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Security and Emerging Technology Seminar Series

December 7th, 2021 / in Uncategorized / by Maddy Hunter

On Thursday, December 16th at 4:00 PM ET, the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CEST) will be hosting a lecture “Deconstructing China’s Vision for the Future of Warfare” as a part of their Security and Technology Seminar Series. The series aims to bring together leaders from public and private sectors for discussions on the impact artificial intelligence and emerging technologies have on the national and international security landscape. 

The lecture will feature two speakers, Ryan Fedasiuk (a Research Analyst at CEST), and Lieutenant General (retired) John Shanahan (the Inaugural Director at the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center) and seek to address the need for U.S. policymakers and defense planners to understand the kinds of AI technology available in China. The speakers will analyze China’s progress and pitfalls in developing AI for military use. This is based on CSET’s new report “Harnessed Lightning: How the Chinese Military is Adopting Artificial Intelligence” where authors Ryan Fedasiuk, Jennifer Melot, and Ben Murphy discuss China’s key AI defense industry suppliers, highlight gaps in U.S. export control policies, and contextualize the Chinese military’s AI investments within its broader strategy to project power abroad.

You can RSVP for the event here.

Unrelated to weaponizing artificial intelligence, but still dealing with matters of national security, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently created a task force Security, Integrity and Trust that focuses on topics relating to cybersecurity, privacy, and information provenance.

 

Disclaimer: Posts on this blog report on happenings, opportunities, and issues that arise in the broad computing research community, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the CCC or the National Science Foundation.


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