AI Security Research Showcases

This event will showcase AI cybersecurity research, including the work of the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR)to government, industry and academic stakeholders, support the advancement of the research projects, and provide an opportunity to strengthen connections across our community.

To join this event, registration is required. If you’re interested in participating, simply email us at cybercapacity@cs.ox.ac.uk

For more info on the GCSCC AI Cybersecurity Conference 2025 click here

 

 

Time

 

 

10:30 - 11:00

 

Registration, tea & coffee

 

 

11:00 - 11:15

 

 

Opening Remarks

Jamie Saunders, Oxford Martin School Fellow and Technical Board Member, GCSCC, University of Oxford

 

 

11:15 – 12:15

 

Panel: Unpacking the Complexity of the AI Supply Chain

Speakers:

Melina Beykou, Product and Technology Consultant, Plexal

Ingrid Aguiar Schlindwein, Research Associate, GCSCC, University of Oxford

Paul Miller, Professor, Queens University Belfast

 

 

 

12:15 – 13:15

 

 

Lunch Break (self-arranged)

13:15 – 14:45

LASR Research Showcases

Breaking the Guardrails: Recent Attacks Against AI Agents’ Alignment
Ihsen Alouani, Senior Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast , CEO, Upper Bound

AI Kill Planes: A Novel Threat Model for AI
Cagatay Yucel, Senior Research Associate, GCSCC, University of Oxford

How AI Developments are Reshaping Cyber Security in CNI
Darren Lewis, Senior Lead, Technical and Commercial, Plexal

The UK’s AI Security Market
Stuart Nelson, Innovation Associate, Plexal

 

 

14:4515:10

 

Research Showcase I

AI Red Teaming: Ensuring Robustness and Security in Large Language Models

Noor Munir, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Oxford Martin Programme AI Threat Detection

 

 

15:10 – 15:30

 

Research Showcase II


Incorporating a Large Language Model into an Argument-structured Collaboration among Cyber Experts

John C. Mallery, CTO WFA Group, LLC

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

 

Mid-afternoon Tea

 

 

16:00 – 17:00

 

LASR Opportunity Call – Agentic AI Security Project Presentations

Darren Lewis, Senior Lead, Technical and Commercial, Plexal

 

 

17:00 – 19:00

 

Informal Networking

Kings Arms, 40 Holywell St, Oxford OX1 3SP