Save the date: Next HammerCon is Thursday 16 May 2024
Academic, Research, and Education Track:
NERD (New Emerging Research & Development)
Schedule for Thursday 18 May 2023
Notes: Schedule subject to change. ⚡︎ indicates "lightning talks" (15 minute slot to share ideas but no Q&A).
1000: Opening Remarks ⚡︎
Dr. Tomás Peña
Track MC. Editor in Chief of Military Cyber Affairs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomaspena1/
Colonel Wayne Sanders
Chief of Staff of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Research and Engineering (R&E). https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-sanders-a4b92216/
1015: Air Force Cyber College Postmortem ⚡︎
Dr. Carl Horn
Faculty at Air University and former faculty of the Air Force Cyber College. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-horn-b2016912/
1030: Persistent Innovation
Mike Thomas
Cyber Systems Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Lincoln Laboratory and former US Cyber Command J9 Deputy Director for Technology. https://www.linkedin.com/in/berl-mike-thomas/
1100: Unraveling the Matrix: Biohacking Forensics, Tile Tracker Heists, Virtual Reality Mischief, and AI Sorcery for Epic Penetration Testing
Dr. Ibrahim Baggili
Founder of the BiT Lab at the Louisiana State University (LSU). https://www.linkedin.com/in/baggili/
1130: Counter-cyber operations at the threshold of future conflict
JD Work
Professor at the National Defense University (NDU) College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC). https://www.linkedin.com/in/jd-work-22096010/
1200: Lunch
1245: Enhancing the Battleverse: China's Digital Twin Strategy ⚡︎
Joshua Baughman
Analyst at the Air University's China Aerospace Studies Institute. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdbaughman/
1300: Virtual Institutes for Cyber and Electromagnetic Spectrum Research and Employ (VICEROY)
Chester Maciag
Director for Cyber Science and Technology Research at OSD R&E. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chester-maciag-9630aa126/
1330: Reinforcement Learning in the Cyber Battlespace: State-of-the-Art and Experiences in Workforce Development
Dr. Tyler Cody
Assistant Research Professor at the Virginia Tech (VT) National Security Institute (NSI). https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-cody-8a3074124/
1400: Cyber Workforce Development
Dr. Pano Yannakogeorgos
Faculty at the New York University (NYU) Center for Global Affairs (CGA) and founding Dean of the Air Force Cyber College. https://www.linkedin.com/in/yannakog/
1430: Measures and Scores for Cyberspace Operations Plans: Methods, Applications, and Pitfalls
Will Parker
Navy Cyber Warfare Engineer (CWE) veteran and Offensive Security Department Head at the Penn State University's Applied Research Lab. https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-parker-73932371/
1500: Designing National Security Systems to be Resilient to Zero-Day Attacks ⚡︎
Jack Jurgensen
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjurgensen/
1515: AI Enlistment: The Dawn of Autonomous Cyber Conflict ⚡︎
1530: National Cyber Strategies ⚡︎
Dr. Joseph Schafer
Professor at the National Defense University (NDU) College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC). https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephschafer/
1545: Panel: R&D, Cyber Workforce Development, and the Expanding Role of Higher Education
Brigadier General (Ret) Guy Walsh
Panel moderator. Founding Executive Director of the National Security Collaboration Center at the University of Texas in San Antonio and Former USCYBERCOM Strategic Initiatives lead. https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-walsh-8b480023/
Major General (Ret) Eric Vollmecke
Director of the Rapid Prototyping Research Center at George Mason University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyber-security-expert-dod/
Alex Brickner
Director of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs at UMass Lowell Research Institute. https://www.linkedin.com/in/abrickner-cpa/