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Distinguished Fellow To Talk on Real-Time Human Action Recognition
Jun 1, 2017

Summary	ICSA DVF Professor Nasser Kehtarnavaz will be speaking about “Real-Time Human Action Recognition via Simultaneous Utilization of Depth Images and Inertial Signals” on Monday 19 June at 10am at Edinburgh Napier University (The Glass Room).
People	Bill Buchanan
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
URL	http://thecyberacademy.org/human/

Professor Invited To Give Evidence at Scottish Parliament Committee on Cyber Attacks within Health Care
May 31, 2017

Summary	Prof Bill Buchanan, who leads The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University, has been invited as a witness at the Health and Sport Committee within the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 20 June 2017. The invite relates to recent cyber-attacks on health and social care, and the key focus will be on the state of preparedness across health and social care to combat future attacks.
People	Bill Buchanan
Outputs	DACAR platform for eHealth services cloud.
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	Health AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security

Hutchinson Networks Partnership Changing The World Through Innovation
Feb 2, 2017

Summary	A partnership between Hutchinson Networks and The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh has been showcased in the application of SDN (Software Defined Networks) into health and social care, and in innovative Cyber Security training.
People	Bill Buchanan
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
URL	https://youtu.be/5hvqNxcHEWA

Edinburgh Napier spin-out heads for London showcase
Dec 3, 2016

Source	The Scotsman
Summary	Edinburgh is becoming one of the best cities in the World to be into tech, and this week one of Edinburgh Napier University's spin-outs - Cyan Forensics - represents the booming tech industry in the city.
People	Rich Macfarlane Bill Buchanan
Outputs	Fast contraband detection in large capacity disk drives Approaches to the classification of high entropy file fragments.
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
URL	http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/tech/five-edinburgh-start-ups-heading-for-london-showcase-1-4305937

Researchers Find New Ways To Investigate Big Data Infrastructures With Minimal Disruption
Aug 5, 2016

Summary	Researchers, including Dr Petra Leimich, Prof Bill Buchanan and Josh Harrison, in The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier, have created a new way of analysing the traces of evidence left in the memory of computers running within Big Data infrastructures.
People	Petra Leimich Bill Buchanan
Outputs	A RAM triage methodology for Hadoop HDFS forensics
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security

Exciting New Collaboration with Hutchinson Networks
Jun 30, 2016

Summary	Exciting New Collaboration with Hutchinson Networks Aims To Build A Virtual Bank For Advanced Security Operations Training
People	Gordon Russell Rich Macfarlane Bill Buchanan
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security

FBI to present on Big Data in Cyber Security at International Conference
Apr 1, 2016

Summary	FBI to present on Big Data in Cyber Security at International Conference
People	Gordon Russell Rich Macfarlane Petra Leimich Bill Buchanan Jamie Brogan
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security

Massive Crypto Flaw Discovered
Apr 1, 2016

Summary	Massive Crypto Flaw Discovered
People	Bill Buchanan
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security

Two out of Four Predictions for the Next Skyscanner Are Spin-outs from Edinburgh Napier
Feb 5, 2016

Summary	Two out of Four Predictions for the Next Skyscanner Are Spin-outs from Edinburgh Napier
People	Bill Buchanan
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security

School of Computing Group Project Prize 2020
May 4, 2020

Source	Edinburgh Napier News
Summary	The winners of the best group project 2020 are chosen in an online event by Computershare.
People	Brian Davison
Research Areas	Software systems
Themes	AI and Technologies
URL	https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools/school-of-computing/student-stories/computershare-awards-2020