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Symposium Schedule

The 2023 Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (CARS) will be held at the University of North Dakota on October 30, 2023 (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).

Track

Time

Topics & Speakers

 

7:30 - 7:45 a.m.

Coffee Break and Sponsor Session

 

7:45 - 8 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Dr. Brian Tande, Dean, UND College of Engineering & Mines

AT

8 - 8:45 a.m.

"Hack Thyself: Unveiling Your Online Exposure Before the Bad Guys Do! "

Mr. Dale Meredith, Pluralsight

RT

8:45 - 9:30 a.m.

"The Intersection of Staying Secure with Full Speed Ahead"

Mr. James Reinders, Intel

RT

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

"6G Security"

Dr. Ijaz Ahmad, VTT

 

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Break and Poster Session

AT

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

"Using Rapid Threat Model Protoyping for Testing Threat Detection
Efficacy"

Mr. Tom D’Aquino, Vectra AI

AT

11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.

"Building Defensible Architectures for Critical Infrastructure​"

Dr. Jacob Benjamin, Dragos Inc.

 

12 - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch and ChatGPT Poster Sessions

RT

1:15 - 2 p.m.

"Unlocking the Potential of Fully Homomorphic Encryption"

Ms. Shruthi Gorantala, Google

 

2 - 2:45 p.m.

Panel Session - "Emerging Cyber Threats and Solutions"

Panel Members: Mr. Uriah Burchinal (eMed), Mr. Dale Meredith (Pluralsight), Mr. Chadd Damm (UND), Mr. William Cromarty (Kirkwall), Mr. Andrew Ginter (Waterfall Security Solutions) & Mr. William Swearson (Northrup Grumman)

Moderators: Dr. Ronald Marsh (SEECS, UND), Dr. Hassan Reza (SEECS, UND), Dr. Prakash Ranganathan (SEECS, UND)

 

2:45 - 3 p.m.

Break

 

3 - 4:30 p.m.

"Workshop - Engineering-Grade Security: When Consequences are
Unacceptable
"

Mr. Andrew Ginter, Waterfall Security Solutions

 

4:30 - 5 p.m.

Poster Award Announcements

Symposium Speakers

Center for Cyber Security Research (C2SR)
Upson II, Room 366G
243 Centennial Dr Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
UND.c2sr@UND.edu

 

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