RISCS Director Hosts Cybersecurity Research on Tap

Research on Tap: The Many Facets of Cybersecurity Research

Thursday, November 9, 2017, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Photonics Colloquium Room
8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th Floor
RSVP

Hosted by Ran Canetti, Professor, Computer Science, College of Arts & Sciences, and Director, Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS) 

Cybersecurity, or the study of information systems that are accessible to the public and yet resilient to malicious subversion, has become acutely relevant. This study is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-faceted. It covers basic issues such as engineering computer systems that are resilient to errors and hacking, designing algorithms that guarantee the privacy and authenticity of information and computations, social issues such as our expectations for personal privacy, fairness, and ubiquity in information systems, economic incentives for consumers and vendors, legal and political issues thrusting liberty against government control and international power struggles, and many more. Furthermore, all these aspects are intermingled in the design of a relatively small number of information systems. This Research on Tap session meeting will feature some of the fascinating research done at BU in this area.

“Research on Tap” events are each organized by a different faculty member and bring together groups of BU researchers focused on a specific topic. Each participant presents a three-minute micro-talk on his/her work. Attend these wine and cheese receptions to network with your colleagues and perhaps meet your next research collaborator. Please note: “Research on Tap” events are for faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.