Are Sensors the Weakest Link to Cyber Attacks?

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As sensors are becoming an integral part of modern critical infrastructure, there is an increasing need to ensure that the many facilities we use regularly such as the power grid, smart cities and IoT enabled systems are secure. We often see news reports of cyber attacks that can disrupt the services we use daily. During this webinar, two esteemed industry experts will present their views on the changing threat landscape, associated risks and mitigation strategies.

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Dr. Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE, MIT and Empatica. Dr. Picard is a professor, inventor, engineer, and scientist. She wrote the book Affective Computing that outlines how to give machines skills of emotional intelligence, helping launch the growing field of Affective Computing. Picard is a top-cited author in digital health and in affective computing with over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications. She co-founded two companies that commercialized inventions by her and her MIT team: Empatica, providing the first AI-smartwatch recognized by the FDA for monitoring seizures, and Affectiva, providing Emotion-AI software and services. At MIT, she is a full professor teaching and directing research at the Media Lab, and serves as founding faculty chair for MindHandHeart, MIT's campus-wide wellbeing initiative. Picard also serves as chief scientist and chairman of the board for Empatica, which recently received the European CE Mark for a new wearable and AI product "Aura" enabling early detection for respiratory infections even if the wearer is asymptomatic (with 94% sensitivity and 84% specificity when tested on Covid-19 and two varieties of influenza).

Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director - Standards & Technology, IEEE India IoT & Foundational Technologies Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association, and an IEEE Senior Member. Sri has been associated with the IEEE Standards Association and the IEEE India office for the past 8 years. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. He's received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardization activities. Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Our Speakers:

Dr. Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE, MIT and Empatica. Dr. Picard is a professor, inventor, engineer, and scientist. She wrote the book Affective Computing that outlines how to give machines skills of emotional intelligence, helping launch the growing field of Affective Computing. Picard is a top-cited author in digital health and in affective computing with over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications. She co-founded two companies that commercialized inventions by her and her MIT team: Empatica, providing the first AI-smartwatch recognized by the FDA for monitoring seizures, and Affectiva, providing Emotion-AI software and services. At MIT, she is a full professor teaching and directing research at the Media Lab, and serves as founding faculty chair for MindHandHeart, MIT's campus-wide wellbeing initiative. Picard also serves as chief scientist and chairman of the board for Empatica, which recently received the European CE Mark for a new wearable and AI product "Aura" enabling early detection for respiratory infections even if the wearer is asymptomatic (with 94% sensitivity and 84% specificity when tested on Covid-19 and two varieties of influenza).

Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director - Standards & Technology, IEEE India IoT & Foundational Technologies Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association, and an IEEE Senior Member. Sri has been associated with the IEEE Standards Association and the IEEE India office for the past 8 years. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. He's received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardization activities. Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Speakers:

Dr. Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE, MIT and Empatica. Dr. Picard is a professor, inventor, engineer, and scientist. She wrote the book Affective Computing that outlines how to give machines skills of emotional intelligence, helping launch the growing field of Affective Computing. Picard is a top-cited author in digital health and in affective computing with over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications. She co-founded two companies that commercialized inventions by her and her MIT team: Empatica, providing the first AI-smartwatch recognized by the FDA for monitoring seizures, and Affectiva, providing Emotion-AI software and services. At MIT, she is a full professor teaching and directing research at the Media Lab, and serves as founding faculty chair for MindHandHeart, MIT's campus-wide wellbeing initiative. Picard also serves as chief scientist and chairman of the board for Empatica, which recently received the European CE Mark for a new wearable and AI product "Aura" enabling early detection for respiratory infections even if the wearer is asymptomatic (with 94% sensitivity and 84% specificity when tested on Covid-19 and two varieties of influenza).

Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director - Standards & Technology, IEEE India IoT & Foundational Technologies Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association, and an IEEE Senior Member. Sri has been associated with the IEEE Standards Association and the IEEE India office for the past 8 years. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. He's received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardization activities. Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Sridhar Kowdley, Program Manager, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Sridhar leads a number of initiatives, including the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP), 5G, Next Generation 911 systems. As the Program Manager for P25 CAP, he is responsible for ensuring communications equipment declared by the supplier actually is P25 compliant and tested against the standards with publicly published results. He is also the Program Manager for the DHS First Responder Electronic Jamming Program to assess, evaluate and mitigate impacts of electronic jamming on First Responder communications. He has 30 years of experience in program management, engineering and analysis of civilian, commercial and defense telecommunications and wireless systems and networks. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University NYC and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from George Mason University.

Sharon Hagi, Chief Security Officer, Silicon Labs. Sharon serves as Chief Security Officer of Silicon Labs and is responsible for overseeing the company's comprehensive cybersecurity strategies and best practices for delivering advanced security technologies and solutions. He joined Silicon Labs in 2019 with over 25 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry as a developer, architect and strategist. Prior to Silicon Labs, he served as Vice President of Security at Ethoca and Chief Technology Strategist at IBM Security. Sharon is also a senor member of the IEEE and ACM. He is a contributing subject matter expert and item writer for the (ISC)²CISSP and CSSLP professional certifications.

Our Speakers:

Dr. Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE, MIT and Empatica. Dr. Picard is a professor, inventor, engineer, and scientist. She wrote the book Affective Computing that outlines how to give machines skills of emotional intelligence, helping launch the growing field of Affective Computing. Picard is a top-cited author in digital health and in affective computing with over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications. She co-founded two companies that commercialized inventions by her and her MIT team: Empatica, providing the first AI-smartwatch recognized by the FDA for monitoring seizures, and Affectiva, providing Emotion-AI software and services. At MIT, she is a full professor teaching and directing research at the Media Lab, and serves as founding faculty chair for MindHandHeart, MIT's campus-wide wellbeing initiative. Picard also serves as chief scientist and chairman of the board for Empatica, which recently received the European CE Mark for a new wearable and AI product "Aura" enabling early detection for respiratory infections even if the wearer is asymptomatic (with 94% sensitivity and 84% specificity when tested on Covid-19 and two varieties of influenza).

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Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Senior Director - Standards & Technology, IEEE India IoT & Foundational Technologies Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Association, and an IEEE Senior Member. Sri has been associated with the IEEE Standards Association and the IEEE India office for the past 8 years. Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. He's received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardization activities. Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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