Department of Informatics, King’s College London Strand
London UK

Richard E Overill obtained his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Leicester, UK. He has held the positions of Special Lecturer in Computing Methods and Senior Analyst, Lecturer in Computer Science, and Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, all based at King’s College London, University of London. As well as holding the designations of Chartered IT Professional, Chartered Mathematician, Chartered Scientist and Chartered Engineer, he is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and the UK Higher Education Academy. His research output includes over 85 refereed papers in international journals, international conference proceedings, and edited volumes, covering topics in computational quantum theory, high-performance computing, and, since 1995, many aspects of information security including fraud detection, information warfare, cybercrime and digital forensics. He is currently joint Principal Investigator of a two-year project funded by the US Office of Naval Research entitled ‘Strategy and the Network Society’, in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.