Google-UMD Cybersecurity Seminars
The Google and University of Maryland Cybersecurity Seminar Series is organized and hosted by the Maryland Cybersecurity Center. The series features a diverse group of speakers from industry, academia, and government, addressing a broad range of topics related to cybersecurity, including technology, policy, and economics. Invited speakers will also examine the impact that cybersecurity threats and protective measures are having on privacy, social networks, businesses and national security. The series will offer three seminars per semester, with a total of six per year.
For more information about the series or to join our seminar mailing list, please contact Carolyn Flowers at cflowers@umd.edu
Spring 2013
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. The title of his talk is: "Network Security Economics: Identifying Choke Points and Understanding Incentives to Improve Online Security." Dr. Christen is the Associate Director of the Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. |
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. The title of his talk will be "Aggregation and Distribution in Cloud Security." Dr. Juels received his B.A. in Latin Literature and Mathematics from Amherst College in 1991 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley in 1996. |
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February 13, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. Dr. Michael Franz is a Professor of Computer Science in the University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, and the director of UCI’s Secure Systems and Software Laboratory. View slides from presentation (pdf). |
Fall 2012
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December 13th at 5:00 p.m. Úlfar Erlingsson leads efforts in security research at Google. Previously, he has been a researcher at Microsoft Research, an Associate Professor at Reykjavík University, Iceland, and led security technology at two startups: GreenBorder Technologies and deCODE Genetics. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University. |
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Two leaders–one from industry, one from academia—to open the fall 2012 semester. Kevin Mandia, Chief Executive Officer at MANDIANT, will speak on September 27th at 5:00 pm in the Kim Engineering Building Lecture Hall, Room 1110. The title of his talk will be “The State of the Hack.” Dr. Wenke Lee, Professor in the School of Computer Science at Georgia Tech, will speak on November 8th at 5:00pm in the Computer Science Instructional Center (CSIC) Room 1115. Dr. Lee’s talk title is forthcoming. View slides from Dr. Lee's talk (pdf). |
Spring 2012
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“International Issues and Engagement in Cybersecurity” The Google and University of Maryland Cybersecurity Seminar Series will close out the spring 2012 semester on April 19th at 5:30 p.m., in the Atrium of Van Munching Hall, by featuring Christopher Painter, the Cyber Coordinator at the US Department of State. |
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“Six People Who Changed the World of Security: The Impact in 2012” Alan Paller, Director of Research at the SANS Institute February 23, 2012 at 5:30 pm Chemistry Building Lecture Hall, Room 1407 |
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“Parsing the Cyber War Battlefield” Marcus Ranum, Chief Security Officer of Tenable Network Security March 8th, 2012 at 5:30 pm Computer Science Instruction Center, Lecture Hall 115 |
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Fall 2011
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"Looking Before You Leap: The Argument for Data-Driven Security" Stefan Savage, Professor, University of California, San Diego September 1, 2011 J.M. Patterson Building, Rm. 3201 See Video from Seminar |
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"A First World of Cyber Security: Is it Time for a New Partnership of Nations?" Larry Cox, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cyber & Information Solutions Business Unit, SAIC November 17, 2011, 5:30 pm Jeong Kim Engineering Building, Rm. 1110 See Video from Seminar |
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"Current R&D Initiatives in Cybersecurity" Douglas Maughan, Cyber Security Division Director in the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Homeland Security. December 1, 2011, 5:30 pm Jeong Kim Engineering Building, Rm. 1110 See Video from Seminar |
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Spring 2011
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"Can We Make the Internet Safer?" Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google April 7, 2011 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, Rotunda See Video from Seminar |
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"Intrusion Detection and Network Security Perspectives From A Veteran" Martin Roesch, Chief Technology Officer, Sourcefire April 21, 2011 Computer Science Instructional Center, Rm. 1115 See Video from Seminar |
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"The Future of Online Identity" Ari Schwartz, Senior Internet Policy Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory June 16, 2011 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, Rm. 1110 See Video from Seminar |
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