Dakota digital discussions

A series of webinars that will respond to the ongoing impacts that digitization, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems are having on our society.

April 20, Noon to 1:00 p.m CT

Welcome to the Dakota Digital Discussions (DDD) monthly webinar series. The webinars  focus on the implications of the rapid digital transformation of our society.

Cybersecurity Threats to Artificial Intelligence Systems
Hyrum S. Anderson, PhD, Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer at Robust Intelligence and Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, Data Cowboy at Microsoft

Hyrum Anderson, PhD, and Ram S.S. Kumar—distinguished adversarial machine learning researchers—will discuss the most significant risk to currently deployed artificial intelligence systems: cybersecurity threats, which can undermine AI systems in industry, government and the military. Hyrum Anderson, PhD, and Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, wrote an article in the current issue of Dakota Digital Review (titled, “AI Security: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Adversarial Machine Learning”), which is an excerpt from the first chapter of Not With A Bug, But With A Sticker: Attacks on Machine Learning Systems and What To Do About Them, which will be published by John Wiley & Sons on May 2.

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Moderator: Jeremy Straub, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NDSU and a Faculty Fellow at NDSU’s Challey Institute. His research spans a continuum from autonomous technology development to technology commercialization to asking questions of technology use ethics, and national and international policy. Prof. Straub has published more than 60 articles in academic journals and more than 100 peer-reviewed conference papers. He serves on multiple editorial boards and conference committees. Prof. Straub is also the lead inventor on two U.S. patents and a member of multiple technical societies.

Hyrum Anderson, PhD

Ram Shankar Siva Kumar

DDD Archives

ChatGPT Everywhere
the technology and implications of AI language models (seven different topics discussed)

In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Systems
with Professor Don Howard, University of Notre Dame

IT and Digital Workforce Needs in North Dakota
with Marcia Havens, ND Job Service; Troy Walker, TechND and Dakota Carrier Network; Tony Ambrose, TechND and Nexus Innovations; and Taya Spelhaug, TechND and Microsoft

The Unencrypted History of Cryptography
with Professor Marcus Fries, Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science, DSU

North Dakota's UAS Ecosystem is Critical to Keeping Up With Our Adversaries
with Sen. Kevin Cramer, U.S. Senator from North Dakota

Overlooked Security Challenges in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
with Zahid Anwar, Computer Science, NDSU

Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our World: Are We Ready?
With Nikola Datzov, Assistant Professor at the School of Law, University of North Dakota

Digital Forensics - Cybersecurity Pros Helping Law Enforcement
with Dr. Arica Kulm, Director of Digital Forensic Services at the DigForCE Lab

Cryptocurrency, Smart Contracts, and the Future of Blockchain Commerce
with Professor Fred Riggins, NDSU College of Business

Future War and Future Peace: Technology's Role in Future Conflict
with USAF Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Robert H. Latiff, PhD

Digital Transformation: Technology, Business, and Career
with Steve Malme, NDSU Graduate and Career IT Expert

Data is the New Oil: Data Analytics and Business Degree Graduates
With Ross Manson, Chief Practice Officer with Eide bailly

The Dakota Digital Discussions is an offspring of the Dakota Digital Academy (DDA). The DDA was founded to help students and professionals develop and
upskill cyber knowledge and skills.