The Swedish IT-Security Network for PhD students

Purpose
- To enhance cooperation between Swedish PhD candidates and research labs
- To identify PhD courseware usable on national level and make these available to participating departments
- To identify existing PhD courses at Swedish Universities/ University Colleges and make them available for all students within the network
- To participate in the organization of  compact IT security courses or summer schools for PhD students at international level  and open them for all students of the network
- To share outside/expert lecturers

Participants
IT security researchers and research groups of the following Universities/University Colleges  are part of the network: Karlstad University, Chalmers University of Technology, Stockholm University, KTH, Skövde University, Linköping University, Örebro Univeristy, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Luleå University.

Activities
Annual 2-days SWITS seminars are held each spring in which:
- Supervisors give an overview to their research areas
-    Ph.D. students have  the possibility to present their research work, to get feedback and inspirations from other students and supervisors
-    Research methodologies in IT security are discussed
-    Introductory tutorials are given