Symposium Schedule
The 2022 Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (CARS) will be held at the University of North Dakota on October 28, 2022 (virtual) and October 31, 2022 (in-person).
Symposium Schedule Tracks
The symposia are organized into two tracks:
Awareness Track (AT)
This awareness track aims to familiarize ourselves with emerging cyber issues, cyber hygiene, and best practices to avoid exploitations of data or personal identities or asset protection.
Research Track (RT)
This awareness track aims to give more in-depth and exciting to the technical community: students, faculty, or research scholars on novel solutions or methods to defend or handle cyber issues.
Schedule
All times are in Central Standard Time (CST).
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Tracks |
Time |
Topics & Speakers |
|---|---|---|
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8:30 - 8:45 a.m. |
Opening Remarks and Welcome Note Senator Kevin Cramer, U.S. Senate, Dr. Mark Hagerott, Chancellor of North Dakota University System, Dr. Daniel Laudal, Director, Institute of Energy Studies |
|
RT |
8:45 - 9:30 a.m. |
"Cyber Security in Automotive Applications" Mr. Srinivasagan Ayyappan, Senior Expert – Infotainment, Cyber Security, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., UK |
|
AT |
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
"Effective Blue Team Strategies - Building a Defensible Environment" Mr. Petr Špiřík, Vice President of Information Security (CISO), SUSE, Prague, Czechia |
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10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Virtual Refreshment Break |
|
RT |
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
"Use of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces For and Against Wireless Communication Security" Dr. Yanxiao Zhao, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University |
|
AT |
11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
"Cyber Frauds Economics, Scam Types and Potential Measures to Protect Seniors" Mr. Akshay Ram Ramchandra & Mr. Niroop Sugunaraj, C2SR Fellows, UND |
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AT |
12 - 12:45 p.m. |
"Harvesting Botnets for Unusual Data" Mr. Alex Holden, Chief Information Security Office, Hold Security, LLC |
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|
12:45 - 1:15 p.m. |
Virtual Lunch Break |
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RT |
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. |
"Building Cyber Physical Human Resiliency for the Power Grid" Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Raymond J. Lane Professor and Chairperson of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University |
|
AT |
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
"Cyber Security's Coming of Age" Dr. Samuel Bowne, Instructor, City College of San Francisco |
|
RT |
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. |
"sUAS/UAS Cyber Terror Implications & Cyber-Navigation Threats & Chinese UAS Intelligence Capabilities & Impending Invasion of Taiwan" Dr. Randall Nichols, Professor, Kansas State University |
|
RT |
3:30 - 4:15 p.m. (CONCURRENT SESSIONS) |
"Internet of Things (IoT) Device Identification using Supervised Machine Learning" Dr. Bhaskar Rimal, Assistant Professor, Dakota State University, Madison, SD |
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RT |
3:30 - 4:15 p.m. (CONCURRENT SESSIONS) |
"Intrusion Detection and Mitigation tools for Power Grid" Dr. Vivek Kumar Singh, Senior Researcher, Cybersecurity Evaluation and Application Group (CEAG), NREL Energy Security & Resilience Center |
|
AT |
4:15 - 5 p.m. |
"Cyberwarfare and the Technical and Legal Innovations Needed to Secure our Digital World" Mr. Michael McLaughlin, Associate Attorney and Policy Advisor, Baker Donelson |
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Tracks |
Time |
Topics & Speakers |
|---|---|---|
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7:30 - 8:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break and Sponsor Session |
|
|
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome Note Dr. Brian Tande, Dean, College of Engineering and Mines (CEM), Dr. Mark Askelson, AVPR NSI, VP Research & Economic Dev, Associate Vice President
for Research: National Security, VP Research & Economic Dev & Dr. Prakash Ranganathan, Director for Center of Cyber Security Research (C2SR) |
|
AT |
8:45 - 9:30 a.m. |
"How Disinformation Can Affect Enterprise Decision-Making" Mr. David Branscome, Microsoft |
|
AT |
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
"Security of Machine Learning: Foundations and Future" Dr. Hyrum Anderson, Principal Engineer, Robust Intelligence, San Francisco California. |
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|
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break and Sponsor Session |
|
RT |
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
"Physical Layer Security Using Channel estimation and Machine Learning" Dr. Ahmad Y. Javaid, Associate Professor & Founding Director of Paul A. Hotmer Cyber Security and Teaming Research (CSTAR) Laboratory, University of Toledo |
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11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
3 Minute Student Poster Competition and Working Lunch Break |
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|
12:15 - 1 p.m. |
Industry - Academia Led Panel Session Moderators: Dr. Prakash Ranganathan, Director of C2SR, UND & Dr. Kendall Nygard, Director of the Dakota Digital Academy and Emeritus Professor
of Computer Science at North Dakota State University |
|
|
RT |
1 - 1:45 p.m. |
"NIST Cyber Security Framework and Cyber Risk" Dr. Bill Souza, CEO for Executive Cyber Education (E|CE), Duke Energy |
|
RT |
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. |
"Cyber Resilience in the Era of Advanced Persistent Threats" Dr. Salam Baniahmed, Specialist Engineer, Cyber-Physical Resiliency, Eaton Research Labs |
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2:45 - 3:15 p.m. |
Refreshment Break and Sponsor Session |
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|
AT |
3:15 - 4 p.m. |
"Cyber Risk Management and the Role of Internal Audit" Catherine Liu, Sr. Lead Audit Manager, VP – Identity & Access Management, Wells Fargo |
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RT |
4 - 4:45 p.m. |
"Cybersecurity, commercial enterprise and national security: managing technology and risk to drive prosperity and economic growth" Dr. Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University |
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4:45 - 5 p.m. |
Poster Award Announcements |