We’re delighted to share a host of upcoming events and opportunities. First up is our Regional Seminar in Wales—join us in person or online for insightful discussions and expert perspectives. You can also catch up on the latest updates from our Inclusive Careers WG and Research Practices SIG. And don’t forget to save the date for our inaugural All-Hands meeting, which will bring together academics, industry partners, and public sector collaborators for two days of collaboration and the opportunity to shape the future of CRANE.

MPyC is a Python package introduced in 2018 as a versatile framework for programming MPC solutions. This seminar will discuss aspects of secure multiparty computation taking MPyC as primary example. It will highlight developments in usability, security, performance, and deployment of MPyC typical for the wider developments in MPC, touching on a wide range of topics such as outsourcing, threshold cryptography, fixed-point arithmetic, vectorized processing, and public verifiability. The seminar will also discuss practical and commercial deployment of MPC by Roseman Labs, based on their C++ MPC engine with crandas (“encrypted pandas”) as Python front-end for secure data collaboration.

Register to join in-person or online via the links below.

The Inclusive Careers Working Group is a space where we can come together to discuss how to make cybersecurity research career development and opportunities accessible, fair and equitable for everyone. We aim to create a networking culture that supports all researchers development, regardless of their background, identity, or career stage.

Why get involved?

By joining, you will have the chance to shape how we approach inclusivity in CRANE. Whether you have lived experiences to share, innovative ideas to contribute, or just a passion for inclusion, your voice matters.

January Meeting

In the January meeting we will discuss the proposed code of conduct and hold a short workshop to map out the barriers to career progression. 

Register to join via the link below.  If you are unable to join this meeting but would like to take part in the Working Group please contact us at crane@cs.ox.ac.uk

Please save the date for our upcoming CRANE All-Hands Meeting. This event will bring our community together to strengthen connections, hear insights from guest speakers, participate in thematic workshops, and help shape the future direction of CRANE.  Further details, including how to register, will be published in the new year.

To assist in the development of guidance and policy engagement, the Research Practices SIG would like to identify available resources that address practices relevant to cybersecurity research, including (but not limited to):

Please identify resources even if they are not publicly available. We are interested in both resources that include good practices that you think the SIG should follow, as well as resources which are problematic in some aspects. 

Use the form below to submit details of resources, you can fill this form in multiple times if you have more than one resource you would like to share.

We are delighted to launch the CRANE Travel Bursary. CRANE is committed to ensuring equitable access to all meetings, research opportunities, and resources. As part of this commitment, the bursary has been created to remove financial barriers and support community members in attending in-person CRANE events.  

Priority will be given to ECRs and those who have limited access to alternative travel funds.

Do you have news you want to share with the CRANE community? We invite you to share any events, calls, opportunities, publications or training opportunities in future editions of this newsletter.  Please send your news to crane@cs.ox.ac.uk to be included in the next edition.

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