News (44)

Interface uses innovation project as an exemplar of University - SME collaboration
Dec 7, 2016

Summary	Interface, one of the leading supports for innovation ventures between universities and SMEs in Scotland, has showcased a collaboration between an SME Plansafe Solutions and Edinburgh Napier University.
People	Robert Kukla Alan Cannon
Research Areas	Software systems
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems
URL	http://interface-online.org.uk/case-studies/plansafe-solutions

Basil Manoussos (Manager @ The Cyber Academy) delivers keynote at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Scottish Paralegal Association
Apr 18, 2019

Summary	Basil Manoussos, Manager of The Cyber Academy delivers keynote presentation at the Annual Conference of the Scottish Paralegal Association in Glasgow, titled "Cyber threats to law firms: Do you want to be part of the statistics?"
People	Basil Manoussos
Research Areas	Cyber-security Criminology
URL	https://twitter.com/BasilatNapier/status/1119015894179512320

Scottish Cyber Awards: Basil Manoussos (Manager of The Cyber Academy) nominated for Cyber Evangelist of the Year
Oct 10, 2018

Source	Scottish Cyber Awards Website
Summary	Basil Manoussos, the Manager of The Cyber Academy at the School of Computing is a finalist for the prestigious Cyber Evangelist of the Year (2018)
People	Basil Manoussos
URL	https://www.scottishcyberawards.co.uk/scottish-cyber-awards-2018-finalists-announced/

Big Data in Cyber Security Conference
May 31, 2018

Summary	Big Data in Cyber Security Conference held at Craiglockhart
People	Basil Manoussos
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
URL	http://www.bigdataincybersecurity.com/

OSINT - Open Source Intelligence course
May 22, 2018

Summary	OSINT course delivered to Scottish Paralegal Associatio
People	Basil Manoussos
URL	https://thecyberacademy.org/events/past-events

SOCLAB Launch
Apr 11, 2018

Summary	Official launch of SOCLAB, the new SOC facility in Merchiston Campus
People	Basil Manoussos
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
URL	https://thecyberacademy.org/soclab-launch

Evolutionary Robotics Research Nominated for Best Paper Award
Jul 15, 2018

Summary	Prof. Emma Hart, Dr Andreas Steyven and Prof. Ben Paechter have been nominated for a prestigious best paper award at the GECCO 18, Kyoto, Japan for new work in evolving a diverse team of swarm robots
People	Emma Hart Andreas Steyven Ben Paechter
Outputs	Evolution of a Functionally Diverse Swarm via a Novel Decentralised Quality-Diversity Algorithm
Research Areas	Optimisation and learning Evolutionary Swarm Robotics
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems
URL	http://gecco-2018.sigevo.org/index.html/tiki-index.php?page=HomePage

CAVES researchers have 3 papers accepted at GECCO 2017
Jul 15, 2017

Summary	Members of the CAVES research group have 3 papers accepted at the world's leading conference on Evolutionary Computing. GECCO 2017 will be held in Berlin from 15-19th July 2017. Accepted papers are: Real World Applications Track: Evolving Solution Choice and Decision Support for a Real-World Optimisation Problem. Neil Urquhart and Achille Fonzone A Hybrid Method for Feature Construction and Selection to Improve Wind-Damage Prediction in the Forestry Sector. Emma Hart, Kevin Sim, Barry Gardiner, Kana Kamimura Complex Systems TracK An Investigation of Environmental Influence on the Benefits of Adaptation Mechanisms in Evolutionary Swarm Robotics. Andreas Steyven, Emma Hart, Ben Paechter
People	Neil Urquhart Emma Hart Kevin Sim Andreas Steyven Ben Paechter
Research Areas	Optimisation and learning
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems
URL	http://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/index.html/Accepted+Papers

Promising cyber security project supported by new Scottish Enterprise funding
Sep 21, 2022

Summary	TrueDeploy, an exciting project from the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment (SCEBE) at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), has secured £199,952 in additional support from Scottish Enterprise. The project has received the funding as part of Scottish Enterprise’s High Growth Spin-out Programme (HGSP). It was previously awarded £73,418 from HGSP and £31,973 from Innovate UK’s CyberASAP programme. TrueDeploy helps enterprises improve their software security and protect privacy through innovative distributed ledger and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) technology. This latest funding puts it on course to launch next year.
Linked Funders	SE Scottish Enterprise
People	Pavlos Papadopoulos Nanik Ramchandani Bill Buchanan
Projects	TrueDeploy - Scottish Enterprise HGSP Company Creation
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
URL	https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/truedeploy-supported-by-new-scottish-enterprise-funding

Double funding success for School of Computing
Mar 21, 2022

Source	Edinburgh Napier
Summary	Two projects from Edinburgh Napier’s acclaimed School of Computing have won funding from a programme which develops innovative cyber security ideas for the commercial market. TrueDeploy and Trustd are being supported by CyberASAP, which is itself funded by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport working with Innovate UK.
Linked Funders	Innovate UK
People	Bill Buchanan
Projects	TrueDeploy - CyberASAP Phase 1 LastingAsset: Crypto assets custodial solution
Research Areas	Cyber-security
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Security
URL	https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/cyberasap-2022