Professor John Clark

About

I am Professor of Computer and Information Security and co-founder (2017) of the Security of Advanced Systens Research Group. I have major interests in security and safety and the role ML can play in solving problems in those domains. Most recent work focusses on cybersecurity. I also have long term interests in the harnessing of ML (and optimisation based approaches) for the purposes of synthesising novel algorithms for Quantum Computing. Very recent work has investigated deepfake detection. I have provided consultancy to various HMG agencies and also to commercial companies.

Selected publications

• Clark JA, Paige RF, Polack FAC & Brooke PJ (2006) Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): Preface.
• Wright J, Stepney S, Clark JA & Jacob JL (2005) Formalizing anonymity: A review. Department of Computer Science, University of York.
• Srivratanakul T, Clark JA & Polack F (2004) Writing Effective Security Abuse Cases. Department of Computer Science, University of York.
• Srivratanakul T, Clark JA & Polack F (2004) Security Zonal Analysis. Department of Computer Science, University of York.
• Zhan Y & Clark JA (2004) Automatic test-data generation for testing simulink models. Department of Computer Science, University of York.
• Stepney S, Clark JA & Chivers H (2004) Breaking the Model: finalisation and a taxonomy of security attack. Department of Computer Science, University of York.
• Hao C, Clark JA & Jacob JL (2004) A search-based approach to the automated design of security protocols.
• Smith A, Clark JA & Burke EK (1997) Four methods for maintenance scheduling. Citeseer.
• Clark JA & Jacob JL (1997) A survey of authentication protocol literature: Version 1.0. Citeseer.
• Almohamade SS, Clark J & Law J (2026) Dataset for Collaborative Robotics. Data, 11(5).