Event
5th Annual Smith School-IBM Business Analytics Workshop: Cyber Analytics
Monday, May 18, 2015
10:00 a.m.
Van Munching Hall
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/student-life-resources/signature-events/ibm-business-analytics-workshop
The Fifth Annual Robert H. Smith School of Business and IBM Business Analytics Workshop Cybersecurity Analytics
Please join us for the Fifth Annual Smith School and IBM Business Analytics Workshop on Monday, May 18. The workshop brings together thought leaders from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, IBM and the federal government to provide perspectives and share ideas on how to utilize business analytics techniques to improve cybersecurity.
The morning keynote speaker is Brian Barrios, portfolio director for National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). The National Cybersecurity FFRDC is operated by MITRE in partnership with the University of Maryland and with support of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As part of NIST, an agency within the Department of Commerce, the center is dedicated to increasing the rate of adoption of practical cybersecurity solutions.
The afternoon keynote speaker is Dr. Joseph Kielman, a science advisor in the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Kielman is assigned to the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, where he now manages research programs in cybersecurity as well as visualization and data analytics.
Other speakers include Michel Cukier, director for Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES) and associate director for education for the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2); Dr. Lawrence A. Gordon, EY Alumni Professor of Managerial Accounting and Information Assurance at the Smith School and affiliate professor in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS); and Greg Porpora, chief engineer across IBM Federal Big Data and Analytics.
REGISTER NOW at http://www.cvent.com/d/nrqq8q
Registration is complimentary through the generous support of IBM.
