Computer Science Seminar

  • October 7, 2022
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 CST
  • McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall
  • Donahue, Marina, mhart6@luc.edu
  • Open to the public.
  • https://newsroom.cs.luc.edu/youre-invited-cs-seminar-fall-series-october-7th/
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    Hi everyone,

    Next Friday, October 7th, the Computer Science Department will be continuing with our CS Seminar Series and featuring various exciting speakers covering topics related to the field (see below for next Friday¿s speaker bios and talk abstracts). Please RSVP your attendance to this event by next Wednesday, October 5th to enjoy a meal, social, and two talks by Paul Edlund and Dr. Daniel Moreira. Thank you, and we¿ll see you there! -Marina

    Schedule:
    12:00 - 12:40 PM - Lunch and Social
    12:40 - 01:20 PM - Talk by Paul Edlund
    01:20 - 02:00 PM - Talk by Dr. Daniel Moreira

    Speakers and Talks:

    Microsoft¿s Security Strategy
    Talk By: Chief Technologist (Microsoft), Paul Edlund

    Abstract:
    Come learn what Microsoft is doing in the world of security. This session will be tech deep and zero marketing. We¿ll discuss the role of AI/ML as well as how we pivot on data to make decisions about how to secure the largest enterprises on the planet. We¿ll also share some of the development we¿re doing longer term to make security even better.

    Speaker Bio: Throughout his career Paul has spent much of it figuring out ways to take complex technical problems understandable for everyone. In many ways one of the hardest skills to master is navigating the complex intersection between business, ethics and technology. Paul has sat at this intersection for much of his career. He¿s had the opportunity to speak about using technology for good at places like the United Nations, TED Talks, multiple webcasts and large events across the globe.
    Most recently, Paul is the Chief Technologist for Microsoft¿s central region. In this role, he focuses on applying Microsoft¿s long term Research & Development to their enterprise customers. In addition, he guided customers through Microsoft¿s overall cybersecurity and datacenter design strategies. More recently, Paul was in a role within Microsoft to focus solely on cybersecurity and identity strategy in conjunction with one of Microsoft¿s largest and most strategic customers, Accenture. Paul started with Microsoft in 2007 and has held multiple roles within the company.
    Prior to joining to Microsoft, Paul was the Chief Technology Officer at Planet Technologies. At Planet, he guided hundreds of consultants worldwide. He was responsible for the technical strategy of the company within its US federal government practice and the commercial service provider businesses internationally. Prior to that, Paul co-founded a company called eQuest Technologies where he was also Chief Technology Officer. Paul is a native Chicagoan who lives in the city with his wife and two children. He attended the University of Arizona before returning to Chicago and graduating from Loyola University with a BS in Economics in 1991 where he currently serves on the Technology Board. He has also served on Technology Board for the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry.

    Scientific Integrity Verification Through Digital Image Forensics
    Talk by Dr. Daniel Moreira

    Abstract:
    Many images issued in scientific articles are reused, retouched, or composed to enhance the quality of the publication. Most of these edits are benign and aim at helping the reader better to understand the outcomes of the study at hand. However, there are also edits comprising scientific misconduct, which undermine the integrity of the presented research and aim at deceiving the reader. Deciding the legitimacy of edits made to scientific images is an open problem that no current technology can perform satisfactorily in a fully automated fashion. It thus remains to the human experts the task to inspect the images as part of the peer-review process. However, they do not need to be forsaken. Tools from digital image forensics can enter the scene to help them execute the tedious parts and provide more information for faster and more accurate decisions. In this talk, I will describe our recent efforts to make image analysis tools available to reviewers and editors in a principled way. The endeavor has involved not only the study, development, and deployment of techniques, but also the collection of a dataset of scientific papers as a benchmark, which contains real cases of articles retracted due to problems with images.

    Speaker Bio: Daniel Moreira received a B.S. degree from the Federal University of Para, Brazil, in 2006, an M.S. degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2016, all in Computer Science. After working for four years as a systems analyst with the Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service, he joined the University of Notre Dame for six years, first as a post-doctoral fellow and later as an assistant research professor. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago. His research interests include investigating the application of techniques from Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Media Forensics, and Biometrics to improve our society.