CRANE exists to strengthen the cyber security research community, supporting developing and nurturing research across academic disciplines throughout the UK. In pursuing this goal we prioritise developing researcher careers and building on regional strengths.
To achieve this, we are promoting the development of regional groups, encouraging the exchange of insights, and enabling researchers to build networks, disseminate outcomes, and build profiles.
Regional seminar series
As part of this effort, we are working with Regional Co-ordinators to deliver a series of hybrid seminars, complemented by in-person networking events, to engage the cyber security research community within each region.
This series is run in collaboration with the Cyber Security & Resilience Seminar Series (CySe3), an online seminar programme. For the purposes of this initiative, we are using the UK regions as defined by the ONS as a starting point, while maintaining flexibility in how these are applied.
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
East
East Midlands
London
North East
North West
South East
South West
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
To find out about upcoming regional seminars and events, please visit our events page
Recordings of past regional seminars
Wales Regional Seminars:
Multiparty Computation for Privacy Preserving Computing – December 2025
This seminar discussed aspects of secure multiparty computation taking MPyC as primary example.
Presentation video: watch here
Vehicular Security – September 2026
Presentation video: coming soon
North East Regional Seminars:
Enhancing Trust in AI: Uncertainty Estimation and Detection Frameworks – March 2026
A hybrid event held at Northumbria University
Presentation video: watch here
Demo video: watch here
Cyber-Physical Systems Security (CPSSec) – July 2026
Presentation slides – download here
Northern Ireland Regional Seminars:
Empowering Business and Society in the Age of Industry 5.0 and AI – March 2026
Presentation video: watch here
Scotland Regional Seminar
Scottish Government Cyber Security Strategy and what it means for research – April 2026
West Midlands Regional Seminars:
Cyber Security Emerging Threats – June 2026
Presentation video: watch here
North West Regional Seminars:
A Whole Systems Approach to Securing Industrial CNI Systems – June 2026
Presentation video: watch here
South East Regional Seminars:
Cyber Security Futures 2026: Strengthening Collaboration Between Academia and Industry – August 2026
Presentation video: watch here
If you would like to support the Regional Co-ordinator in your area please get in touch: crane@cs.ox.ac.uk