19th Seminar of the Swedish IT-Security Network for PhD students (SWITS)

The purpose of SWITS:
– To enhance cooperation between Swedish PhD candidates and research labs
– To identify PhD courseware usable on national level and make these available to participating departments
– To identify existing PhD courses at Swedish Universities/ University Colleges and make them available for all students within the network
– To participate in the organization of compact IT security courses or summer schools for PhD students at international level and open them for all students of the network
– To share outside/expert lecturers

Participants
IT security researchers and research groups of the following Universities/University Colleges are part of the network: Karlstad University, Chalmers University of Technology, Stockholm University, KTH, Skövde University, Linköping University, Örebro Univeristy, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Luleå University.

Activities
Annual 2-days SWITS seminars are held each spring in which:
– Supervisors give an overview to their research areas
– Ph.D. students have the possibility to present their research work, to get feedback and inspirations from other students and supervisors
– Research methodologies in IT security are discussed
– Introductory tutorials are given

This year the seminar SWITS seminar took place in June 3-4th, June 2019 in Karlstad, Sweden. COINS supported three PhD students to attend the seminar: Ahmed Amro, Livinus Obiora Nveke and Muhammad Mudasser Yamin.

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