10:30am to 11:00am

Registration check-in

11:00am to 12:00pm

Session 1: Workshop on Cybersecurity Commercialization and Industry Partnership

Opening Remarks
Yener Kandogan, Interim Provost, University of Michigan-Flint

Christopher Pearson, Dean, College of Innovation & Technology, University of Michigan-Flint

State of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Commercialization at the University of Michigan-Flint

Khalid Malik, Director of the UM-Flint Center for Cybersecurity

Partnership in Progress: Contract signing ceremony between University of Michigan and Netstar 

Research to Serve the World
Geoffrey Thün, Associate Vice President for Research, Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts; Professor of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Remarks by Mr. Hakozaki, President of Netstar Inc.

Remarks by Mr. Arakawa, CTO of Netstar Inc.

Remarks by Laurence B. Alexander, Chancellor, Univeristy of Michigan-Flint

12:00 to 2:10 pm

Session 2: NSA Cybersecurity Workshop: Pathway Information and Career Opportunities with Government, Industry and Academia 

Lunch and Industry-Informed Collaborative Cybersecurity Curriculum Development: Focus Group Discussions

Introduction to Focus Groups
Hua Ming, Associate Professor, Division of Computing, University of Michigan-Flint

• Secure Software Development

Moderated by Jeff Yackley, Assistant Professor, Division of Computing, University of Michigan-Flint

• Principles of Cryptography & Network Security
  Moderated by Ricardo Alfaro, 

• Algorithmic Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
  Moderated by Mohamed Mkaouer, Associate Professor, Division of Computing, University of Michigan-Flint

Cybersecurity Pathways: Internships, Job Opportunities and Career Growth for Minorities from High Schools, Community Colleges, and Four-year Undergraduate Institutions

Dr. Fathi & Jon Walatkiewicz

How to Prepare for a Cybersecurity Competition? 

Luke McCormack, National Director for the US Cyber Challenge

Professor Rami Salahieh, Ivy Tech Community College

Security Operations Center & What It Takes to Succeed

Bill Lucas, Senior Director of Cybersecurity at Mastronardi Produce

2:10 - 3:35

Session 3: Workshop on AI in Cybersecurity Research

Enhancing Cyber-Physical System Security: AI-Driven Forensic Analysis

Dr. Irfan Ahmad, Virginia Commonwealth University

Software Security Challenges and Trends in Era of AI

Hussein Alrubaye (Microsoft)

Secure and Scalable Cloud Services for Mission Critical AI Systems

Dr. Usman Mansoor (Amazon)

3:35 to 5:30pm

Session 4: Workshop on Future Trends & Challenges in Cybersecurity Education and Research

The Top 5 Trends and Challenges in Automotive Cybersecurity

Dr. Mohamed Layouni (General Motors)

Next-Gen Cyber Risk Quantification: Using Modern Machine Learning to Enhance Internet Measurement and Data Processing

Professor Mingyan Liu (University of Michigan- Ann Arbor) 

Interactive Session: Navigating Federal Cyber Careers and What It's Like to Work in Them

Don Boian, Board Member and Cybersecurity Executive

National Security Agency (NSA - Retired)

Former CISO for Hound Labs and Huntington National Bank

Cyber Security for Under-represented Minorities, Community Colleges, and Women in Engineering in The Future

Connie Matthews Reynolds, Founder/CEO of ReynCon