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… 11 maart 2020 DKE cybersecurity research Zoekresultaten Apostolis Zarras, cybersecurity expert at UM’s Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE), talks about his research into cybersecurity, why humans are the weak link and – topically enough – malware attacks. In the wake … coordinates the research area cybersecurity. He holds a Ph.D. in IT Security from the Ruhr-University Bochum and conducted postdoctoral research at Technical University of Munich before joining UM. His research interests include systems, network, and web security. Nick Bos during UM's symposium detailing the lessons learnt from the cyber attack What is ransomware? “Ransomware is a type of malicious software that tries to infiltrate a system, encrypts data, and demand a ransom in exchange for making … it also piggybacks on other malicious software, such as a keylogger, which collects an administrator’s passwords and tries to get onto other systems if the passwords are the same or similar.” Another common threat is phishing. “That is, for example, a website that looks like the login page of your bank and asks you for your password. That’s why banks now have a two-factor authentication system: you log on and then receive an SMS message with an additional code, or the likes.” In his research, Zarras …
… 11 maart 2020 DKE cyber security research Zoekresultaten Apostolis Zarras is cybersecurity-expert bij het Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) van de Universiteit Maastricht. Een gesprek over zijn onderzoek, de mensen als zwakke schakel en – heel toepasselijk – … coordinates the research area cybersecurity. He holds a Ph.D. in IT Security from the Ruhr-University Bochum and conducted postdoctoral research at Technical University of Munich before joining UM. His research interests include systems, network, and web security. Nick Bos during UM's symposium detailing the lessons learnt from the cyber attack Wat is ransomware? “Ransomware is een type kwaadaardige software dat probeert een systeem binnen te dringen. Daar versleutelt het data en vraagt vervolgens … zoals een keylogger, die paswoorden van administrators verzamelt en probeert andere systemen binnen te dringen als de paswoorden hetzelfde zijn, of op elkaar lijken.” Een andere veelvoorkomende bedreiging is phishing. “Dat is bijvoorbeeld een website die eruit ziet als de login-pagina van jouw bank die om je paswoord vraagt. Daarom hanteren banken nu het systeem met dubbele authenticatie: als je inlogt krijg je een sms met een tweede code, of iets soortgelijks.” In zijn onderzoek kijkt …
… 18 januari 2018 Dit artikel is alleen beschikbaar in het Engels Zoekresultaten The EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will oblige companies to have a data protection officer, to inform authorities and affected individuals of security breaches, and to invest in data encryption … could be really problematic.” He emphasises the importance of educating people. “Nowadays you have to understand that having your password saved in a text file on your computer is like writing your PIN on your bank card, or that opening a compromised website with JavaScript running can allow malware onto your computer.” Florian Raith Faculty of Science and Engineering Apostolis Zarras is an assistant professor at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University. His research focuses on systems, networks and web security. CPU & you – software everywhere The threat of malware, a contraction of malicious software, is by no means limited to laptops; anything with a CPU, which includes all smart devices (phones, cars, vacuum cleaners, etc.), can be affected. …
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… 12 jun 09:00 - 17:30 Data science workshop series Zoekresultaten Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe, is when you take a large task, break it down into smaller - micro - pieces and send it out to a large group of people to perform each microtask in parallel for a monetary reward. … assessment. Maribel Acosta is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Methods (AIFB), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Her research interests include big data, query processing, and semantic web. Her work includes the combination of semantic web technologies with human-based computation to enhance the quality of knowledge graphs. In particular, she has applied microtask crowdsourcing to complete missing statements in knowledge graphs from different domains including Geography, History, and …
… 22 mei 2019 Zoekresultaten Twee nieuwe H2020-projecten aan de horizon voor het Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering: Dr. Apostolis Zarras is betrokken bij PREVISION en Dr. Alexia Briassouli versterkt het MindSpaces-consortium. Het Horizon 2020-programma van de Europese Unie financiert projecten … verschillende organisaties van wetshandhavers binnen Europa. Dr. Apostolis Zarras is assistant professor bij het Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering. Zijn expertise ligt in het domein van de veiligheid van systemen, netwerken en het web. … Twee nieuwe H2020-projecten aan de horizon voor het Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering: Dr. Apostolis Zarras is betrokken bij PREVISION en Dr. Alexia Briassouli versterkt het MindSpaces-consortium. … Twee nieuwe H2020-projecten …
… 4 juni 2019 Zoekresultaten A group of bachelor’s students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) and Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) won the Eramet challenge at the VivaTechnology Hackathon in Paris during the weekend of May 18. The challenge required participants to provide … the production line, we would be able to transfer and update information about the product, its origins and so on via QR-codes linked to a cloud database.” “In addition, we included an ethical and social dimension by using sentiment analysis via web articles, in real-time, and anonymised workforce information. Any additional positive efforts that the company makes in the environmental, ethical or social domain can be included in these metrics. The metrics would then be turned into a score that … €5000 and the opportunity to further develop their idea. “Bravo à la team Green Print”, Eramet wrote on Twitter accompanied by a photo of the winning team posing with the multinational’s smiling executives. Indeed, bravo! Relevant links Go to the FSE website … A group of bachelor’s students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) and Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) won the Eramet challenge at the VivaTechnology Hackathon in Paris during the weekend of May 18. … A group of bachelor’s …
… 8 januari 2018 Maastricht researchers are bridging the gap between art, data and computer science Zoekresultaten Why do we consider some art to be more beautiful than others? Can computers predict our preferences and use this information to create art? What are the logics behind our … . Interactive questionnaire The questionnaire, launched today, is not a traditional survey but a type of computer game. The researchers developed the tool in collaboration with game/interaction designers at Prefrontal Cortex and web designer Thimo Pagen. Participants are asked to change the compositions through short, interactive assignments. The resulting data is used to examine the universal rules of visual composition. In the final part of the questionnaire, participants …
… 14 september 2022 Visit the ET Pathfinder! Zoekresultaten Can you use bananas to make music? Is it possible to see a star during daytime? Have you ever played Tetris with life-sized 3D blocks, or met a robot? And what does a university look like anyway? Find the answers to these … on September 21. From our side, you can expect a Science Fair, special attention for the fun of mathematics, a few other surprising activities, and tours of ETpathfinder (tours by registration only; registration opens up on September 21 via this web page ). Participation is entirely free of cost. Faculty of Science and Engineering The ETpathfinder will be a testing ground for laser interferometry: the technique used to measure gravitational waves. Watch this video about the construction. … …
… 3 mei 2022 Facts & Fables about the preparation of Liberal Arts education for master’s education Zoekresultaten Too broad, too vague, too little disciplinary depth – these arguments are often used by critics when talking about Liberal Arts Education (LAE). Especially the question to … predetermined, monodisciplinary and academically narrowly focused, the LAE curriculum is broad, multidisciplinary and open to students to choose their own courses from multiple disciplines. In this way, LAE students can design their own academic profile. Ultimately, each student chooses an academic focus, but for only 50% of the bachelor’s credits. The other 50% of the credits are used for skills training, projects and courses outside the chosen discipline. In this way, a broader academic … disciplinary depth and therefore are insufficiently prepared for a specialised master's programme and further career is perhaps the most frequently mentioned criticism of LAE," Milan Kovačević explains. Proponents of LAE argue the opposite: the broad profile combined with comprehensive skills education would prepare students well for master's programmes and the modern labour market. Despite relatively less disciplinary expertise, their broad background and skills would allow LAE students to quickly …
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… 11 jul 16:30 - 19:30 Maastricht Systems Biology Forum Zoekresultaten This edition of the Forum is focussed on classification methods applicable to problems in physiology and biology. The aim is to provide new points of contact and stimulate discussion amongst diverse groups of … has been established, and RNA-seq data of atrial tissue samples and detailed clinical characteristics of patients with and without AF have been acquired. This talk will focus on various strategies to explain observed differences in gene expression profiles by means of patient phenotype. 17:50 Tissue Cell Type Heterogeneity in health and disease Gökhan Ertaylan (MaCSBio) Tissue homeostasis is maintained at the cellular level, such that tissues are composed of diverse types of cells interacting to … drinks/snacks 19:30 End Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Oxfordlaan 55 (OXF55) 6229 EV Maastricht Jo Ritzenzaal Drinks and snacks provided Relevant links MaCSBio Website Follow MaCSBio on Facebook Follow MaCSBio on Twitter Systems Biology Master's Programme … This edition of the Forum is focussed on classification methods applicable to problems in physiology and biology. The aim is to provide new points of …