Stewart James Kowalski
About
Professor Information Security
Research
Stewart Kowalski has over 40 years of industry and academic experience in information security and has worked for a number of large international companies including Ericsson, Telia Research, Huawei, Digital and HP . He has also taught and researched information security at a number of universities, including the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm School of Economics, and Stockholm University Department of Computer and Systems Sciences. He has supervised to completion 10 doctoral students in the information security area. He is currently Professor of Information Security at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. He is also the current head of the Information Security Management Group at the Center for Cyber and Information Security, CCIS, www.ccis.no . He is a member of the Core Management Member of the Norwegian Cyber Range project. https://www.ntnu.no/ncr. He is currently on a sabbatical from NTNU and is a visiting Professor and the Rearsher Institutes of Sweden, Cyber Security unit, were he is working with the development of the RISE Cyber Range project https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/rise-cyber-range/. He was also a visiting professor at the School of Informatics working with the Privacy PICS group PICS (Privacy Information and Cyber-Security) Center https://www.his.se/en/about-us/samarbeta-med-oss/pics-center/,
Publications
2023
-
Østby, Grethe;
Selebø, Bjørn Emil;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2023)
Training the Trainers for Cybersecurity Exercises - Developing EXCON-teams.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kowalski, Stewart James;
von Seth, Eduard;
Zoto, Erjon.
(2023)
C.S. Technopoly: A Megagame for
Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity
.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald.
(2022)
Advancing the concept of cybersecurity as a public good.
Simulation modelling practice and theory
Academic article
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2022)
Introducing Serious Games as a Master Course in Information Security Management Programs: Moving Towards Socio-Technical Incident Response Learning.
IGI Global
Chapter
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2022)
Promoting Secure and Sustainable Behavior in Digital Ecosystems Through Gamification
.
IGI Global
Chapter
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2022)
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING WITH CRISES.
International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Østby, Grethe.
(2022)
A Socio-Technical Regime Transitions Model for Gerontechnology Service Design: Privacy, Information Security and Cyber Security in Focus.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Academic article
2021
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald.
(2021)
Multi-paradigmatic approaches in cybersecurity economics.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2021)
A case study of a municipality phishing attack measures -
towards a socio-technical incident management framework.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald.
(2021)
Systematically Understanding Cybersecurity Economics: A Survey
.
Sustainability
Academic literature review
2020
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Katt, Basel.
(2020)
Towards a Maturity Improvement Process – Systemically Closing
the Socio-Technical Gap.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2020)
Preparing for cyber crisis management exercises.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald;
Zoto, Erjon.
(2020)
From Cyber Incidents to Training Cognitive Situation Management: *Work in Progress.
2020 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA)
Academic article
2019
-
Østby, Grethe;
Berg, Lars;
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Katt, Basel;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
A Socio-Technical Framework to Improve cyber security training: A Work in Progress.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Wahlgren, Gunnar;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
A Maturity Model for IT-Related Security Incident Management.
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Academic article
-
Wen, Shao-Fang;
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
An Empirical Study of Security Culture in Open Source Software Communities.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso.
(2019)
A Socio-technical Systems Approach to Design and Support Systems Thinking in Cybersecurity and Risk Management Education.
Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly
Academic article
-
McEvoy, Thomas Richard;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
Cassandra's Calling Card: Socio-technical Risk Analysis and Management in Cyber Security Systems.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Zoto, Erjon;
Frantz, Christopher;
Øverby, Harald.
(2019)
Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Øverby, Harald;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher.
(2019)
Social Preferences in Decision Making Under Cybersecurity Risks and Uncertainties.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Academic article
-
Mcevoy, Thomas Richard;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
Deriving Cyber Security Risks from Human and Organizational Factors – A Socio-technical Approach.
Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly
Academic article
2018
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Katt, Basel.
(2018)
A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment.
Springer Publishing Company
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
McEvoy, Richard;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2018)
Beyond training and awareness: From security culture to security risk management.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Katt, Basel.
(2018)
A Pilot Study in Cyber Security
Education Using CyberAIMs:
A Simulation-Based Experiment.
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Academic article
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Kianpour, Mazaher.
(2018)
Using a socio-technical systems approach to design and support systems thinking in cyber security education.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Katt, Basel;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso.
(2018)
CyberAIMs: A tool for teaching adversarial and systems thinking.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2017
-
Wen, Shao-Fang;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2017)
A Case Study: Heartbleed Vulnerability Management and Swedish Municipalities.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Andersson, Tina;
Windahl, Sabina.
(2017)
I am ok, the material's not: A transactional analysis of information security education material for swedish elementary school students.
Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)
Academic article
-
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2017)
Summary of the interactive workshop sessions at STPIS'16.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
2016
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2016)
Automatic annotation of lecture videos for multimedia driven pedagogical platforms.
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
Academic article
2015
-
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2015)
Facebook as a Learning Tool in Formal Learning Process.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sabbagh, Bilal Al;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2015)
A Socio-technical Framework for Threat Modeling a Software Supply Chain.
IEEE Security and Privacy
Academic article
-
Nowostawski, Mariusz;
Kowalski, Stewart;
Mwakalinga, Jeffy.
(2015)
HIPing Innovation Education in University: Introducing socio-technical concepts for cross-disciplinary teams in applied computer sciences.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Bider, Ilia;
Henkel, Martin;
Kowalski, Stewart;
Perjons, Erik.
(2015)
Teaching Enterprise Modeling Based on Multi-media Simulation: A Pragmatic Approach.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2014
-
Kowalski, Stewart;
Grunnan, Tonje;
Maal, Maren.
(2014)
A socio-technical model of post disaster and crisis management learning process.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
Media annotations in hyperlinked pedagogical platforms.
Curran Associates, Inc.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Nordhaug, Øyvind Aaen;
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
The forensic challenger.
Curran Associates, Inc.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Ottosson, Stig Roland;
Kowalski, Stewart;
McCallum, Simon.
(2014)
Learner Profiling for Innovation Education Across Disciplines: A Work In Progress Paper.
Curran Associates, Inc.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
Norwegian Information Security Lectures As a Case Study For Hyper Interactive Presenter.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Siakidis, Christos;
Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
3-Dimensional Tag Clouds for Multimedia Driven Pedagogical Platforms.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
HIP – A Technology-Rich and Interactive Multimedia Pedagogical Platform.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2013
-
Karokola, Geoffrey;
Kowalski, Stewart;
Yngström, Louise.
(2013)
Evaluating a Framework for Securing E-Government Services -- A Case of Tanzania.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2012
-
Sabbagh, Bilal Al;
Ameen, Marihan;
Wätterstam, Tove;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2012)
A Prototype For HI²Ping Information Security Culture and Awareness Training.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald.
(2022)
Advancing the concept of cybersecurity as a public good.
Simulation modelling practice and theory
Academic article
-
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Østby, Grethe.
(2022)
A Socio-Technical Regime Transitions Model for Gerontechnology Service Design: Privacy, Information Security and Cyber Security in Focus.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Academic article
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald.
(2021)
Multi-paradigmatic approaches in cybersecurity economics.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2021)
A case study of a municipality phishing attack measures -
towards a socio-technical incident management framework.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald.
(2021)
Systematically Understanding Cybersecurity Economics: A Survey
.
Sustainability
Academic literature review
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Katt, Basel.
(2020)
Towards a Maturity Improvement Process – Systemically Closing
the Socio-Technical Gap.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Øverby, Harald;
Zoto, Erjon.
(2020)
From Cyber Incidents to Training Cognitive Situation Management: *Work in Progress.
2020 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA)
Academic article
-
Østby, Grethe;
Berg, Lars;
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Katt, Basel;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
A Socio-Technical Framework to Improve cyber security training: A Work in Progress.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Wahlgren, Gunnar;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
A Maturity Model for IT-Related Security Incident Management.
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Academic article
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso.
(2019)
A Socio-technical Systems Approach to Design and Support Systems Thinking in Cybersecurity and Risk Management Education.
Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly
Academic article
-
McEvoy, Thomas Richard;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
Cassandra's Calling Card: Socio-technical Risk Analysis and Management in Cyber Security Systems.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Øverby, Harald;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher.
(2019)
Social Preferences in Decision Making Under Cybersecurity Risks and Uncertainties.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Academic article
-
Mcevoy, Thomas Richard;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
Deriving Cyber Security Risks from Human and Organizational Factors – A Socio-technical Approach.
Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly
Academic article
-
McEvoy, Richard;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2018)
Beyond training and awareness: From security culture to security risk management.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher Konstantin;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Katt, Basel.
(2018)
A Pilot Study in Cyber Security
Education Using CyberAIMs:
A Simulation-Based Experiment.
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Academic article
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Kianpour, Mazaher.
(2018)
Using a socio-technical systems approach to design and support systems thinking in cyber security education.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Andersson, Tina;
Windahl, Sabina.
(2017)
I am ok, the material's not: A transactional analysis of information security education material for swedish elementary school students.
Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)
Academic article
-
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2017)
Summary of the interactive workshop sessions at STPIS'16.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2016)
Automatic annotation of lecture videos for multimedia driven pedagogical platforms.
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
Academic article
-
Sabbagh, Bilal Al;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2015)
A Socio-technical Framework for Threat Modeling a Software Supply Chain.
IEEE Security and Privacy
Academic article
-
Nowostawski, Mariusz;
Kowalski, Stewart;
Mwakalinga, Jeffy.
(2015)
HIPing Innovation Education in University: Introducing socio-technical concepts for cross-disciplinary teams in applied computer sciences.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
Part of book/report
-
Østby, Grethe;
Selebø, Bjørn Emil;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2023)
Training the Trainers for Cybersecurity Exercises - Developing EXCON-teams.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kowalski, Stewart James;
von Seth, Eduard;
Zoto, Erjon.
(2023)
C.S. Technopoly: A Megagame for
Teaching and Learning Cybersecurity
.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2022)
Introducing Serious Games as a Master Course in Information Security Management Programs: Moving Towards Socio-Technical Incident Response Learning.
IGI Global
Chapter
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2022)
Promoting Secure and Sustainable Behavior in Digital Ecosystems Through Gamification
.
IGI Global
Chapter
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2022)
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING WITH CRISES.
International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Østby, Grethe;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2020)
Preparing for cyber crisis management exercises.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wen, Shao-Fang;
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2019)
An Empirical Study of Security Culture in Open Source Software Communities.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kianpour, Mazaher;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Zoto, Erjon;
Frantz, Christopher;
Øverby, Harald.
(2019)
Designing Serious Games for Cyber Ranges: A Socio-technical Approach.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso;
Katt, Basel.
(2018)
A Pilot Study in Cyber Security Education Using CyberAIMs: A Simulation-Based Experiment.
Springer Publishing Company
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zoto, Erjon;
Kowalski, Stewart James;
Katt, Basel;
Frantz, Christopher;
Lopez Rojas, Edgar Alonso.
(2018)
CyberAIMs: A tool for teaching adversarial and systems thinking.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wen, Shao-Fang;
Kowalski, Stewart James.
(2017)
A Case Study: Heartbleed Vulnerability Management and Swedish Municipalities.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2015)
Facebook as a Learning Tool in Formal Learning Process.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Bider, Ilia;
Henkel, Martin;
Kowalski, Stewart;
Perjons, Erik.
(2015)
Teaching Enterprise Modeling Based on Multi-media Simulation: A Pragmatic Approach.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Kowalski, Stewart;
Grunnan, Tonje;
Maal, Maren.
(2014)
A socio-technical model of post disaster and crisis management learning process.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
Media annotations in hyperlinked pedagogical platforms.
Curran Associates, Inc.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Nordhaug, Øyvind Aaen;
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
The forensic challenger.
Curran Associates, Inc.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Ottosson, Stig Roland;
Kowalski, Stewart;
McCallum, Simon.
(2014)
Learner Profiling for Innovation Education Across Disciplines: A Work In Progress Paper.
Curran Associates, Inc.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Alawawdeh, Alaeddin;
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
Norwegian Information Security Lectures As a Case Study For Hyper Interactive Presenter.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Siakidis, Christos;
Alaya Cheikh, Faouzi;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
3-Dimensional Tag Clouds for Multimedia Driven Pedagogical Platforms.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Imran, Ali Shariq;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2014)
HIP – A Technology-Rich and Interactive Multimedia Pedagogical Platform.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Karokola, Geoffrey;
Kowalski, Stewart;
Yngström, Louise.
(2013)
Evaluating a Framework for Securing E-Government Services -- A Case of Tanzania.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sabbagh, Bilal Al;
Ameen, Marihan;
Wätterstam, Tove;
Kowalski, Stewart.
(2012)
A Prototype For HI²Ping Information Security Culture and Awareness Training.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Knowledge Transfer
2023
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Academic lectureZoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James. (2023) CS-Technopoly: Megagame with Bachelor students. Erjon Zoto Course lab, DCSG1002 , NTNU Gjøvik 2023-10-06 -
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InterviewHerland, Jon; Zoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James. (2023) Lærer studentene å tenke som kriminelle. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Newspaper] 2023-10-06
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Popular scientific lectureKowalski, Stewart James; von Seth, Eduard; Zoto, Erjon. (2023) CS-Technopoly. NTNU CCIS Megagame. ISF Norge Sikkerhetsfestivalen , Lillehammer 2023-08-30 -
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LectureKowalski, Stewart James; von Seth, Eduard; Zoto, Erjon. (2023) CS-Technopoly, NTNU CCIS Megagame with Master in Information Security students. NTNU Kick-off seminar, Master in Information Security study programs , Gjøvik 2023-08-18 -
2022
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Popular scientific lectureKowalski, Stewart James; von Seth, Eduard; Zoto, Erjon. (2022) CS-Technopoly Megagame. ISF Norge Sikkerhetsfestivalen , Lillehammer 2022-08-31 -
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Academic lectureZoto, Erjon; Kowalski, Stewart James. (2022) Using a socio-technical systems approach to design and support systems thinking in cyber security education. Purdue Systems Thinkers Club Research Colloquium Talk , Purdue University, Indiana 2022-04-14 -
2020
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PosterKianpour, Mazaher; Kowalski, Stewart James; Øverby, Harald; Zoto, Erjon. (2020) From Cyber Incidents to Training Cognitive Situation Management. 2020 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA) 2020-08-22 - 2020-08-28
2018
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LectureYamin, Muhammad Mudassar; Katt, Basel; Gkioulos, Vasileios; Espen, Torseth; Kowalski, Stewart James. (2018) Make it and break it - An IoT smart home testbed case study. ACM International Conference on Cyber Physical Systems and IoT(CPSIOT 2018) , Stolkholm 2018-09-21 - 2018-09-23