Advanced persistent threat and Insiders.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2015, January)
Advanced persistent threat and Insiders. Paper presented at Advanced Persistent Threat, London
With an increase in the range and mobility of devices which connect to the network, there are now so many opportunities for intruders to compromise systems. Leading with the r...
Is British HCI Important? A topic-based comparison with CHI
Presentation / Conference
Padilla, S., Methven, T. S., & Chandler, M. J. (2014, September)
Is British HCI Important? A topic-based comparison with CHI. Paper presented at HCI 2014 - Sand, Sea and Sky - Holiday HCI
We have applied topic modelling to the full-text British HCI and CHI corpora in order to automatically derive one hundred topics and their trends. We use these to compare the ...
What To Study In HCI? A Reflection Based On CHI and UK Research Data
Presentation / Conference
Padilla, S., Methven, T. S., Robb, D. A., & Chantler, M. J. (2015, April)
What To Study In HCI? A Reflection Based On CHI and UK Research Data. Presented at What to Study in HCI? Workshop at CHI’15: 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
HCI is a wide, varied, and complex field that covers a broad spectrum of research. We therefore believe that there is no simple answer to the question 'what to study in HCI?' ...
Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Ekonomou, E., Lo, O., & Thuemmler, C. (2012, February)
Case Study: moving towards an e-health platform to store NHS patient Information in the cloud. Paper presented at Cloud Computing in the Public Sector: The Way Forward, London
Case Study: Moving Towards an e-health Platform to Store NHS Patient Information in the Cloud The NHS pilot scheme to store patient information in the Cloud How can the health...
The challenges of Big Data: future risks, governance and trust.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2013, March)
The challenges of Big Data: future risks, governance and trust. Paper presented at The Future of Cyber Security 2013, London, UK
The emphasis in computer security is moving from end point security towards data controls, and this is becoming an increasing threat as we move into an era build around Big Da...
Innovation in cloud environments.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2012, June)
Innovation in cloud environments. Paper presented at Future of Technology, Royal Society of Edinburgh
This presentation outlines the future of technology.
Identifying areas of vulnerability.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J. (2015, April)
Identifying areas of vulnerability. Presented at Scot-secure 2015, Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
Using penetration testing to highlight areas of weakness with practical steps for improving the security of your organisation.
Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online.
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2015, June)
Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015
This paper is concerned with how online information contributes to the determination of personal reputations. The term “personal reputation” in this context means the reputati...
D-FET – A community cloud for enhancing skills using virtualised environments and cloud-based infrastructures.
Presentation / Conference
Buchanan, W. J., & Macfarlane, R. (2011, June)
D-FET – A community cloud for enhancing skills using virtualised environments and cloud-based infrastructures. Paper presented at Scottish Higher Education Employability Conference: Strengthening Partnerships with Employers, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh
The use of virtualised and cloud-based environments provide an excellent opportunity to enhance learning and to provide students with skills which match exactly to the require...
A dynamic connection capability for pervasive adaptive environments using JCSP
Presentation / Conference
Kosek, A., Syed, A., Kerridge, J., & Armitage, A. (2009, April)
A dynamic connection capability for pervasive adaptive environments using JCSP. Paper presented at AISB 2009 Convention, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
The house, office or warehouse environment is full of
devices that make users’ life and work easier. People nowadays use personal computers, laptops, Personal Digital Assistan...