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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are happy to inform you about the 1<sup>st</sup> Edition of the
<b>Zurich Cybersecurity Summer School </b>(July 7th – July 11th 2025 at University of Zurich) on the topic of
<b>human factors in cybersecurity and privacy</b>. The main focus of this summer school lies on
<b>interdisciplinary research methods</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Are you an early career researcher (Master thesis or PhD project) and you have a background and interest in cybersecurity / privacy / HCI / human factors or related fields? Do you want to enhance your research skills
with methods from various fields? Are you a practitioner and you would like to learn about structured approaches how to answer research questions of interest? Or are you simply interested in effective communicating and ethically reflecting on complex research
endeavors in cybersecurity and privacy?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you answer one of these questions with yes, apply for this summer school until April 30<sup>th</sup> 2025!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In this summer school, jointly organized by
<b>ZHAW, University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich</b>, you advance your own research project / proposal with the help of lectures, interactive session, exercises, discussions, … – we are aiming to provide detailed knowledge and hands-on experience, the participants
of this summer school are going to understand in-depth and apply interdisciplinary research methods (e.g. mixed-methods approaches, the use of AI in research) from the field of Social Sciences, but also with inputs from Computer Science. We also connect with
the industry and organize an exclusive session at <b>IBM Research</b> in Rüschlikon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The full program and more details about how to apply are on our website:
</span><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="https://cyrenzh.ch/summer-school-2025/"><span lang="EN-US">https://cyrenzh.ch/summer-school-2025/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The summer school is sponsored by IBM Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are looking forward to many applications and we thank you for sharing this advertisement in your networks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof. Dr. Nico Ebert<br>
ZHAW School of Management and Law<br>
Institute of Business Information Technology<br>
8401 Winterthur<br>
Switzerland</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.zhaw.ch/iwi"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">www.zhaw.ch/iwi</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">New CAS Cyber Risk Awareness:
</span><a href="http://www.zhaw.ch/iwi/cascyra"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">www.zhaw.ch/iwi/cascyra</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Join the Cyber Resilience Network For The Canton Of Zurich:
</span><a href="https://cyrenzh.ch/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">cyrenzh.ch</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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