ECCWS 2027
26th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security
Biographies
Below are the ECCWS Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.
Conference and Programme Chairs
Tiago Cruz is Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra. His research interests cover areas such as management systems for communications infrastructures and services, critical infrastructure security, broadband access network device and service management, internet of things, software defined networking and network function virtualization (among others), being the author of more than 60 publications, including chapters in books, journal articles and conference papers.
Paulo Simões is Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra. His main research interests are Security, Network Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection. He has over 150 journal and conference publications in these areas. He has been involved in several European research projects. He has been involved in several European- and industry-funded research projects, with both technical and management activities. He was also co-founder of two technological spin-off companies in these areas.
Keynote Speakers
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Mini Track Chairs
Oludolamu Onimole is a cybersecurity professional, researcher and Microsoft Security MVP specialising in phishing, Business Email Compromise, identity security, artificial intelligence and cyber resilience. He has contributed to cybersecurity research and professional communities through academic publications, conference peer review, industry writing and cybersecurity mentoring. He has served as a reviewer for international cybersecurity conferences, including the European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), and contributes to research and professional discourse on emerging cyber threats and defensive strategies. His work focuses on understanding evolving social engineering and identity-based threats and developing practical approaches to improving organisational cyber resilience
Dr. Char Sample is an assistant professor of cybersecurity at Marshall University. Dr. Sample has 40 years of industry experience beginning in software development, through product test and integration, and finally as a researcher (both applied and academic). Dr. Sample’s research areas are all cybersecurity related with an interest toward decision-making in cybersecurity.
Dr Iain Reid is a Senior Lecturer in Cybercrime in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth in the UK. He is an Expert Fellow of SPRITE+, Member of SASIG, and was previously a Founding Committee Member of the Defence and Security Psychology Section. In addition, Iain is the Course Leader for the Professional Doctorate in Security Risk Management and is the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Research Group Lead. Iain’s research interests focus on defensive cyber deception, software development and security, cyber conflict, and lie detection.