SWITS
Swedish
IT Security Network for PhD Students
Purpose
The Swedish IT-Security Network for PhD students (SWITS) was created in
2001 with the purpose
· 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, Linköping University, Örebro Univeristy,
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Högskolan i Kalmar, 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
Communication
A SWITS email distribution list (swits@cs.kau.se), on which more than
40 network participants are currently subscribed, is used to distribute
information about the SWITS seminars, IT security PhD courses, summer
schools, courseware and IT security conferences/events.
Financial
Support
SWITS is supported by KBM
in 2008 and has in the past be supported by the Swedish
KK-Foundation.
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