Dr Ethan Bayne

Contact info

e.bayne@abertay.ac.uk

+44 (0)1382 30 8510

Biography

Education

2006 - 2008 Abertay University BSc Computing and Networks
2012 - 2013 Abertay University MSc (Distinction) Ethical Hacking and Computer Security
2013 - 2016 Abertay University PhD for a thesis entitled "Accelerating Digital Forensic Searching Through GPGPU Parallel Processing Techniques"

Employment

2007 - 2008 Applications and Development Technician Perth & Kinross Council Developed and maintained in-house software applications for corporate use.
2008 - 2013 ICT Technician Perth & Kinross Council Supporting large-scale ICT infrastructure and software for corporate and education environments.
2016 - Present Lecturer Abertay University Division of Cyber Security

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Teaching
Research

Dr Bayne has taught a range of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level since 2013. Topics include:

Digital Forensics
Computer Security (Reverse Engineering, Web Application Hacking)
Object Oriented Programming (Java, C#)
Microprocessors and Electronics
Software Engineering
Computer Architecture
Operating Systems

Interests

Dr Bayne's research interests are within the cyber security theme. His current research investigates the application of massively-paralleled processors (GPGPUs) and modern pattern matching algorithms to the problem of digital forensics searching. Asides from parallel computing and pattern matching algorithms, he has current interests in computer security, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT).

He is currently supervising a PhD project that aims to investigate deep learning Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) for IoT.

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Funding

RLincs PhD Studentship circa £80k
Nvidia GPU Seeding grant circa £1.3k

Esteem

Invited Talks

2017 SEGi University (Malaysia) Invited talk about IoT and the future of cybersecurity.
2017 KDU University (Malaysia) Invited talk about cybercrime and the security of connected cities.