Annual Informatics Schools Lecture: Cybersecurity and privacy

Are you a GCSE or A-Level student interested in computing? Join us here at King's for our annual informatics schools lecture! Dr Kovila Coopamootoo, will explore the vital topics of cybersecurity and privacy, highlight research helping to keep us all safe online.

Talk description
The internet is present in almost every corner of our modern lives, with mobile technology giving us access almost anywhere at any time. Whilst this has made our lives better in many ways, it has also made us potentially more exposed to harms, for example from bad actors or from other online platform users.

Thankfully, computer scientists across the world are working against these bad actors, helping to enhance the safety of all internet users, and keep digital spaces safe and welcoming.

Join Dr Kovila Coopamootoo to explore the world of cybersecurity, privacy and online safety, to see how researchers at King’s are working to keep the internet safe. Kovila will explore the challenges in ensuring users' security and privacy online, in particular for at-risk users like children or migrants, and risky situations such as sharing your personal information and content online.

About the Speaker

Dr Kovila Coopamootoo is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science within the Cyber Security Group at King’s College London. Her research is at the intersection of privacy, security, AI and human-computer interaction, with a keen interest in disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised user communities. Her research has been published at top-tier venues.

Prior to joining King’s, Kovila was an Academic Track Research Fellow at the Secure & Resilient Systems Group at Newcastle University. She obtained her PhD in the area of usable privacy at Cranfield University (Defence & Security campus in Shrivenham), her MSc Information Security with distinction, at Royal Holloway University of London and her BEng Computer Science & Engineering with first class honours, at the University of Mauritius.

Additional information

This event is aimed at those aged 16+. Younger attendees are welcome, but please note that attendees under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. For school groups, tickets are limited to 20 students per booking, to ensure a larger number of schools can attend. If you are aged 14–18 and booking for yourself, please check with a parent or guardian before booking your place.

Registration for this event will take place in reception in the main Strand Building entrance. This is on the Strand, the opposite side of St Mary Le Strand Church from Bush House. Refreshments will be served in the Engineering Quad Labs and the Lecture will take place in the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre.

This event is organised by the Department of Informatics at King’s College London, together with the Faculty Outreach Team. If you have any questions or would like any further details, please email nmes-outreach@kcl.ac.uk.