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Your AS is Mine: BGP/IP Hijacking, the ICBM of the Cyber World

Your AS is Mine: BGP/IP Hijacking, the ICBM of the Cyber World

March 4, 2020

An interactive discussion on BGP/IP hijacking and AS spoofing. The presentation will cover misnomers related to "Industry Standard Squat Space" and how BGP/IP hija …
Crossing The Technology Desert - Rural and Tribal Broadband

Crossing The Technology Desert - Rural and Tribal Broadband

February 28, 2020

This presentation would address the current problems servicing rural and tribal areas, the reasons for, and new initiatives to fix these problems. Rural and tribal …
Lightning Talk: BGP on the edge: making the internet withstand extreme weather events.

Lightning Talk: BGP on the edge: making the internet withstand extreme weather events.

February 27, 2020

Flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires and other severe weather/environmental events can dramatically impact our ability to deliver IP based communications to end …
Next Gen Blackholing to Counter DDoS

Next Gen Blackholing to Counter DDoS

February 26, 2020

Network attacks, including Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS), continuously increase in terms of bandwidth along with damage (recent attacks exceed 1.7 Tbps) and …
The San Francisco Open Source Voting Project: A Status Report

The San Francisco Open Source Voting Project: A Status Report

February 22, 2020

In 2016, San Francisco's Mayor and Board of Supervisors approved funding to study the development of open source voting technology for San Franciscos elections. The projects goal is to design and im …
Executive Briefing: A look at the future of online pricing and algorithm-led collusion

Executive Briefing: A look at the future of online pricing and algorithm-led collusion

February 20, 2020

In a future of widespread algorithmic pricing, cooperation between algorithms is easier than ever, resulting in coordinated price rises. Rebecca Gu and Cris Lowery explore how a Q-learner algorithm can inadvertently reach a collusive outcome in a virtual marketplace, which industries are likely to be subject to greater restrictions or scrutiny, and what future digital regulation might look like.
Executive Briefing: Will you learn Chinese to advance in AI?

Executive Briefing: Will you learn Chinese to advance in AI?

February 19, 2020

According to research by AI2, China is poised to overtake the US in the most-cited 1% of AI research papers by 2025. The view that China is a copycat but not an innovator may no longer be true. Charlotte Han explores what the implications of China's government funding, culture, and access to massive data pools mean to AI development and how the world could benefit from such advancement.
Predicting the quality of life from satellite imagery

Predicting the quality of life from satellite imagery

February 18, 2020

In many countries, policy decisions are disconnected from data, and very few avenues exist to understand deeper demographic and socioeconomic insights. Ganes Kesari and Soumya Ranjan explain how satellite imagery can be a powerful aid when viewed through the lens of deep learning. When combined with conventional data, it can help answer important questions and show inconsistencies in survey data.
Developing AI responsibly

Developing AI responsibly

February 5, 2020

Researchers and practitioners from different disciplines have highlighted the ethical and legal challenges posed by the use of machine learning in many current and future real-world applications. Sarah Bird outlines her perspective on some of the major challenges in responsible AI development and examines promising new tools and technologies to help enable it in practice.
The 'S' in IoT stands for Security

The 'S' in IoT stands for Security

January 26, 2020

IoT security isn't rocket surgery, but a race to market has left a proliferation of insecure, unpatchable devices strewn across the internet. Well-established software delivery and security best pract …
The San Francisco open source voting project

The San Francisco open source voting project

January 23, 2020

In 2016, the mayor and board of supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco approved a plan that would lead to the development of open source voting technology for San Franciscos elections. Tony Wasserman provides a progress report on the development of an open source voting system to replace San Francisco's existing proprietary paper ballot voting system.
Open Access to Your POI Data

Open Access to Your POI Data

January 20, 2020

StreetCred is a way to create, improve, and validate POI data in a fun, collaborative game. We believe users should have access to the data they create for any purpose they want. Maybe youd like to m …
Sociotechnical domain-driven design: Aligning teams and software for continuous delivery

Sociotechnical domain-driven design: Aligning teams and software for continuous delivery

January 15, 2020

A loosely coupled software architecture and an organizational structure to match is one of the biggest predictors of continuous delivery performance. Nick Tune explains why technical leaders must adopt a sociotechnical mindset to minimize dependencies and maximize team autonomy, optimizing end-to-end value creation and delivery speed.
India's data dilemma with India Stack

India's data dilemma with India Stack

January 9, 2020

Answering the simple question of what rights Indian citizens have over their data is a nightmare. The rollout of India Stack technology-based solutions has added fuel to fire. Sundeep Reddy Mallu explains, with on-the-ground examples, how businesses and citizens in India's booming digital economy are navigating the India Stack ecosystem while dealing with data privacy, security, and ethics.
Reading China: Predicting policy change with machine learning

Reading China: Predicting policy change with machine learning

January 7, 2020

Weifeng Zhong shares a machine learning algorithm built to read the Peoples Daily (the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China) and predict changes in Chinas policy priorities. The output of this algorithm, named the Policy Change Index (PCI) of China, turns out to be a leading indicator of the actual policy changes in China since 1951.
The unstoppable rise of white box data

The unstoppable rise of white box data

January 5, 2020

Chris Taggart explains the benefits of white box data and outlines the structural shifts that are moving the data world toward it.
Deployment considerations and best practices for your AI workloads from Mastercard (sponsored by Dell Technologies)

Deployment considerations and best practices for your AI workloads from Mastercard (sponsored by Dell Technologies)

January 1, 2020

There are many different decisions to make when choosing the right solutions and infrastructure. Drawing on real-world considerations, use cases, and solutions, Nick Curcuru discusses different decisionsand the associated considerations and best practicesMastercard exercised to build and deploy a successful AI.
Leveraging AI for social good

Leveraging AI for social good

December 30, 2019

The hardware, software, and algorithms that automatically tag our images or recommend the next book to read can also improve medical diagnosis and protect our natural resources. Jack Dashwood and Anna Bethke discuss a variety of technical projects at Intel that have enabled social good organizations and provide guidance on creating or engaging in these types of projects.
Moving from Legacy Infrastructure to the Cloud in a Government Organization

Moving from Legacy Infrastructure to the Cloud in a Government Organization

December 6, 2019

Cloud native tech isnt just for start-ups. But, if youre in a government organization looking to go cloud native, you can expect to face extra challenges. How can you select the best tools that will …