ECCWS Biographies

Below are the ECCWS Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.

Conference and Programme Chairs

Dr. Martti Lehto, (Military Sciences), Col (GS) (ret.) works as a Research Director (Cyber security) in the Faculty of Information Technology in the University of Jyväskylä. He has over 30 years’ experience as developer and leader of C4ISR Systems in the Finnish Air Force. He is Cyber security and Cyber defence researcher in the IT Faculty. He has over 200 publications, research reports and articles on the areas of C4ISR systems, cyber security and defence, information warfare, air power and defence policy. Since 2001 he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Military Magazine. He also acts as a director of Finnish Center of expertise for Cybersecurity (FICEC).

Dr. Mika Karjalainen holds a PhD in information technology. Dr. Mika Karjalainen is a distinguished expert in the field of cybersecurity and an esteemed faculty member at JAMK University of Applied Sciences. Dr. Karjalainen completed his doctoral studies with a focus on cybersecurity, specifically focusing for the learning in cyber security exercises and the pedagogical foundations of cyber ranges. At JAMK University of applied Sciences Dr. Karjalainen serves as Vice rector.


Keynote Speakers

Colonel Janne Jokinen has a long career in cyber-related positions at the Finnish Defence Forces. From March 2024 he is the director of the C5 Agency in Jyväskylä, which, amongst several other duties, has the largest and broadest scoped cyber defence unit in Finland. Previously he was the deputy division (J6) head at the Defence Command responsible for coordinating cyber throughout the Finnish Defence Forces and government-wide. Col Jokinen has a PhD degree in physics, and master’s degrees in physics, military electronic systems engineering, and psychology. He is a docent (adjunct professor) of signals intelligence and electronic warfare at the Finnish National Defence University, a docent of Cyber Security at the University of Jyväskylä, and is a licensed psychologist

Stefan Lee was appointed by the Government of Finland as Deputy Director of National Cyber Security in 2022. The main areas of his responsibilities cover external dimensions of national cyber security related to foreign- and security policy, defence and national security as well as international cooperation and dialogue with relevant domestic stakeholders as well as with allies and partners. Stefan is also currently the Vice-Chair of the Management Board of the EU Cybersecurity Agency, ENISA. Prior to his current position, Stefan was a career diplomat at the Ministry for Foreigns Affairs of Finland with work experince in both bilateral and multilateral diplomacy including, inter alia, Deputy Director of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and Head of team on security policy and technology (cyber and technology diplomacy) at the political department of the MFA. He has served abroad in Finnish missions to the Hague, Seoul and Geneva. Stefan holds Master’s degrees from both ETH Zurich of Switzerland and Hanken School of Economics of Finland. He is fluent in Finnish, Swedish, English and Korean and has basic knowledge of French and German.

Mini Track Chairs

Dr Olga Angelopoulou is an Assistant Professor in Cyber Security at the University of Warwick. Olga completed her doctorate in digital forensics in 2010 at the University of South Wales (Glamorgan) and is an active researcher in the field. She previously held academic posts at the University of Derby and the University of Hertfordshire. Olga is also the Editor-in-Chief for Information Security Journal: A global Perspective. Her research interests include digital investigations, cybercrimes, incident response and online fraud. She has several publications and presentations in the field and is involved in numerous scholarly activities. 

Dr. Sabarathinam Chockalingam is a Research Scientist I at the Institute for Energy Technology in Halden, Norway. Saba has a PhD in Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence from the Delft University of Technology and MSc in Cyber Security and Management from the University of Warwick. His research interests include cyber security, risk management, and safety.

Dr Tiago Cruz received his Ph.D. degree in informatics engineering from the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal), in 2012. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra. His research interests include areas such as management systems for communications infrastructures and services, critical infrastructure security, broadband access network device and service management, Internet of Things.

Christoph Lipps, graduated in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern, where he meanwhile lectures as well. He is a Senior Researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern, Germany, heading the Cyber Resilience & Security Team of the Intelligent Networks Research Department. His research focuses on Physical Layer Security (PhySec), Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biometrics and Security in the Sixth Generation (6G) Wireless Systems.

Dr. ir. Clara Maathuis is an Assistant Professor in AI and Cyber Security at the Open University in the Netherlands. With a PhD in AI and Military Cyber Operations from the Delft University of Technology, she is involved in teaching different AI and cyber security courses and conducts research in AI, cyber/information operations, military technologies, and social manipulation

Matthias Rüb graduated in physics at the University of Kaiserslautern. His fields of work included laser physics, molecular magnets, photoemission spectroscopy and ultrafast electron dynamics in 2D-materials. He works as a Researcher and Ph.D candidate at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern. His topics of interest include Body-Area-Networks, Artificial Intelligence and security applications.

Dr Keith Scott Is Programme Leader for English Language at De Montfort University in Leicester. His research operates at the intersection of communication, culture and cyber, with particular interests in influence, information warfare, and simulations and serious gaming as a training. teaching, and research tool. He is a member of the Prometheus Research group, supported by the UK Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, which investigates the application of cybernetics and systems thinking within the context of warfare, as well as more general considerations of AI and pervasive technology.

Dr Paulo Simões received his Ph.D. degree in informatics engineering from the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal), in 2002. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra. His research interests include network and infrastructure management, security, critical infrastructure protection.

Workshop Facilitators