The University of North Dakota hosted the sixth annual IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium Oct. 26-28 at the Memorial Union, bringing researchers, government representatives, industry leaders and students together to discuss cybersecurity threats and research, UND Today reported.
The three-day conference featured 186 accepted research papers and representatives from 57 institutions designated as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, according to UND Today. The symposium was jointly hosted by UND’s College of Engineering & Mines, Center for Cyber Security Research and Artificial Intelligence Research Center.
A Monday federal leadership panel included representatives from the U.S. Department of War, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UND Today reported. Panelists discussed how artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other technologies are shaping cybersecurity research, including questions about AI reliability and protecting critical infrastructure.
A Tuesday panel examined quantum computing and cybersecurity, with participants discussing the possibility that powerful quantum computers could undermine widely used encryption methods, according to UND Today.
Students presented research through paper presentations, Capture the Flag competitions and Three Minute Thesis presentations, the university’s news outlet reported.
