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2-day Workshop on Responsibility and Accountability in Safety-Critical AI Applications | SPRITE+ Hub You are warmly invited to join Julian Padget and Andrew Peck for an interactive round-table discussion exploring risk, attribution and accountability in the use of AI.

We invite you to join Julian Padget and Andrew Peck for a SPRITE+ funded workshop exploring risk, attribution and accountability in the use of AI 🤖

📅 Date: 12th -13th January 2026
📍 Location: University of Bath

🔗 Learn more and register your interest here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#AI

This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Dr Edward Chuah, Principal Investigator of a SPRITE+ funded AIM (Academic-Industry Meeting) day secondment project with BT Group from March -… An AI-based Approach for Detecting Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) in Large Networks

Did you know that Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) can remain undetected in networks for months, causing massive damage? 🔍

▶️Learn more by watching Dr Edward Chuah's talk at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase: youtu.be/4qeI_GnuCEs?...

#CyberSecurity #APTDetection

In this introductory talk, SPRITE+ Co-Director Prof. Emma Barrett will outline the potential risks and harms associated with immersive technologies such as virtual reality, mixed reality, and… Lunch and Learn with Prof. Emma Barrett: TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies

We recently hosted @crimepsychblog.bsky.social for our fifth Lunch + Learn talk of the year: 'What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?

▶️ Watch SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett's talk here: youtu.be/kDxM1r-A5oM?...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn #ImmersiveTechnology

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Dr. Rahat Masood From Sophistication to Coordination: Decoding the Next Generation of Social Bot Behaviour and Detection

⌛One week until our final Lunch and Learn of the year!

Dr. Rahat Masood, Senior Lecturer at the School of Computer Science & Engineering, UNSW will join us to explore the next generation of social bot behaviour and detection 🤖

🔗 Register to attend here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme - Expression of interest deadline: 31 January 2026

We're excited to share a list of interested overseas partners for the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme! 🛫

🌐 Visit our website to see 10+ global universities & organisations who have expressed interest in hosting a researcher, and their areas of interest: www.spritehub.org/global-partn...

This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Dr Huma Shah (Coventry University), organiser of the Innovation Forum 'Best Practices for Trust in the Use of Generative AI Tools… Do you know your AI from your Generative AI?

What does the general public understand about artificial intelligence (AI)? And how are generative AI tools being used in the public and private sector? 🤖

▶️ Learn more about Dr Huma Shah's investigation by watching her recent talk at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase: youtu.be/k5KVDUaNdSw?...

#GenAI #AI

SPRITE+ Expert Clinic: speak to an expert about a TIPSS challenge Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert?

Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) challenge?

If so, our Expert Clinic Programme is the ideal opportunity to meet with a subject matter expert!💡

➡️ Learn more about the programme here: www.spritehub.org/sprite-exper...

#SPRITEplus #ExpertClinic

What is the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme? Much of the current research on digital Trust, Identity, Privacy, and Security (TIPS) takes place in the context of developed western economics. Yet… SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme webinar

🖥️ Did you miss last week's Global Partners Programme webinar?

If so, you can now watch the recording on our YouTube channel, where we cover topics including: selection criteria, applicant eligibility and travel policy

▶️ Watch the webinar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5eb...

#FundingCall

💼 We often blame technology for cyber risks, but could organisational culture be the hidden vulnerability? At the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase, Midori Nishioka, PhD (Social Machines) and Dr Lena Podoletz… Improving Cybersecurity Through Culture: Temperature Platform and its Development

💼 We often blame technology for cyber risks, but could organisational culture be the hidden vulnerability?

Midori Nishioka and Dr Lena Podoletz explore how organisational culture can drive and influence cybersecurity behaviours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWJ7...

#Cybersecurity #WorkplaceCulture

Applications Open for Fully Funded Training on Responsible AI for Educators and Researchers: Financial Support Available - JournoTECH Selected participants can receive support from a small inclusion fund to cover data or internet access, making the training accessible to everyone.

⌛ Applications closing soon: Fully Funded Training on Responsible AI for Educators and Researchers

We're excited to be funding a 2-day training programme run by @journotech.bsky.social.

🔗 Apply here: journotech.org/applications...

#AITraining #ResponsibleAI

SPRITE+ Expert Clinic: speak to an expert about a TIPSS challenge Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert?

📢 Calling all organisations facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem!

Could you benefit from the input of a specific Digital TIPS Expert? 💡

➡️ Learn more about the SPRITE+ Expert Clinic Programme: www.spritehub.org/sprite-exper...

#SPRITEplus #ExpertClinic #DigitalTIPS

📢 Join us for our final Lunch and Learn of the year with Dr. Rahat Masood!

'From Sophistication to Coordination: Decoding the Next Generation of Social Bot Behaviour and Detection'

🔗 Register to join here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPS #SocialBots

This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Dr Nikolai Kazantsev, Co-Investigator of the Innovation Forum 'Building swift trust in supply chains: bridging technology with social… Building Swift Trust in Supply Chains: Bridging Technology with Social Interactions

How can we use digital tools to help build swift trust in supply chains? 🤔

📽️ Watch Co-Investigator Nikolai Kazantsev's presentation on this SPRITE+ funded Innovation Forum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bl7...

#SPRITEplus #DigitalTIPS #CyberSecurity #FinancialFraud #DigitalTrust #DataAnalytics #FinTech

SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme SPRITE+ is inviting UK based SPRITE+ members to submit proposals for our “TIPS in Global Context: Identifying Untapped Research Opportunities” program.

🌐 We're inviting UK based SPRITE+ members to submit proposals for the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme!

➡️ Learn more and apply via our website: www.spritehub.org/global-partn...

🖥️ Join us online for a live Q&A on Tuesday 18th November, 1pm to 1:30pm GMT: lnkd.in/ecvT_Nwn

#GlobalPartnersProgramme

Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems | SPRITE+ Hub A workshop focused on threat modelling to counter systemic cyber risks from combining shadow AI, sleeper agents, malware and disinformation in autonomous AI attacks in digital identity systems.

⚙️ Upcoming workshop: 'Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems'

⏰ Registration deadline: 12:00pm, Monday 24 November 2025

🔗 Register here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#SPRITEplus #TheAlanTuringInstitute #CyberSecurity

🕹️ What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?

Join us next week for our November Lunch + Learn talk with SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett!

🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPSS #VR #MixedReality #AR

Applications Open for Fully Funded Training on Responsible AI for Educators and Researchers: Financial Support Available - JournoTECH Selected participants can receive support from a small inclusion fund to cover data or internet access, making the training accessible to everyone.

💡Fully Funded AI Training Available for Educators and Researchers!

@journotech.bsky.social invites applications to participate in an upcoming 2-day online training for educators and researchers globally.

🔗 Apply here: journotech.org/applications...

#SPRITEplus #AITraining #FundedTraining

💬Ever tried correcting someone’s misinformation online, and they just doubled down?

This SPRITE+ funded sandpit project explores the factors behind direct fact-check rejection. Hear from Principal Investigator Grégoire Burel: youtu.be/GWNfDmXLaC8?...

#SPRITEplus #Misinformation #FactChecking

This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Luca Viganò, Principal Investigator of the 'UNMASKED: The Theatre of Inauthenticity' sandpit project. Luca is a Professor of Informatics at… UNMASKED: The Theatre of Inauthenticity

🎭 When it comes to the online world, not everything is as it seems...

Project UNMASKED used theatre to explore how digital inauthenticity can be exposed, understood, and even used responsibly.

▶️ Learn more about this project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=in8h...

#DigitalTrust #DigitalIdentity

SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme - Live Q&A session Join our live Q&A session to answer any additional questions you might have about the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme.

We're thrilled to announce the launch of the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme! 🌐

➡️ Learn more about this new research funding opportunity and apply here: www.spritehub.org/global-partn...

#SPRITEplus #GlobalPartnersProgramme #FundingCall #Research #DigitalEconomies

Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems | SPRITE+ Hub A workshop focused on threat modelling to counter systemic cyber risks from combining shadow AI, sleeper agents, malware and disinformation in autonomous AI attacks in digital identity systems.

📢 Together with @theturing.bsky.social, we invite you to our upcoming workshop, 'Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems.'

➡️ Register to attend here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#CyberSecurity #DigitalTrust #OpenSource

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Emma Barrett What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?

What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies? 👩‍💻

Join us for this introductory talk with SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #EPSRC #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPSS #VR #MixedReality #AugmentedReality #ImmersiveTechnology

SPRITE+ Community of Interest: Extended Reality TIPSS Join the SPRITE+ Community of Interest on Extended Reality TIPSS to get involved in online events, an adhoc newsletter and opportunities within our Deep Dive Project.

✉️ Join the SPRITE+ Extended Reality TIPSS Community of Interest!

Sign up to our Community of Interest to get involved in online events, receive an ad hoc newsletter, and stay up to date on opportunities within our Deep Dive project: www.spritehub.org/sprite-commu...

#SPRITEplus #XR #DigitalTIPSS

This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Lena Podoletz and Dr Edward Apeh, Principal and Co-Investigator of the 'FinFraudSIM: Financial Fraud Simulative Analytic Research Platform'… FinFraudSIM: Financial Fraud Simulative Analytic Research Platform

💰We trust our digital systems more than ever, but what happens when the fraudsters do too?

Curious to learn more? Hear from Dr Lena Podoletz and Dr Edward Apeh in their insightful talk at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase: youtu.be/lT3bywCwHR8?...

#SPRITEplus #CyberSecurity #FinancialFraud #DigitalTrust

'Through the Looking Glass?' The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps. In this talk, Dr Jennifer Cearns discusses how Generative AI is challenging some of the analytical frameworks we… SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Digital Futures & Jennifer Cearns: 'Through the Looking Glass?'

How is Generative AI challenging some of the analytical frameworks we think about self and other with? 👥

▶️ Watch our latest Lunch + Learn talk with Dr Jennifer Cearns to learn more: youtu.be/YasTQcAMYh4?...

@digitaluom.bsky.social

#SPRITEplus #DigitalIdentity #MentalHealthApps #GenAI

Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon - Policy solutions Read about the policy solutions proposed by our Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon participants.

Last month, we teamed up with Chatham House to deliver a virtual Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon 🪪

✅ Read about each group's policy solution: www.spritehub.org/digital-iden...

▶️ Watch the winning group's presentation: youtu.be/l8dJGgMO77E?...

#SPRITEplus #ChathamHouse #PolicyHackathon

Successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants Introducing our successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants!

📢Introducing our successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants!

Earlier this year, we opened applications for seed funding to support exchange visits between UK and UNSW TIPSS researchers.

🔗 Read all about the successful applicants: www.spritehub.org/successful-s...

#SPRITEplus #IFCYBER #TIPSS

This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Prof Philip Fei Wu, Principal Investigator of the 'Misinformation Intervention Countermeasure for Health Advice (MICHA): Benevolent Bots for… Benevolent Bots for Combatting Misinformation in Online Health Forums

⚠️ It’s no secret that social media is filled with false and misleading health information. To address this issue, project MICHA aimed to use AI to help fight back against health misinformation.

▶️ Learn more: youtu.be/bOWuQLVW9P8?...

#SPRITEplus #EPSRC #AI #BenevolentBots #HealthMisinformation

SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase Presentations Watch the talks presented at our 2025 online showcase, with topics including AI vs Generative AI, Supply Chain Trust and Network Security.

Did you miss any of the talks from our 2025 online showcase?

If so, you can now catch the recordings of all 12 talks on our website!

▶️ www.spritehub.org/sprite-2025-...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #Showcase #DigitalTIPS #DigitalTrust #DigitalIdentity #DigitalPrivacy #DigitalSecurity

University of Strathclyde’s Cybercrime Summer School 2025 - participant blog Hear from PhD students Fatemeh Faraji, Jerahmeel C. Madumere, Jessica Richards and 'Mayowa Tijani about their experiences of attending the Cybercrime Summer School 2025.

Read our latest blog to hear from 4 PhD students about their experiences of attending the University of Strathclyde's Cybercrime Summer School 2025 ⬇️
www.spritehub.org/university-o...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #SummerSchool #PhD #UniversityOfStrathclyde #Funding #ECRs #CyberCrimeSummerSchool