Cybercrime Summer School

The 8th Strathclyde International Perspectives on Cybercrime Summer School will run Monday 25th-Friday 29th August 2025 at the University of Strathclyde with a research symposium on Monday 25th August. Registration is open until 12:00 on Friday 15th August and students (PhD, MSc, UG), practitioners, and academics are welcome to register.

We have 50 sponsored places available. SPRITE+ are sponsoring 5 tickets with accommodation and travel for PhD students who are members of SPRITE+ (membership is free) see their call document for details on how to apply (deadline 16th May). The Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) have sponsored 30 tickets for anyone, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) have sponsored 10 places for their members (membership is free) and policing colleagues, The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) Cyber have sponsored 5 places for Scottish students. If you wish to apply for a voucher funded by RISCS, SIPR, or SICSA then please fill in our voucher application form.

The interdisciplinary summer school is jointly organised by the University of Strathclyde, Scotland; Simon Fraser University, Canada; OTH Amberg-Weiden, Germany; and OTH Regensburg, Germany. Organisers: Daniel R. Thomas, Frazer Sandison, George Weir, Richard Frank, Patrick Levi, Sebastian Fischer, and Chelsea Jarvie.

Details of the 7th edition in 2024 are still available.

2025 sponsors

SPRITE+ Security, Privacy, Identity, Trust, Engagement, NetworkPlus logo

RISCS Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security logo

SIPR | Scottish Institute for Policing Research (logo)

SICSA* The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance

Information for participants

Attendees of the summer school should bring their own laptops with them for the practical sessions.

Reading materials for participants are available.

Schedule

Subject to change without notice. Last updated 2025-08-26.

  Start Length Session Theme Topic Speaker
Monday research symposium August 25th 2025
 9:00 30 Registration      
9:30 5
Session 1.1
   Welcome George Weir (University of Strathclyde)
9:35 30 AI AI Security - RAG Systems and others Patrick Levi (OTH AW)
10:05 30 Vulnerabilities Exploiting Vulnerabilities Leo Schiller (OTH Regensburg)
10:35 20 Break      
10:55 30
Session 1.2
 AI Seeing is Not Believing: Testing Human Ability to Identify AI-Generated Videos Emmet Robins (Simon Fraser University)
11:25 30 AI & Law AI & Law Rebecca Owens (Durham University)
11:55 30 Data Privacy Data rights as a research
methodology		 Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews)
12:25 50 Lunch      
13:15 30
Session 1.3
 AI & CNI Intrusion Detection in Smart Factories using ML Darren James Fürst (OTH AW)
13:45 30 Quantum Security in the UK's quantum computing ecosystem Tom Murdoch (University of Strathclyde)
14:15 30 AI & Law How do you regulate a problem like AI? The merits and pitfalls of human rights-based approaches to AI regulation Birgit Schippers (University of Strathclyde)
14:45 20 Break      
15:05 30
Session 1.4
 CNI & Resilience Digital resilience of industrial CNI systems
Dimitrios Pezaros (University of Glasgow)
15:35 30   Panel discussion Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews), Tom Murdoch (University of Strathclyde), Dimitrios Pezaros (University of Glasgow), Birgit Schippers (University of Strathclyde)
16:05   End      
Tuesday summer school August 26th, 2025
 9:30 15
Session 2.1
   Introductions Richard Frank (Simon Fraser University)
9:45 45 Data Privacy Cumulative Revelations in Personal Data: Some methodological insights Emma Nicol (University of Strathclyde)
10:30 45 Identity Identity George Weir (University of Strathclyde)
11:15 20 Break      
11:35 45
Session 2.2
Hardware security
A Secure BF Interpreter in CHERI
Jeremy Singer (University of Glasgow)
12:20 45
13:05 50 Lunch      
13:55 45
Session 2.3
CNI
On the Future of Cybersecurity for Our Infrastructure
Charles Weir (Lancaster University)
14:40 45
15:25 20 Break      
15:45 30 Session 2.4   Panel discussion Charles Weir (Lancaster University),
Jeremy Singer (University of Glasgow), Emma Nicol (University of Strathclyde)
16:15   End      
Wednesday summer school August 27th 2025
 9:30 45
Session 3.1
 AI AI and crime Richard Frank (Simon Fraser University)
10:15 45 Motivations Motivations and decision making in cybercriminals John McAlaney (University of Bournemouth)
11:00 20 Break      
11:20 45
Session 3.2
 Phishing Campaign
Phishing Workshop - Design
Richard Frank (Simon Fraser University)
12:05 45  
12:50 50 Lunch      
13:40 45
Session 3.3
 Phishing Campaign
Phishing Workshop - Implementation
Richard Frank (Simon Fraser University)
14:25 45  
15:10 20 Break      
15:30 30 Session 3.4   Panel discussion John McAlaney (University of Bournemouth), Richard Frank (Simon Fraser University), Manmeet Kaur Mahinderjit Singh (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
16:00   End      
Thursday summer school August 28th 2025
 9:30 45
Session 4.1
 Data privacy Age verification Chelsea Jarvie (University of Strathclyde)
10:15 45 Disinformation How hard is it to identifying disinformation?
Richard Frank (Simon Fraser University)
11:00 20 Break    
11:20 45
Session 4.2
 Global Trends The Next Wave of Cybercrime: AI-Driven Scams in the ASEAN Landscape Manmeet Kaur Mahinderjit Singh (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
12:05 45 Fraud Never Meet Your Heroes: Understanding Why People Fall for Celebrity Deepfake Scams Emmet Robins (Simon Fraser University)
12:50 50 Lunch      
13:40 45 Session 4.3 Networks DDoS Daniel Thomas (University of Strathclyde)
14:25 20 Break      
14:45 45   Policing Influence government Daniel Thomas (University of Strathclyde)
15:30 30 Session 4.4   Panel discussion Daniel Thomas (University of Strathclyde), Chelsea Jarvie (University of Strathclyde)
16:00   End      
Friday summer school August 29th 2025
 9:30 30
Session 5.1
 Privacy Security and Privacy for Whom? Partha Das Chowdhury (University of Bristol)
10:00 30 Identity Cognitive Processes and Educational Interventions in Children’s Password Practice Maria Lamond (University of Abertay)
10:30 20 Break      
10:50 45
Session 5.2
 Policing Evaluating law enforcement interventions in cybercrime ecosystems Ben Collier (University of Edinburgh)
11:35 45 CNI Critical National Infrastructure and the Utilities James Irvine (University of Strathclyde)
12:20 50 Lunch      
13:10 45
Session 5.3
 Negotiation
Talking with the Enemy: Ransom Negotiation strategies
Mark Cunningham-Dickie (QuorumCyber.com)
13:55 45  
14:40 20 Break      
15:00 45 Session 5.4   Closing panel discussion James Irvine (University of Strathclyde), Mark Cunningham-Dickie (QuorumCyber.com)
15:45   End