IIT Mandi workshop 2020: Great event to focus on adversarial cyber security

IIT Mandi workshop on adversarial cyber security will taken place on 23 and 24 September this year. It is going to have talks from a number of leading academicians and industry experts.

IIT Mandi workshop is a part of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) to enhance educational linkages between the two countries.

IIT Mandi workshop 2020

The two day IIT Mandi workshop is jointly organised by Applied Cognitive Science Laboratory of IIT Mandi, Cyber Security Research Center, London Metropolitan University, UK and Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Innovation and Collaboration, UK.

IIT Mandi workshop will discuss the influence of adversarial cognition on the decision making of adversaries, the prevalence of several cyber defence strategies, and the use of game-theoretic and machine learning tools and techniques in cyber security research.

The two-day IIT Mandi workshop will be particularly beneficial to engineering students, researchers, engineers and scientists working in various institutes, and those who are curious to learn new things alike.

Speaking about the IIT Mandi workshop Dr. Varun Dutt, Coordinator of the workshop and Associate Professor, School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, IIT Mandi, said this UKIERI-DST workshop would be the first of its kind between IIT Mandi and London Metropolitan University, UK.

IIT Mandi workshop is an excellent forum for top cybersecurity researchers and industry practitioners to share their views on defenses against cyber threats, he said.

Cyber security refers to the protection of internet-connected systems from an attack, damage or unauthorised access.

Apply Now – SAGE University, Indore Madhya Pradesh

It is important because, these days, most of the data is kept on the computers and other devices, which may include sensitive information for which unauthorised access or exposure could have negative consequences.

Speaking more about IIT Mandi workshop Professor Karim Ouazzane from

Speaking about the workshop, Professor Karim Ouazzane, Professor, London Metropolitan University, UK said, the exponential growth of the internet interconnections has led to significant growth of cyber attack incidents often with disastrous and grievous consequences.

Our society, economy, and critical infrastructures have become largely dependent on computer networks and information technology solutions.

Cyber attacks become more attractive and potentially more disastrous as our dependence on information technology increases.

Therefore, this international workshop is timely and it will enable businesses, academics and experts to share knowledge and exchange best practices in the field of cyber security and raise awareness about cyber threats and risks, he said.

Along with the organising institutes, eminent researchers and scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, University of Kent, UK, Cardiff University, UK, University in Dublin, Ireland, and Carnegie Mellon University, USA, will also be taking part in the two day IIT Mandi workshop to showcase their work in the area of cyber security.

Speaking about the collaboration, Dr. Cyril Onwubiko, Founder, Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Innovation and Collaboration, UK, said IIT Mandi workshop is a great opportunity demonstrates the long-standing bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and India.

‘By partnering with world-class institutes in IIT Mandi, India and London Metropolitan University we aim to provide to our audience outstanding experience and high quality keynotes and talks in a fast paced, digitally-enabled modern society from notable industry experts and academics. And I am looking forward to the workshop.’

The objectives of this two day IIT Mandi workshop are:

@ Discussion on the influence of adversarial cognition on the decision-making of adversaries as single individuals and teams

The workshop will cover research related to adversarial mental models, the influence of recent and frequent experiences on adversarial decisions and adversarial strategies for waging cyber attacks

@ Discussion on the prevalence of several cyber defence strategies

The workshop will cover research that discusses the use of honeypots (deception), intrusion detection systems and other approaches for monitoring suspicious network-related activities

Also read ‘KC Mahindra Scholarship enables deserving youth to undertake higher studies‘

@ Discussion on the use of game-theoretic and machine learning tools and techniques in cyber security research

In this workshop, discussion on different cyber security games that allow researchers to compute optimal nash actions and deviations from adversary actions from nash actions is proposed

@ To impart knowledge and experience sharing about the cognitive and social aspects involved in the cyber attacks and cyber defence

People willing to take part in the IIT Mandi workshop can visit its website ‘http://acslab.org/ukieri/’ to make their submissions.

The last date to make submissions this IIT Mandi workshop 31 August. Registrations for taking part in the workshop is free.

The organising institutes are hopeful that this UKIERI-DST sponsored workshop will also help pave the way for research collaboration in the near future.

As a part of its agenda, the workshop will host a number of talks as well as student presentations.

This event is expected to be a stepping stone to more academic collaborations between IIT Mandi and London Metropolitan University in the near future.