Day 1: Secure AI for Health Defense, and Beyond
Wednesday, February 19 2025
Wednesday, February 19 2025
Workshop Chair(s):
Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar, Professor and Nemat-Nasser Endowed Chair in Engineering, Founding Co-Director of the Center for Machine Intelligence, Computing & Security (MICS), UC San Diego
Prof. Shamim Nemati, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Predictive Health Analytics, UC San Diego Health
UC San Diego, Multipurpose Room 123 at Halicioglu Data Science Institute
3234 Matthews Ln, La Jolla, CA 92093
Our Mission: Acknowledging the urgency and significance of this collaborative journey, we embark on a mission to redefine the future of emerging healthcare, where the triad of AI, Security, and Trust propels us toward unprecedented possibilities.
The Secure AI for Health workshop at UCSD aims to bring together the most brilliant minds in AI, Security, and Healthcare to connect, collaborate, and drive future research in secure AI solutions in the following areas:
Confidential Computing in 21st Century Healthcare:
Confidential Computing emerges as a beacon, promising a secure haven for health data in the 21st Century. Leveraging technologies like Intel SGX and AMD SEV, healthcare organizations can usher in an era where AI algorithms operate on encrypted data, shielding patient privacy amidst the complexities of the digital age.
Trusted Computing for Transparent AI in the 21st Century:
In the dynamic landscape of the 21st Century, trusted Computing has become the linchpin for transparent AI. By validating the integrity of AI models and their components, healthcare providers can instill trust in AI-driven insights, ensuring the reliability of technology in the years to come.
Secure Multiparty Computation for 21st Century Collaborative Health Research:
The 21st Century calls for collaborative healthcare research that transcends institutional boundaries. SMPC emerges as the sentinel, enabling entities to jointly analyze health data without compromising individual patient privacy, heralding a new era of secure and collaborative health research.
Fully Homomorphic Computation in 21st Century Healthcare:
In the evolving healthcare landscape, Fully Homomorphic Computation emerges as a transformative force, enabling computations on encrypted data without compromising privacy. This technology opens new avenues for secure and privacy-preserving AI applications in healthcare.
Dean Al Pisano
Dean of the Jacobs School School of Engineering at UCSD
Dr. Cody Thornton
Program Manager at the Biotechnology Office (BTO) DARPA
Prof. Amy Sitapati
Chief Medical Information Officer for Population Health at UCSD Health
Dr. Tarun Soni
Chief Scientist of Networked and Information Systems at Northrop Grumman
Prof. Ari Juels
Professor at Cornell Tech and Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs
Dr. Michael Blum
CEO of Beekeeper AI, former Chief Digital Transformation Officer at UCSF
Dr. Angela Dalton
Director of Research and Advanced Development at AMD
Prof. Atul Malhotra
Vice Chair of Research in Medicine, and Division Chief, UCSD Health
Dr. Ashish Kundu
Head of Cybersecurity Research at Cisco Research
Dr. AmirAli Kia
Vice President of AI and Data Science at Element Biosciences
Prof. Farshad Raissi
Faculty of EP Cardiology at UCSD Health
Dr. Kristin Lauter
Head of West Coast Research at Meta AI Labs
Prof Emiliano De Cristofaro
Professor and Cybersecurity Researcher at UC Riverside
Dr. Fatih Porikli
Senior Director of AI at Qualcomm
Prof. Gene Tsudik
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UCI
Prof. Houman Homayoun
Professor at UC Davis and CEO of HealtheTile
Prof. Duygu Kuzum
Associate Professor of ECE at UCSD, Kavli Institute Faculty Fellow
Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi
Professor for Cybersecurity at TU Darmstadt
Dr. Mojan Javaheripi
Senior AI Researcher at Microsoft Research
Dr. Shehzeen Hussain
Research Scientist at NVIDIA AI
Prof. Tara Javidi
Founding Co-Director of MICS, and Endowed Chair Professor of ECE at UCSD
Prof. Yusu Wang
Director of NSF TILOS AI Institute and Professor at UCSD HDSI
Prof. Shamim Nemati
Director of Predictive Health Analytics and Associate Professor at UCSD
Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar
Founding Co-Director of MICS, and Endowed Chair Professor of ECE at UCSD
Location: HDSI Multipurpose Room, UC San Diego
Date: Feb 19th, 2025 Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration and Networking Breakfast
Welcome attendees and provide an opportunity for networking.
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM: Welcome Remarks
Co-Chair(s): Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar, Siavouche Nemat-Nasser Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Founding Co-Director center for Machine Intelligence, Computing, and Security (MICS)
Prof. Shamim Nemati, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Predictive Health Analytics, UC San Diego Health
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM: Keynote Talk: Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Professor of Cybersecurity, TU Darmstadt
Title: "AI-Doctors Without Borders: Building Trustworthy Collaborative Healthcare"
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM: Vision Talk: Prof. Atul Malhotra, Vice Chair of Research, UCSD Health
Title: "AI in UCSD Health"
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM: Sponsors Talks: Dean Pisano, MICS Co-directors Farinaz Koushanfar & Tara Javidi, NSF TILOS Director Yusu Wang
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Vision Talk: Prof. Ari Juels, Professor at Cornell Tech & Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Networking Break
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Vision Talk: Dr. Tarun Soni, Chief Scientist of Networking and Systems, Northrup Grumman
Title: "Responsible AI - across many domains"
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: Vision Talk: Dr. Shehzeen Hussain, NVIDIA AI
Title: "AI Safety in the Age of Adversaries: Tackling Challenges in Robust Recognition, Generation and Safe Alignment"
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Vision Talk: Dr. Fatih Porikli, Director of AI Research, Qualcomm
Title: "Generative AI on the Edge"
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM: Vision Talk: Dr. Angela Dalton, Director of Research, AMD
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Panel Discussion 1
Topic: "LLM Safety Facets"
Moderator: Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi (TU Darmstadt)
Panelists: Dr. Amy Sitapati (UCSD), Dr. AmirAli Kia (Element Biosciences), Dr. Tara Javidi (UCSD), Prof. Robert Weinreb (UCSD), Dr. Ashish Kundu (Cisco)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM: Keynote Talk: Dr. Cody Thornton, PM at Biotechnology Office (BTO), DARPA
Title: "AIxBio to Strengthen National Security"
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM: Vision Talk: Dr. Ashish Kundu, Head of Cybersecurity Research, Cisco
Title: "Secure AI for Health: Quantum and AI Threats"
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM: Vision Talk: Dr. Michael Blum, CEO of Beekeeper AI
Title: "Confidential Computing to Accelerate Healthcare AIe"
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM: Vision Talk: Dr. Kristin Lauter, Head of Westcoast AI Research, Meta
Title: AI safety and reliability research at FAIR
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM: Vision Talk: Dr. Emiliano De Cristofaro, Professor at UC Riverside
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM: Break
3:10 PM - 3:25 PM: Vision Talk: Prof. Houman Homayoun, Professor at UC Davis & CEO at Healthetile
3:25 PM - 3:40 PM: Vision Talk: Dr. Mojan Javaheripi, Senior AI Researcher at Microsoft Research
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM: Vision Talk: Prof. Gene Tsudik, Chancellor Professor, UC Irvine
3:55 PM - 4:55 PM: Panel Discussion 2
Topic: "Medical device /IoT security and privacy"
Moderator: Prof. Gene Tsudik
Panelists: Prof. Houman Homayoun (UC Davis & Healthetile), Prof. Duygu Kuzum (UCSD), Dr. Tarun Soni (Northrup Grumman), Prof. Farshad Raissi (UCSD)
4:55 PM - 5:00 PM: Closing Remarks
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Networking Break
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Tara Javidi, UCSD Professor and MICS Founding Co-Director
Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar UCSD Professor and MICS Founding Co-Director
Prof. Atul Malhotra, Director of Research, UCSD Health
Prof. Shamim Nemati, Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSD Health
Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Chair of System Security, TU Darmstadt and MICS affiliate faculty
Prof. Farshad Raissi, Faculty of EP Cardiology, UCSD Health
Prof. Chris Longhurst, Chief Medical Officer (CMO)/Chief Digital Officer (CDO), UCSD Health
Nojan Sheybani, UCSD PhD Candidate
Co-sponsored by UCSD MICS Research Center NSF TILOS AI Institute at UCSD