System for E-commerce Applications.
Presentation / Conference
Molla, R., Romdhani, I., Buchanan, W. J., & Fadel, E. Y. (2014, June)
Mobile User Authentication System for E-commerce Applications. Paper presented at International Conference on Advanced Networking, Distributed Systems and Applications 2014, Bejaia, Algeria
E-commerce applications provide on-line clients and merchants with a quick and convenient way to exchange goods and services. However, the deployment of these applications is ...
Reliable Hierarchical Cluster Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks.
Presentation / Conference
Eshaftri, M., Essa, A., Qasem, M., Romdhani, I., & Al-Dubai, A. (2014, June)
Reliable Hierarchical Cluster Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. Paper presented at International Conference on Networking, Distributed Systems and Applications : INDS 2014
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have recently become an integral part of a wide range of systems such as surveillance, target tracking, security and health management sy...
Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, April)
Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security. Presented at Napier 400 - Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software Symposium, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
As we move into an Information Age, the requirement for computer security increases by the day, only in terms of privacy, but also in terms of proving identity and in verifyin...
Embedding programming skills to support the student journey in networking, security and digital forensics.
Presentation / Conference
Lawson, A., & Macfarlane, R. (2014, April)
Embedding programming skills to support the student journey in networking, security and digital forensics. Paper presented at HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014: Enhancing the STEM Student Journey, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
The development of programming skills by Networking graduates, and Security and Digital Forensics graduates is highly sought after by employers, both in industry, and in acade...
The Risks and Opportunities of Mobile Working within Cloud Environments.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J., & Smales, A. (2014, February)
The Risks and Opportunities of Mobile Working within Cloud Environments. Paper presented at Practical Perspectives on Secure Mobile Working, Edinburgh
This presentation outlines the changing architecture of business systems, and with the increasing use of Cloud-based systems. It outlines some of the key risks around using mo...
The future of computer science education and observations from on-line learning.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January)
The future of computer science education and observations from on-line learning. Paper presented at Higher Computing Science National Qualifications Support, Edinburgh
This session will look at the opportunities at the present time and in the future for Computing, and provide key pointer to the skills that are required to undertake a career ...
The New Enlightenment in Scotland.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January)
The New Enlightenment in Scotland. Paper presented at Secure Scotland, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
Scotland, as a nation, has been built on enterprise and innovation, and, at one time, led the world in terms of enlightenment for its scientific and cultural approach. This pr...
Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January)
Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material. Presented at LTT 2014, Holyrood, Edinburgh
This presentation outlines the collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Bright Red Publishing