Dr Marc Kydd

Lecturer

Faculty Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business

Department Department of Cybersecurity and Computing

Biography

Marc Kydd is a lecturer in AI and cybersecurity. His main area of expertise lies in the development of human-centred systems to combat online exploitation, coercion, and deception. He is primarily interested in how we can prevent complex threats by making the information surrounding them understandable and actionable for users. Recently, this has taken the form of various projects relating to online romance-scams, disinformation, and deepfakes.

Modules for 2025/6, 2026/7:

  • CMP111: Fundamentals of Development and Security
  • CMP307: Software Engineering Practice

Modules for 2024/25, 2025/6, 2026/7:

  • CMP205: Application Design
  • CMP310: Fundamentals of Machine Learning
  • Dissertation supervision (CMP400, CMP403)
  • Masters Projects (CMP504)

Modules for 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/6:

  • CMP204: Secure Web Development

Modules for 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/6, 2026/7:

  • CMP308: Professional Project Planning and Prototyping
  • CMP311: Professional Project Development and Delivery

Modules for 2021/22:

  • CMP102: Software Design
  • CMP104: Programming with C++
  • CMP109: Computer Networking 1

Interests

  • AI
  • Usable Security
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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Outreach

Other Scholarly and Professional Activities

Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE (15 Dec 2023)

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