The 2020 digital edition of Avast's annual conference brought together AI and cybersecurity communities
The first virtual edition of CyberSec&AI Connected took place last Thursday, October 8. Building on 2019’s award-winning physical event, 2020’s digital format brought together researchers, professors, tech professionals, journalists, and AI and cybersecurity specialists from across the world.
From the Czech Republic to the U.S., France to Argentina, Mexico to Japan and India to Canada, attendees from across the globe logged in to listen to top experts and specialists working at the intersection of AI, machine learning and cybersecurity.
“This year, with travel restrictions around the world disrupting the way we all learn, work, meet, and research, it was critical we still found a way to once again bring the global cybersecurity and AI communities together,” said Michal Pechoucek, CTO at Avast and AI Professor at CTU. “This desire was why we decided to host the conference virtually. With so much uncertainty about when we will be again able to regularly meet in person, we wanted to play our part in keeping our communities connected.”
Those who tuned in saw and engaged with presentations, panel sessions, workshops, and Q&As with a global cast including:
Roger Dingledine, Director, Researcher, and Co-founder of the Tor Project
Hany Farid, Professor at Institute UC Berkeley
Carmela Troncoso, Professor at EPFL Switzerland
Garry Kasparov, Chess Grandmaster and Avast Security Ambassador
Lorenzo Cavallaro, Professor at King’s College London
Celeste Fralick (Senior Principal Engineer and Chief Data Scientist at McAfee)
Samir Kumar (Managing Director at M12 - Microsoft’ ..
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