From Cybersecurity to Artificial Intelligence
Organized by CYSEC, sponsored by Crossing and the Technology Innovation Institute, the first Darmstadt Women in Tech event took place on March 4, 2020.
This event was dedicated to the memory of codebreaker Jane Fawcett (4 March 1921 – 21 May 2016).
In memory of Jane Fawcett, the last year’s event took place on March 4, her date of birth. Jane Fawcett worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, where she deciphered a message that led directly to the sinking of a German warship, and thus directly to a victory in battle. Although she later said “what we did at Bletchley was the most significant thing we ever did in our lives”, she never spoke about her significant role in cryptanalysis until the 1990s.
We want to encourage women in tech to show off their work and talk about their successes in order to motivate young women to do the same.
SPEAKERS AND PANALISTS
Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Technology Innovation Institute, Chief Research Officer
Stuti Agrawal, Merck, Data Scientist
Prof. Lejla Batina, Radboud University
Dr. Hannah Bürckstümmer, Merck,
Innovation Program Manager
Dr. Ileana Buhan, Riscure, Product Manager
Prof. Alexandra Dmitrienko, University of Würzburg
Dr. Astrid Elbe, Intel, Managing Director Intel Labs Europe
Eleonora Lippolis, Merck, Data Scientist
Prof. Nele Mentens, KU Leuven
Dr. Azalia Mirhoseini, Google Brain, Senior Scientist
Prof. Fareena Saqib, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dr. Johanna Sepúlveda, Airbus Defence and Space, Senior Scientist Secure Communication
Dr. Xuebing Zhou, Huawei, Director, Privacy Technologies
Ph.D. Students
Ghada Dessouky, TU Darmstadt
Lisa Eckey, TU Darmstadt
Maaike Heijdenrijk, Radboud University
Vera Rimmer, KU Leuven
Thea Riebe, TU Darmstadt
PROGRAM
| Wednesday, March 4, 2020 | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome |
| 9:15 – 9:40 | Fix the leak: Side-Channel Protection for SGX using Data Location Randomization Alexandra Dmitrienko Slides Video |
| 9:40 – 10:05 | Privacy and AI: Contradiction or Symbiosis? Xuebing Zhou Slides Video |
| 10:05 – 10:30 | Learning when to stop: in life and when training deep networks Ileana Buhan Slides Video |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:25 | IoT security challenges: embedded encryption and machine learning technologies Najwa Aaraj Video |
| 11:25 – 12:05 | A data scientist’s journey: a personal account of what we have learnt Stuti Agrawal and Eleonora Lippolis Slides |
| 12:05 – 12:30 | Secure Communication in the Quantum Era Johanna Sepúlveda |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 13:55 | Secure Boot Process for FPGAs Fareena Saqib Slides Video |
| 13:55 – 14:20 | The chip, Mia and the table Lejla Batina Slides Video |
| 14:20 – 14:45 | Neuromorphic Systems @ Merck Innovation Center Hannah Bürckstümmer Slides Video |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Student panel discussion Moderator: Juliane Krämer Video |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 16:55 | Efficiency and agility: in secure hardware and in life! Nele Mentens Slides Video |
| 16:55 – 17:20 | How I became Intel Labs Europe Research Director: A story how unpredictable a career is Astrid Elbe Slides |
| 17:20 – 17:45 | Machine Learning for Systems Azalia Mirhoseini Slides |
| 17:45 – 19:00 | Panel discussion: “Emerging Technologies: Opportunities and Risks” Moderator: Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi Panelists: Astrid Elbe, Hannah Bürckstümmer, Fareena Saqib, Johanna Sepúlveda Video |