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During RSAC Conference 2025, Andrew Carney, Program Manager at DARPA, and (remotely via video) Dr. Kathleen Fisher, Professor at Tufts University and Program Manager for the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), guide attendees through an immersive experience called Northbridge—a fictional city designed to showcase the critical role of AI in securing infrastructure through the DARPA-led AI Cyber Challenge.Inside Northbridge: The Stakes Are RealNorthbridge simulates the future of cybersecurity, blending AI, infrastructure, and human collaboration. It's not just a walkthrough — it's a call to action. Through simulated attacks on water systems, healthcare networks, and cyber operations, visitors witness firsthand the tangible impacts of vulnerabilities in critical systems. Dr. Fisher emphasizes that the AI Cyber Challenge isn't theoretical: the vulnerabilities competitors find and fix directly apply to real open-source software relied on by society today.The AI Cyber Challenge: Pairing Generative AI with Cyber ReasoningThe AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) invites teams from universities, small businesses, and consortiums to create cyber reasoning systems capable of autonomously identifying and fixing vulnerabilities. Leveraging leading foundation models from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, the teams operate with tight constraints—working with limited time, compute, and LLM credits—to uncover and patch vulnerabilities at scale. Remarkably, during semifinals, teams found and fixed nearly half of the synthetic vulnerabilities, and even discovered a real-world zero-day in SQLite.Building Toward DEFCON Finals and BeyondThe journey doesn't end at RSA. As the teams prepare for the AIxCC finals at DEFCON 2025, DARPA is increasing the complexity of the challenge—and the available resources. Beyond the competition, a core goal is public benefit: all cyber reasoning systems developed through AIxCC will be open-sourced under permissive licenses, encouraging widespread adoption across industries and government sectors.From Competition to CollaborationCarney and Fisher stress that the ultimate victory isn't in individual wins, but in strengthening cybersecurity collectively. Whether securing hospitals, water plants, or financial institutions, the future demands cooperation across public and private sectors.The Northbridge experience offers a powerful reminder: resilience in cybersecurity is built not through fear, but through innovation, collaboration, and a relentless drive to secure the systems we all depend on.___________Guest: Andrew Carney, AI Cyber Challenge Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-carney-945458a6/Hosts:Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine | Website: https://www.seanmartin.comMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine | Website: https://www.marcociappelli.com______________________Episode SponsorsThreatLocker: https://itspm.ag/threatlocker-r974Akamai: https://itspm.ag/akamailbwcBlackCloak: https://itspm.ag/itspbcwebSandboxAQ: https://itspm.ag/sandboxaq-j2enArcher: https://itspm.ag/rsaarchwebDropzone AI: https://itspm.ag/dropzoneai-641ISACA: https://itspm.ag/isaca-96808ObjectFirst: https://itspm.ag/object-first-2gjlEdera: https://itspm.ag/edera-434868___________ResourcesThe DARPA AIxCC Experience at RSAC 2025 Innovation Sandbox: https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/programs/sandbox/darpaLearn more and catch more stories from RSAC Conference 2025 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsac25___________KEYWORDSandrew carney, kathleen fisher, marco ciappelli, sean martin, darpa, aixcc, cybersecurity, rsac 2025, defcon, ai cybersecurity, event coverage, on location, conference______________________Catch all of our event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/technology-and-cybersecurity-conference-coverageWant to tell your Brand Story Briefing as part of our event coverage? Learn More
During RSAC Conference 2025, Andrew Carney, Program Manager at DARPA, and (remotely via video) Dr. Kathleen Fisher, Professor at Tufts University and Program Manager for the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), guide attendees through an immersive experience called Northbridge—a fictional city designed to showcase the critical role of AI in securing infrastructure through the DARPA-led AI Cyber Challenge.Inside Northbridge: The Stakes Are RealNorthbridge simulates the future of cybersecurity, blending AI, infrastructure, and human collaboration. It's not just a walkthrough — it's a call to action. Through simulated attacks on water systems, healthcare networks, and cyber operations, visitors witness firsthand the tangible impacts of vulnerabilities in critical systems. Dr. Fisher emphasizes that the AI Cyber Challenge isn't theoretical: the vulnerabilities competitors find and fix directly apply to real open-source software relied on by society today.The AI Cyber Challenge: Pairing Generative AI with Cyber ReasoningThe AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) invites teams from universities, small businesses, and consortiums to create cyber reasoning systems capable of autonomously identifying and fixing vulnerabilities. Leveraging leading foundation models from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, the teams operate with tight constraints—working with limited time, compute, and LLM credits—to uncover and patch vulnerabilities at scale. Remarkably, during semifinals, teams found and fixed nearly half of the synthetic vulnerabilities, and even discovered a real-world zero-day in SQLite.Building Toward DEFCON Finals and BeyondThe journey doesn't end at RSA. As the teams prepare for the AIxCC finals at DEFCON 2025, DARPA is increasing the complexity of the challenge—and the available resources. Beyond the competition, a core goal is public benefit: all cyber reasoning systems developed through AIxCC will be open-sourced under permissive licenses, encouraging widespread adoption across industries and government sectors.From Competition to CollaborationCarney and Fisher stress that the ultimate victory isn't in individual wins, but in strengthening cybersecurity collectively. Whether securing hospitals, water plants, or financial institutions, the future demands cooperation across public and private sectors.The Northbridge experience offers a powerful reminder: resilience in cybersecurity is built not through fear, but through innovation, collaboration, and a relentless drive to secure the systems we all depend on.___________Guest: Andrew Carney, AI Cyber Challenge Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-carney-945458a6/Hosts:Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine | Website: https://www.seanmartin.comMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine | Website: https://www.marcociappelli.com______________________Episode SponsorsThreatLocker: https://itspm.ag/threatlocker-r974Akamai: https://itspm.ag/akamailbwcBlackCloak: https://itspm.ag/itspbcwebSandboxAQ: https://itspm.ag/sandboxaq-j2enArcher: https://itspm.ag/rsaarchwebDropzone AI: https://itspm.ag/dropzoneai-641ISACA: https://itspm.ag/isaca-96808ObjectFirst: https://itspm.ag/object-first-2gjlEdera: https://itspm.ag/edera-434868___________ResourcesThe DARPA AIxCC Experience at RSAC 2025 Innovation Sandbox: https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/programs/sandbox/darpaLearn more and catch more stories from RSAC Conference 2025 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsac25___________KEYWORDSandrew carney, kathleen fisher, marco ciappelli, sean martin, darpa, aixcc, cybersecurity, rsac 2025, defcon, ai cybersecurity, event coverage, on location, conference______________________Catch all of our event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/technology-and-cybersecurity-conference-coverageWant to tell your Brand Story Briefing as part of our event coverage? Learn More
We've had conversations about AI's online influence on politics, from deepfakes to misinformation. But AI can also have profound effects on hardware – especially when it comes to national security and military capabilities like weapons and stealth technologies. Kathleen Fisher is an office director at DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tasked with the research and development of emerging technologies for use by the U.S. military. Despite its bureaucratic name, DARPA is anything but conventional – and they're solving problems that are thrillingly complex. Kathleen shares how her team employs nimble thinking to understand the state of AI across the globe. Then, she and Bilawal discuss the strategies needed to embrace the possibilities –and challenges– of AI now, and what we need to do to build a sustainable future.For transcripts for The TED AI Show, visit go.ted.com/TTAIS-transcripts
Guest: Rock Lambros, CEO and founder of RockCyber [@RockCyberLLC]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocklambros/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/rocklambros____________________________Hosts: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/sean-martinMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli____________________________Episode NotesIn a recent On Location episode recorded at Black Hat USA 2024, Sean Martin and Rock Lambros explore the prevailing topics and critical insights from the event's AI Summit. Sitting in the media room, not on the bustling show floor, the paid dissect the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on cybersecurity, shedding light on its multifaceted implications.Rock Lambros, Founder and CEO of RockCyber, shares his observations about the predominance of AI in every corner of the conference. He notes how AI's presence is ubiquitous, even saturating advertisements at the airport. Lambros provides an overview of the AI Summit, highlighting the diversity of sessions ranging from high-level talks to vendor pitches. While some were mere product promotions, others provided substantial insights and valuable statistics, which Lambros is keen to share on platforms like LinkedIn.The discussion progresses to the remark by Nvidia's CEO, Bartley Richardson, suggesting that cyber is fundamentally a data problem, and AI could be the solution. Lambros concurs with this in part but emphasizes the necessity of maintaining human oversight in the process. Martin and Lambros reflect on the potential of AI to augment cybersecurity tasks, particularly for tier one analysts. There is a focus on leveraging AI to expedite responses to threats, potentially reducing the reaction time, which currently lags significantly behind the speed of AI-driven attacks.Lambros presents a balanced perspective, warning against the risk of reducing entry-level jobs in cybersecurity due to AI advancements, advocating instead for upskilling these professionals to handle more complex roles. The conversation touches on governance and risk management, with Lambros stressing the importance of integrating AI governance into existing frameworks without rendering AI oversight an exclusive domain for data scientists alone. He highlights the EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act as critical regulatory frameworks that emphasize this need.Lambros also brings attention to DARPA's open-source resources aimed at securing AI, encouraging practitioners to utilize these tools. Towards the end, a poignant observation from Robert Flores, former CISO of the CIA, underscores the difficulty governments face in keeping up with AI's rapid evolution. Lambros reflects on the mixed audience at the summit, a blend of technical practitioners and policy leaders, all grasping the significant impact and challenges AI brings to the field.The episode underscores the crucial balance between embracing technological advancements and maintaining human oversight and governance within cybersecurity. The insights shared by Rock Lambros and Sean Martin offer a nuanced perspective on the current state of AI in the field, emphasizing a collaborative approach to integrating these innovations responsibly.Be sure to follow our Coverage Journey and subscribe to our podcasts!____________________________This Episode's SponsorsLevelBlue: https://itspm.ag/levelblue266f6cCoro: https://itspm.ag/coronet-30deSquareX: https://itspm.ag/sqrx-l91Britive: https://itspm.ag/britive-3fa6AppDome: https://itspm.ag/appdome-neuv____________________________Follow our Black Hat USA 2024 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2024-hacker-summer-camp-2024-event-coverage-in-las-vegasOn YouTube:
Guest: Rock Lambros, CEO and founder of RockCyber [@RockCyberLLC]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocklambros/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/rocklambros____________________________Hosts: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/sean-martinMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli____________________________Episode NotesIn a recent On Location episode recorded at Black Hat USA 2024, Sean Martin and Rock Lambros explore the prevailing topics and critical insights from the event's AI Summit. Sitting in the media room, not on the bustling show floor, the paid dissect the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on cybersecurity, shedding light on its multifaceted implications.Rock Lambros, Founder and CEO of RockCyber, shares his observations about the predominance of AI in every corner of the conference. He notes how AI's presence is ubiquitous, even saturating advertisements at the airport. Lambros provides an overview of the AI Summit, highlighting the diversity of sessions ranging from high-level talks to vendor pitches. While some were mere product promotions, others provided substantial insights and valuable statistics, which Lambros is keen to share on platforms like LinkedIn.The discussion progresses to the remark by Nvidia's CEO, Bartley Richardson, suggesting that cyber is fundamentally a data problem, and AI could be the solution. Lambros concurs with this in part but emphasizes the necessity of maintaining human oversight in the process. Martin and Lambros reflect on the potential of AI to augment cybersecurity tasks, particularly for tier one analysts. There is a focus on leveraging AI to expedite responses to threats, potentially reducing the reaction time, which currently lags significantly behind the speed of AI-driven attacks.Lambros presents a balanced perspective, warning against the risk of reducing entry-level jobs in cybersecurity due to AI advancements, advocating instead for upskilling these professionals to handle more complex roles. The conversation touches on governance and risk management, with Lambros stressing the importance of integrating AI governance into existing frameworks without rendering AI oversight an exclusive domain for data scientists alone. He highlights the EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act as critical regulatory frameworks that emphasize this need.Lambros also brings attention to DARPA's open-source resources aimed at securing AI, encouraging practitioners to utilize these tools. Towards the end, a poignant observation from Robert Flores, former CISO of the CIA, underscores the difficulty governments face in keeping up with AI's rapid evolution. Lambros reflects on the mixed audience at the summit, a blend of technical practitioners and policy leaders, all grasping the significant impact and challenges AI brings to the field.The episode underscores the crucial balance between embracing technological advancements and maintaining human oversight and governance within cybersecurity. The insights shared by Rock Lambros and Sean Martin offer a nuanced perspective on the current state of AI in the field, emphasizing a collaborative approach to integrating these innovations responsibly.Be sure to follow our Coverage Journey and subscribe to our podcasts!____________________________This Episode's SponsorsLevelBlue: https://itspm.ag/levelblue266f6cCoro: https://itspm.ag/coronet-30deSquareX: https://itspm.ag/sqrx-l91Britive: https://itspm.ag/britive-3fa6AppDome: https://itspm.ag/appdome-neuv____________________________Follow our Black Hat USA 2024 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2024-hacker-summer-camp-2024-event-coverage-in-las-vegasOn YouTube:
Guest: Dr. Kathleen Fisher, Information Innovation Office (I2O) Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [@DARPA]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-fisher-4000964/At Black Hat | https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/summit-sessions/schedule/speakers.html#dr-kathleen-fisher-48776____________________________Hosts: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/sean-martinMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli____________________________Episode NotesIn this On Location with Sean and Marco episode, hosts Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli engage in an insightful conversation with Dr. Kathleen Fisher from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The discussion centers around the upcoming Black Hat and DEF CON events, where Dr. Fisher is scheduled to deliver a keynote on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, with a particular focus on DARPA's ongoing initiatives and competitions.Dr. Fisher begins by providing an overview of her background and DARPA's mission to prevent technological surprises that could undermine U.S. national security. She recounts the success of the High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program, which utilized formal methods to create highly secure software for military vehicles. This program demonstrated the potential of formal methods to revolutionize cybersecurity, proving that robust software could be developed to withstand hacking attempts, even from world-class red teams.The conversation then shifts to the AI Cyber Challenge (AICC) program, a major highlight of her upcoming keynote. AICC aims to leverage the power of AI combined with cyber reasoning systems to automatically find and fix vulnerabilities in real open-source software—an ambitious extension of DARPA's previous Cyber Grand Challenge. This competition involves collaboration with major tech companies like Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft, offering competitors access to state-of-the-art models to tackle real-world vulnerabilities.Dr. Fisher emphasizes the importance of public-private collaboration in advancing cybersecurity technologies. DARPA's charter allows it to work with a diverse range of organizations, from startups to national labs, in pursuit of strategic technological advances. The episode also touches on the potential impact of cyber vulnerabilities on critical infrastructure, underscoring the need for scalable and automatic solutions to address these threats.Listeners can anticipate Dr. Fisher highlighting these themes in her keynote, aimed at business leaders, practitioners, policymakers, and risk managers. She will outline how the audience can engage with DARPA's initiatives and contribute to the ongoing efforts to enhance national security through innovative technology solutions.The episode promises to provide a nuanced understanding of DARPA's role in pioneering AI-driven cybersecurity advancements and offers a preview of the exciting developments to be showcased at Black Hat and DEF CON.Be sure to follow our Coverage Journey and subscribe to our podcasts!____________________________This Episode's SponsorsLevelBlue: https://itspm.ag/levelblue266f6cCoro: https://itspm.ag/coronet-30deSquareX: https://itspm.ag/sqrx-l91____________________________Follow our Black Hat USA 2024 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2024-hacker-summer-camp-2024-event-coverage-in-las-vegasOn YouTube:
Guest: Dr. Kathleen Fisher, Information Innovation Office (I2O) Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [@DARPA]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-fisher-4000964/At Black Hat | https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/summit-sessions/schedule/speakers.html#dr-kathleen-fisher-48776____________________________Hosts: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/sean-martinMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli____________________________Episode NotesIn this On Location with Sean and Marco episode, hosts Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli engage in an insightful conversation with Dr. Kathleen Fisher from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The discussion centers around the upcoming Black Hat and DEF CON events, where Dr. Fisher is scheduled to deliver a keynote on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, with a particular focus on DARPA's ongoing initiatives and competitions.Dr. Fisher begins by providing an overview of her background and DARPA's mission to prevent technological surprises that could undermine U.S. national security. She recounts the success of the High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program, which utilized formal methods to create highly secure software for military vehicles. This program demonstrated the potential of formal methods to revolutionize cybersecurity, proving that robust software could be developed to withstand hacking attempts, even from world-class red teams.The conversation then shifts to the AI Cyber Challenge (AICC) program, a major highlight of her upcoming keynote. AICC aims to leverage the power of AI combined with cyber reasoning systems to automatically find and fix vulnerabilities in real open-source software—an ambitious extension of DARPA's previous Cyber Grand Challenge. This competition involves collaboration with major tech companies like Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft, offering competitors access to state-of-the-art models to tackle real-world vulnerabilities.Dr. Fisher emphasizes the importance of public-private collaboration in advancing cybersecurity technologies. DARPA's charter allows it to work with a diverse range of organizations, from startups to national labs, in pursuit of strategic technological advances. The episode also touches on the potential impact of cyber vulnerabilities on critical infrastructure, underscoring the need for scalable and automatic solutions to address these threats.Listeners can anticipate Dr. Fisher highlighting these themes in her keynote, aimed at business leaders, practitioners, policymakers, and risk managers. She will outline how the audience can engage with DARPA's initiatives and contribute to the ongoing efforts to enhance national security through innovative technology solutions.The episode promises to provide a nuanced understanding of DARPA's role in pioneering AI-driven cybersecurity advancements and offers a preview of the exciting developments to be showcased at Black Hat and DEF CON.Be sure to follow our Coverage Journey and subscribe to our podcasts!____________________________This Episode's SponsorsLevelBlue: https://itspm.ag/levelblue266f6cCoro: https://itspm.ag/coronet-30deSquareX: https://itspm.ag/sqrx-l91Britive: https://itspm.ag/britive-3fa6AppDome: https://itspm.ag/appdome-neuv____________________________Follow our Black Hat USA 2024 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2024-hacker-summer-camp-2024-event-coverage-in-las-vegasOn YouTube:
In episode 103 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Dr. Kathleen Fisher.As the director of DARPA's Information Innovation Office (I2O), Dr. Kathleen Fisher oversees a portfolio that includes most of the agency's AI-related research and development efforts, including the recent AI Forward initiative. AI Forward explores new directions for AI research that will result in trustworthy systems for national security missions. This summer, roughly 200 participants from the commercial sector, academia, and the U.S. government attended workshops that generated ideas to inform DARPA's next phase of AI exploratory projects. Dr. Fisher previously served as a program manager in I2O from 2011 to 2014. As a program manager, she conceptualized, created, and executed programs in high-assurance computing and machine learning, including Probabilistic Programming for Advancing Machine Learning (PPAML), making building ML applications easier. She was also a co-author of a recent paper about the threats posed by large language models.Since 2018, DARPA has dedicated over $2 billion in R&D funding to AI research. The agency DARPA has been generating groundbreaking research and development for 65 years – leading to game-changing military capabilities and icons of modern society, such as initiating the research field that rendered self-driving cars and developing the technology that led to Apple's Siri.Have suggestions for future podcast guests (or other feedback)? Let us know here or reach us at editor@thegradient.pubSubscribe to The Gradient Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSFollow The Gradient on TwitterOutline:* (00:00) Intro* (01:30) Kathleen's background* (05:05) Intersections between programming languages and AI* (07:15) Neuro-symbolic AI, trade-offs between flexibility and guarantees* (09:45) History of DARPA and the Information Innovation Office (I2O)* (13:55) DARPA's perspective on research* (17:10) Galvanizing a research community* (20:06) DARPA's recent investments in AI and AI Forward* (26:35) Dual-use nature of generative AI, identifying and mitigating security risks, Kathleen's perspective on short-term and long-term risk (note: the “Gradient podcast” Kathleen mentions is from Last Week in AI)* (30:10) Concerns about deployment and interaction* (32:20) Outcomes from AI Forward workshops and themes* (36:10) Incentives in building and using AI technologies, friction* (38:40) Interactions between DARPA and other government agencies* (40:09) Future research directions* (44:04) Ways to stay up to date on DARPA's work* (45:40) OutroLinks:* DARPA I2O website* Probabilistic Programming for Advancing Machine Learning (PPAML) (Archived)* Assured Neuro Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (ANSR)* AI Cyber Challenge* AI Forward* Identifying and Mitigating the Security Risks of Generative AI Paper* FoundSci Solicitation* FACT Solicitation* Semantic Forensics (SemaFor)* GARD Open Source Resources* I2O Newsletter signup Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe
AI/ML is providing significant benefits in a wide range of application domains but also provides adversaries with a new attack surface. Learn about DARPA's efforts to help evaluate AI/ML and work towards a trust model that will allow us to use these valuable tools safely. Segment Resources: Identifying and Mitigating the Security Risks of Generative AI paper (co-authored by Kathleen): https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14840 DARPA's AI Forward, which will include AI Exploration opportunities and resource material: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/ai-forward I2O webpage, important to include because this hosts links to many of the programs Dr. Fisher will discuss: https://www.darpa.mil/i2o In the Security News: If an exploit falls in the forest do I still need to patch?, Reflections on trusting trust: the source code revealed, prompt injection in your resume, iPhones be updating, a deep dive into vulnerable kernel drivers and wiping SPI flash, cheap to exploit software, to ransom or steal?, oh OAuth, Florida man, door bell shenanigans, don't pay the ransom, the White House and AI, and quantum teleportation via measurement-induced entanglement. All that and more on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-805
AI/ML is providing significant benefits in a wide range of application domains but also provides adversaries with a new attack surface. Learn about DARPA's efforts to help evaluate AI/ML and work towards a trust model that will allow us to use these valuable tools safely. Segment Resources: Identifying and Mitigating the Security Risks of Generative AI paper (co-authored by Kathleen): https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14840 DARPA's AI Forward, which will include AI Exploration opportunities and resource material: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/ai-forward I2O webpage, important to include because this hosts links to many of the programs Dr. Fisher will discuss: https://www.darpa.mil/i2o In the Security News: If an exploit falls in the forest do I still need to patch?, Reflections on trusting trust: the source code revealed, prompt injection in your resume, iPhones be updating, a deep dive into vulnerable kernel drivers and wiping SPI flash, cheap to exploit software, to ransom or steal?, oh OAuth, Florida man, door bell shenanigans, don't pay the ransom, the White House and AI, and quantum teleportation via measurement-induced entanglement. All that and more on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-805
AI/ML is providing significant benefits in a wide range of application domains but also provides adversaries with a new attack surface. Learn about DARPA's efforts to help evaluate AI/ML and work towards a trust model that will allow us to use these valuable tools safely. Segment Resources: Identifying and Mitigating the Security Risks of Generative AI paper (co-authored by Kathleen): https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14840 DARPA's AI Forward, which will include AI Exploration opportunities and resource material: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/ai-forward I2O webpage, important to include because this hosts links to many of the programs Dr. Fisher will discuss: https://www.darpa.mil/i2o Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-805
AI/ML is providing significant benefits in a wide range of application domains but also provides adversaries with a new attack surface. Learn about DARPA's efforts to help evaluate AI/ML and work towards a trust model that will allow us to use these valuable tools safely. Segment Resources: Identifying and Mitigating the Security Risks of Generative AI paper (co-authored by Kathleen): https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14840 DARPA's AI Forward, which will include AI Exploration opportunities and resource material: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/ai-forward I2O webpage, important to include because this hosts links to many of the programs Dr. Fisher will discuss: https://www.darpa.mil/i2o Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-805
The following local students were named to the summer 2023 president's list at Southern New Hampshire University: Taylor Richardson, Denise Eddy, Starletta Holt, Nicole Pitman, Sierra Iwaniw, Magen Francis, Shurine Perry, Jamie Ballinger, Naimah Mobarak, Tyler Simpson, Sharnisha Steed, Robert Webster, Stacey White, Tonya McNeill, Curby Wasco, Adam Vosburg, Angelo Melino and Abigail Toledo, of Henrico; Anson Owen and Amirah Pirbhai, of Glen Allen; Britney Jackson, of Highland Springs; and Allison Hoffman, Taylor Bennett and Kathleen Fisher, of Sandston. To qualify for the president's list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.700 or higher. *** Alaaeldin Haroun...Article LinkSupport the show
Kathryn Carithers of Henrico graduated magna cum laude May 5 from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. Carithers earned a BS in Music. *** The following local students were named to the 2023 winter/spring president's list at Southern New Hampshire University: Ashley Manucci, Curby Wasco, Angelo Melino, Abigail Toledo, Latarsha Taylor, Jamie Ballinger, Tyler Simpson and Megan Francis, of Henrico; Jonathan Durden and Amirah Pirbhai, of Glen Allen; and Samantha Moore and Kathleen Fisher, of Sandston. To qualify for the president's list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.700 or higher. *** Vidya Mastriyana of Henrico graduated...Article LinkSupport the show
At a time when the race to create the best artificial intelligence-enabled technology is at its fiercest, experts at DARPA say we need to recalibrate the direction of research in the field.Within DARPA's Information Innovation Office, one of the research thrusts focuses on proficient artificial intelligence (AI), which the office defines as how to build AI-enabled systems that we could trust with our lives and not be foolish to do so.This episode of Voices from DARPA features an excerpt from a recent presentation by Dr. Kathleen Fisher, the director of the Information Innovation Office, which is leading DARPA's initiative to explore future directions of AI for national security, called AI Forward.Dr. Fisher delves into the topic of trustworthy AI for adversarial environments and what it will take to create technology that is more than a tool, but rather function as a true partner.To access the full presentation, visit our YouTube page. DARPA will also accept applications for its AI Forward Workshops through March 20, 2023. To learn how you can apply, visit: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/ai-forward
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Kathleen Fisher, who was chair of the Computer Science department at Tufts University at the time of the interview. We talk about Kathleen's experience in applying formal methods and PL theory to solve significant practical problems throughout her career. Equally important, we discuss how it came to be that she is practically a pro at golf!Watch all our episodes on the Building Better Systems youtube channel.Dr. Kathleen Fisher: https://www.darpa.mil/staff/dr-kathleen-fisher HACMS: https://www.darpa.mil/program/high-assurance-cyber-military-systems PADS: https://pads.cs.tufts.edu/about.html From Dirt to Shovels paper: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dpw/papers/learningpopl08-final.pdf Hancock: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/331960.331981PLMW: http://sigplan.org/Conferences/PLMW/ CRAW: https://cra.org/cra-wp/ NSF Broadening Participation in Computing: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/broadening-participation-computing-bpc-0 Joey Dodds: https://galois.com/team/joey-dodds/ Shpat Morina: https://galois.com/team/shpat-morina/ Galois, Inc.: https://galois.com/ Contact us: podcast@galois.com
In this new episode, we explore with internationally respected lawyer and human rights advocate, Kathleen Fisher, how lawyers and activists came together to force the city of San Francisco and state of California to respond to the aids response with evidence, not prejudice. As we redouble the global fight against AIDS, and prepare for future pandemics, we ask what can we the harm reduction movement to reduce HIV infection in people who inject drugs teach us?---A Shot in the Arm Podcast Webpage - http://www.ashotinthearmpodcast.comFacebook: @shotarmpodcast - http://bit.ly/asita_fbvideosYouTube: @shotarmpodcast - http://bit.ly/asita_youtubeApple Podcasts - http://bit.ly/asita_appleGoogle Podcasts - http://bit.ly/asita_googleSpotify - http://bit.ly/asita_spotifyiHeart Radio - http://bit.ly/asita_iheartStitcher - http://bit.ly/asita_stitcherTuneIn (and Alexa enabled devices) - http://bit.ly/asita_tuneinRSS Feed - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/276933.rss
Широкие просторы, фруктовый запах, романтические вечера и мечты. Время, когда одежда перестаёт стеснять движения. Свобода. Моменты...наслаждаться мелочами, и обязательно съездить на море. Лето. 1. Нежные ноты фортепиано от Altran. Моё скромное вмешательство, стихи Дмитрия Павленко, голос Бориса Павленко. Ростов-на-Дону, спасибо за тёплый приём, душевную атмосферу. Город, в котором понимаешь истинное значения слова "брат". 2. Окунаемся в ванильный вокал Katrine Stenbekk, это как вкусное пирожное, удовольствие от которого хочется растянуть. 3. Приятно поддерживать качественные работы от музыкантов из России. Сергей Зайцев, Москва. We are More. Трансовый кайф. 4. Прелесть электронной музыки в её многогранности. Когда привычный ритм, вдруг резко меняется, и ты слышишь нечто новое. Andrew Bayer вместе с Ane Brun как отличный пример этому явлению. Стильное электричество. 5. Многие скажут, что это классика. Да. Это так. Но что плохого в том, чтобы снова вспомнить и подпевая наслаждаться? ) Lustral. Ностальгическое настроение. 6. Чувствительное, трогающее за душу. I II Be Gone. 7. Tiff Lacey, это когда ставишь на повтор и временами пребываешь в полной меланхолии. The Truth. 2019 rework. 8. HVOB - я и не сосчитаю, сколько раз этот шедевр играл в моих ушах. Чистый гипноз, секс, завораживающий темп. Уверен, вы поймёте. 9. Ещё один любимый мною проект Phaeleh, это всегда что-то интересное и необычное. 10. Stay Close. Смотреть в её глаза, увидеть едва заметный блеск. Надеяться, что это взаимно. Ведь так хочется верить в это. 11. Когда-то давно, сэр Armin Van Buuren сделал этот трек шедевром. Свежий, акустический взгляд. Подпевайте.) Not Giving Up On Love. 12. Космическое настроение от Chicane в ремиксе от Thomas Datt. Красиво. 13. Удовольствие. Kathleen Fisher, редкий, совершенно случайно найденный ремикс. The last time. 14. Детство. Беззаботное. Искренний интерес к новому, открытость, чистота внутри, сияние. Отсутствие фальши и наигранности. Нам стоит поучиться чему-то у детей. Согласитесь? 15. Сериал "Игра престолов" закончился. Король ночи побеждён. Слишком запомнился OST. Спасибо за всё. 1.Altran - The Blue Depth (Boris Pavlenko poems) 2.ZN vs. Boom Jinx Katrine Stenbekk - Come Alive (A.M.R Remix) 3.Rayan Myers - We Are More 4.Andrew Bayer, Ane Brun - Hold On To You 5.Lustral - Raven 6.Nicholas Gunn feat. Alina Renae - I'll Be Gone 7.Headstrong Ft Tiff Lacey - The Truth (2019 Remake) (Reuben Halsey Chillout Mix) 8.HVOB - Sync 9.Phaeleh - Time feat. CASHFORGOLD 10.Manu Zain feat Patrick Baker - Stay Close 11.Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Not Giving Up On Love (acoustic 2019) 12.Chicane - No Ordinary Morning (Thomas Datt Ambient Remix) 13.The Thrillseekers feat Fisher - The Last Time (Jon Laprevote remix) 14.We Are All Astronauts - Doves (edit) 15.Florence The Machine - Jenny of Oldstones (Game of Thrones)
On this week's episode, Chris is joined by Glenn Vanderburg, VP of Engineering at First.io, live from RailsConf. They discuss Glenn's RailsConf talk, "The 30-Month Migration", covering distributed data models, refactoring, and the wonders of postgres. They also discuss Glenn's famous talk, "Real Software Engineering", and what the term "software engineering" means within our communities. Glenn on Twitter Glenn's RailsConf talk - The 30-Month Migration Glenn's blog First.io Postgres MySQL Postgres Common Table Expressions (CTEs) Swanand Pagnis - It's 2017, and I still want to sell you a graph database! GraphQL Glenn Vanderburg - Real Software Engineering Agile Manifesto Extreme Programming Rust Language Kathleen Fisher Kathleen Fisher, High Assurance Systems AWS Firecracker Bike Shed with Lin Clark & Till Schneidereit on WebAssembly & WASI Fastly Lucet Chaos Engineering Chaos Monkey Joe Armstrong Erlang Property Based Testing Erlang Actor Model Clojure ClojureScript Functional Core, Imperative Shell Sorbet - Stripe library for gradual static typing in Ruby
Dean Curnutt, Macro Risk Advisors Founder & CEO, says we're in a U.S.-centric risk environment. Kathleen Fisher, AllianceBernstein Wealth & Investment Head, says they've pushed clients to have a 40% non-U.S. portfolio. Ali Shihabi, Arabia Foundation Founder, says Saudi Arabia should have been added to indexes 10-15 years ago. Kevin Hassett, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Chairman, says the White House is going to be tougher on spending in the future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Dean Curnutt, Macro Risk Advisors Founder & CEO, says we're in a U.S.-centric risk environment. Kathleen Fisher, AllianceBernstein Wealth & Investment Head, says they've pushed clients to have a 40% non-U.S. portfolio. Ali Shihabi, Arabia Foundation Founder, says Saudi Arabia should have been added to indexes 10-15 years ago. Kevin Hassett, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Chairman, says the White House is going to be tougher on spending in the future.
Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Kathleen Fisher, head of wealth and investment strategies for AllianceBernstein L.P. In this role, she leads the team responsible for developing and communicating asset allocation advice and investment strategies for high-net-worth clients. Since 2013, she has also overseen research on investment planning and wealth transfer issues facing high-net-worth families as well as endowments and foundations. Kathy joined the firm in 2001 as a senior portfolio manager and member of AllianceBernstein's private client investment policy group; she was appointed a national managing director in 2009. She previously spent 15 years at JPMorgan, most recently as a managing director advising banks on acquisitions, divestitures and financing techniques.
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez discusses the need for more comprehensive immigration reform. Prior to that, Peter Hayes, BlackRock's head of municipal bonds, says one must believe in the long-term efficacy of a particular state when buying bonds. Finally, Kathleen Fisher, AllianceBernstein's head of wealth and investment strategies, says small banks buying even smaller ones. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez discusses the need for more comprehensive immigration reform. Prior to that, Peter Hayes, BlackRock's head of municipal bonds, says one must believe in the long-term efficacy of a particular state when buying bonds. Finally, Kathleen Fisher, AllianceBernstein's head of wealth and investment strategies, says small banks buying even smaller ones.
In this week's episode I chat to Kathleen Fisher, a professor at Tufts University. I caught up with Kathleen during the first stop of the three city Yow 2015 conference late last year, where she was delivering the opening keynote on the topic of formal methods. Back in university I struggled with the topic of formal verification of software. The amount of work required to formally, mathematically, prove a given implementation actually did what you hoped, always seemed to be an order of magnitude too great. But Kathleen's incredibly entertaining and informative keynote showed me how much the topic has come on. In our interview, we talk about her work in this area, including about how formally verified systems can greatly help improve the security of systems, from off the shelf quadcoptoers to full-sized unmanned helicopters. She also explains how even systems with small amounts of formally proved software can still be useful, and why it's important to know if your in-car entertainment system is actually backed by a fully fledged linux OS, especially if someone has a dodgy encoding of some classical music lying around! You can find out more about Kathleen's work here: www.cs.tufts.edu/~kfisher/Kathlee…Fisher/Home.html. Her Yow keynote is now also available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aFeGGyi19A and see her latest talk here: prezi.com/wr41rmfmhotj/using-f…hare&utm_medium=copy.
Summer is here, not officially but in the electronic dance music world it is. So get out the booty shorts and sweat til they throw you out. There were about 6 or 7 songs that could have been this months tune of the month however I chose the lead track from Lange and Emma Hewitt. When I hear it puts me in a great mood and sends me into memory overload and just thinking about the sun shining on me. You will know what I mean when it starts to build toward the middle of the track around 2:30 and Emma is hitting it. Tomorrow it could be Aly and Fila with Jaren's sister Josie with the beautiful “Listening” and next week it could be another track. I will leave that to you to argue. Now if you immediately skip to about 52:05 you will hear the sound of heaven- think Im kidding? This is why I love Andy Moor! I think him and I are on the same wavelength when it comes to vocal tracks. Also playing is the Zara Taylor and her follow up to huge Lost release. This time shes found. Its perfect and will having you singing along in no time. Wanna shake your ass? Ok how about the instant classic from Jaren and her husband Matt Cerf. It starts off slow but by the end you will be fist pumping as if you are at the Jersey Shore. When listening to Nevada it will have you feel like you are the baddest person in the room. Good theme if you think you are a tough guy. Faithless says they are Not Going Home -hands up pants down for all. Black is the New Yellow is not a fashion statement but a stormer from Super 8 and Tab- bouncing off the walls for this one. Kathleen Fisher and George Acosta provide builds and a booty shaker themselves. My underdog tune is from Judith Jobse. You can appreciate it if you have your stereo loud- hint. Also Tania Zygar provides a beauty. You think this one is good, wait til you hear her next release. Finally Jurrane and Sly One provide proper ending to this mix. Reminds me of an old Paul Van Dyk tune- cant remember the title tight now. As you can tell I am pumped about NCM 015. Could not wait to get it to you. Yeah!!! The new night club musical Facebook page is now available at http://www.facebook.com/pages/dj-bigdirtys-Night-Club-Musical/103300853038769 Stay up to date with the latest vocal trance tunes when or prior to their release. Feel free to upload your own too. As always listen to this LOUD. Tracklist lange ft emma hewitt- live forever (matt zo rmx) {bigdirty tune of the month} 0-5:40 aly and fila ft josie- listening (aurosonic rmx) 5:40-12:28 zoltan kontes ft tania zygar- take hold of me 12:28-17:49 george acosta ft fisher- beautiful (gerry cueto rmx) 17:49-23:04 cerf & mistika ft jaren- beggin you (armin van buuren rmx) {bigdirty instant classic} 23:04-29:36 sunlonger ft zara- found (roger shah original mix) 29:36-35:52 susana ft omnia and the blizzard- closer (beat service rmx) 35:52-42:34 super 8 and tab ft anton sonin- black is the new yellow 42:34-48:34 delerium ft miranda lee richards- send me an angel (andy moor rmx) 48:34-54:44 rick snel ft judith jobse- remember (wellenrausch rmx) 54:44-60:45 blue and black- nevada 60:45-66:18 faithless- not going home (armin van buuren rmx) 66:18-71:53 jurrane vs sly one- everything to me 71:53-end
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