About CRANE

CRANE – Cyber security Research And Networking Environment – is funded by UKRI EPSRC (grant ref number: EP/Z534845/1) until 2030. The purpose of the funding is to strengthen the UK’s Cyber Security Research Community.

We seek to effect a lasting enhancement on the landscape of cyber security research in the UK, fostering a vibrant and interdisciplinary research environment, enriched by challenge and insight from a wide array of stakeholders.


Leadership team

The lead and co-leads are accountable for CRANE.

Andrew Martin
Professor of Systems Security
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford

Lynne Coventry
Professor of Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity and Computing
Abertay University

Adam Joinson
Professor of Information Systems
School of Management
University of Bath

Steven Murdoch
Professor of Security Engineering
Department of Computer Science
University College London

Mark Ryan
Professor in Computer Security
School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham

Project team

Heather Browning-Lee
Programme Manager
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford

Maya Comfort
Communications Officer
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford

Pauline Perez
Project Administrator
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford


Board

The Board brings input from the wider community to help shape the direction and programme of CRANE.

Click here to see the Community Advisory Board Members
Dr. Pamela Richards (University of Central Lancashire) – Chair
Prof. Andrew Martin (University of Oxford) CRANE PI
Prof. Adam Joinson (Bath University) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Steven Murdoch (UCL) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Lynne Coventry (Abertay University) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Shujun Li (University of Kent)
Prof. Steven Furnell (Nottingham University)
Prof. Muttukrishnan Rajarajan (City St George’s, University of London)
Prof. Siraj Ahmed Shaikh (Swansea University)
Prof. Lorenzo Cavallaro (UCL)
Dr. Lucas Cordeiro (University of Manchester)
Prof. Bill Buchanan (Edinburgh Napier University)

Independent Steering Group

Click here to see the Steering Group Members

Chris Johnson (Chief Scientific Advisor DSIT, Queen’s University Belfast) – Chair
Prof. Andrew Martin (University of Oxford) CRANE PI
Prof. Adam Joinson (Bath University) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Steven Murdoch (UCL) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham) CRANE Co-I
Prof. Lynne Coventry (Abertay University) CRANE Co-I
Dr. Pamela Richards (University of Lancashire) CRANE Advisory Board Chair
Prof. Alice Hutchings (University of Cambridge)
Dr. Nick Allott (CEO, NquiringMinds Ltd)
Prof. Angela Sasse (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Prof. Paul Watson (Newcastle University)
Romnik Thind (Portfolio Manager, EPSRC)