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<div>=== The idea ===<br />
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The Crook of the Week seminars are meant for student presentations/talks about famous social engineers of the past. Each seminar will host up to <br />
'''four 15-minute presentations''' by different students, plus discussion. The main points of the presentation are<br />
* to introduce the person (biography)<br />
* to explain the motivation behind his/her actions<br />
* to study the ''modus operandi'' (ways) of social engineering by this person<br />
* to outline the main human weaknesses the person exploited (cognitive biases, automatic thinking etc)<br />
* to summarize the main lesson the person teaches us<br />
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A successful presentation will result in passing the course if the attendance criteria (5 out of 8 lectures and seminars) is met. To register a presentation, either log in and write it to the schedule below by yourself, or send an e-mail to Kaido, stating the chosen time and person to cover. '''There are only 16 presentations in total - first come, first served!''' Others would have to resort to other tasks to pass the course!<br />
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=== The Crooks ===<br />
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Note: the list is not exhaustive - feel free to suggest others!<br />
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* Carlo Ponzi<br />
* Victor Lustig<br />
* Frank Abagnale Jr<br />
* Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)<br />
* Kevin Mitnick<br />
* Susan Headley (Suzy Thunder)<br />
* Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)<br />
* Bernie Madoff<br />
* Elizabeth Holmes<br />
* Sam Bankman-Fried<br />
* Mythical and literary characters: Jacob (Old Testament), Odysseus, Iago, Grima Wormtongue...<br />
* BYOC (''Bring Your Own Crook''): introduce a well-known crook from your home country (as we are a very international bunch)!<br />
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=== The Seminars ===<br />
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Seminar 1: Tuesday, March 3<br />
* Liisa-Maria Laide - Odysseus<br />
* Mykhailo Bulakhov - Ferdinand Waldo Demara<br />
* Marten Pitsner - Elizabeth Holmes<br />
* Kaisa Arge- Frank Abagnale Jr<br />
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Seminar 2: Tuesday, March 10<br />
* Denys Boiko - Matthew Cox<br />
* Zhiyun Wang - Zhuge Liang<br />
* Dmitri Plotnikov - Sam Bankman-Fried<br />
* ...<br />
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Seminar 3: Tuesday, March 17<br />
* Karl Viiburg - Bernie Madoff<br />
* Gren Paut - Kevin Mitnick<br />
* Klaus Jesper Zaletajev - Carlo Ponzi<br />
* Šimon Semerád - BYOC - Lukáš Kohout<br />
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Seminar 4: Tuesday, March 24<br />
* ...<br />
* ...<br />
* ...<br />
* ...<br />
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