Attack and Defense for the New Normal: Healthcare and Educational Institutions as Examples
Dr. Benson Wu
Outline
1. Why healthcare- medical record and Covid certificate
2. Why educational institutions - PII and resume
3. Attack techniques - info stealers and MITRE ATT&CK
4. Defense approaches - Endpoint detection and response (EDR) and AI
Speaker Bio
Dr. Benson Wu is the co-founder of CyCraft, an AI company that automates cybersecurity defense for hundreds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific region.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges for Low Resource Countries
Dr. Bishesh Khanal
Abstract
The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in transforming healthcare in Low Resource Countries. In highlighting the potential, the talk will provide examples primarily from the biomedical imaging and radiology applications. While there is an immense potential of AI in healthcare, there are also some important challenges in Low and Middile Income Countries (LMICs) like Nepal to take benefit from the advances of AI while minimizing the potential harm. I will discuss these aspects taking the example of Nepal.
Speaker Bio
Bishesh Khanal is a co-founder and director at NAAMII, a profit-not-distributing research institute in Nepal. After completing his PhD from INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France, and Post-doctoral research at King's College London and Imperial College London UK, he moved back to Nepal due to his strong interest in strengthening the scientific research and innovation capabilities of Nepal. His key areas of interest include visual perception, learning in low resource language, machine learning, and AI with a special interest in applying them to global health problems. He believes that the advancement in computational science and AI has provided a unique opportunity for resource-constrained countries to explore exciting avenues of research using some computers and quality manpower, effectively democratizing innovation in medicine.
Making Weather News More Accurate and Responsive: The Power of Technological Innovations and Human Supporters
Tomohiro Ishibashi
Speaker Bio
- Served at Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. in since 1998.
- Served at Weathernews, Inc.’s Sales Division since October, 2000.
- Served as a Group Leader of Mobile Service since August 2003.
- Has been a Director of WITH Station Co., Ltd. since August 2006.
- Has been a Vice President at Weathernews Americas Inc since 2012.
Thriving in the New Normal through Digital Transformation: The Philippine National Police Experience
PLTCOL Ma. Angela Salaya
Abstract
The talk will tackle how the PNP took the leap to transform from within due to the unexpected COVID-19 crisis. As a peace and order authority implementer, the PNP cannot afford to be vulnerable at any time even during the pandemic. The talk will also cite how the government has accelerated the adoption of emerging technologies to this new landscape to outlast the Covid crisis.
Speaker Bio
She is a governance strategist, trainer and an IT Officer of the Information Technology and Management Service for the Philippine National Police. She has been serving the country as a police chief officer for more than ten years now and has contributed her skills and expertise as Assistant Division Chief and a Member of Audit Team of the PNP Center for Police Strategy Management when she pursued her doctorate on Development Studies and Management for further leadership equipping.