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Research Interests
To deliver research that enables the accurate and ethical measurement of security and cybercrime. By measuring security and cybercrime we can monitor improvement, evaluate interventions and inform regulators. This reveals which techniques work and provides the missing economic incentives to improve security and reduce cybercrime.
Personal Statement
I deliver research that enables the accurate and ethical measurement of security and cybercrime. By measuring security and cybercrime we can monitor improvement, evaluate interventions and inform regulators. This reveals which techniques work and provides the missing economic incentives to improve security and reduce cybercrime. I work with researchers across disciplines to understand the full picture. More information on my personal page.
I am Director of the University of Strathclyde's Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Security metrics for computer systems, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sept 2015
Award Date: 22 Oct 2016
External positions
Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sept 2019
Keywords
- security
- cybercrime
- ethics
- measurement
- vulnerability
- networks
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Influence policing - mapping the links between preventive policing and new media (SIPR)
Thomas, D. (Principal Investigator)
11/04/22 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Robustness-as-Traceability: Secure and Legal Calibration Workflows in IoT (RoasT - IoT)
Nagaraja, S. (Principal Investigator), Ahmed, C. M. (Co-investigator), Andriychuk, O. (Co-investigator), Daly, A. (Co-investigator) & Thomas, D. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/01/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Assessing the aftermath: the effects of a global takedown against DDoS-for-hire services
Vu, A. V., Collier, B., Thomas, D. R., Kristoff, J., Clayton, R. & Hutchings, A., 13 Aug 2025. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The ethics of psychological manipulation in adversarial conversational AI: confronting the recognition-behaviour gap
Aboshi, A.-A. S., Thomas, D. R. & Moshfeghi, Y., 7 Jul 2025, CUI '25: Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces. Sin, J., Law, E., Wallace, J., Munteanu, C. & Korre, D. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1-6 6 p. 78Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
Prizes
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CDCD Digital Research Prizes Best Impact from a Data-Led Project: Joint Winner
Thomas, D. (Recipient), 7 Jun 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Department of Computer Science and Technology Cambridge Ring Publication of the Year 2025: Runner-up
Thomas, D. (Recipient), 15 Apr 2026
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)