Dr Ross Horne
Senior Lecturer
Computer and Information Sciences
Personal statement
My security & privacy research concerns protocols used to connect devices and people in our digital society. I work to mitigate challenging threats where it is not obvious whether or not attackers can manipulate protocols so that they may, for instance, masquerade using someone elses identity or profile activities. A threat model precisely specifies the capabilities of attackers in such a way that logical methods may be employed to show the presence or absence of attack vectors.
I have a broad interest in interdisciplinary thinking that is required to solve real problems, for which we need to combine multiple methodologies in order to understand cyber threats and measures.
My lays down several research directions in more detail. Notably it also explains my research in concurrency theory, which is important for understanding how to reason precisely about computing involving two or more parties, with protocols being a prime example.
Publications
- Bursuc Sergiu, , Mauw Sjouke, Yurkov Semen
- (2023)
- , Mauw Sjouke, Yurkov Semen
- 2022 IEEE 35th Computer Security Foundations Symposium, CSF 2022 35th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium, CSF 2022 Proceedings - IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium Vol 2022-August, pp. 364-379 (2022)
- Aubert Clément, , Johansen Christian, Mauw Sjouke
- Computers and Security Vol 165 (2026)
- Gil Pons Reynaldo, , Mauw Sjouke, Stutz Felix, Yurkov Semen
- Information Security and Cryptography Information Security and Cryptography (2026)
- Liu Tiange, Tiu Alwen,
- 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory, CONCUR 2025 36th International Conference on Concurrency Theory, CONCUR 2025 Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs Vol 348 (2025)
- Forsyth Ellie,
- CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol 3947, pp. 100-108 (2025)
Professional Activities
- Peer reviewer
- 16/9/2025
- Speaker
- 11/8/2025
- Participant
- 19/6/2025
- Participant
- 11/6/2025
- Participant
- 24/4/2025
- Participant
- 4/3/2025
Projects
- Horne, Ross (Principal Investigator)
- Plan for commercialising contactless payment protocol.
- 15-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Horne, Ross (Principal Investigator)
- Visiting PhD student Biagio Boi, University of Salerno. Funded by EU COST Action
- 03-Jan-2024 - 21-Jan-2024
- Horne, Ross (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- Horne, Ross (Principal Investigator)
- Project running from 2020 to 2024. Funds researcher mobility and workshops associated with the EU. Membership committee member.
- 23-Jan-2020 - 22-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Ross
Horne
Senior Lecturer
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: ross.horne@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3397