Upcoming events

Science and Engineering in International Security (InterSECT)

January 27, 2020 9:30am-12:00pm: Location: Global Learning Center - Room 222

Join us for our second InterSECT workshop, this year as a part of the Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC). This event focuses on national security issues within the context of science, engineering, policy, and security. We will feature three expert speakers from the areas of cybersecurity/AI, climate change, and public policy to how graduate students with STEM background can contribute to these areas. Each speaker will give a talk and the event will conclude with a panel and an open Q/A session.

Confirmed Speakers:

Track - Climate Policy

Dr. Alice Favero - Academic Professional and Associate Director of Graduate Studies at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy

Track - Computational Social Science

Dr. David Muchlinski - Assistant Professor at the Georgia Tech School of International Affairs

Track - Energy Security

Dr. Valerie Thomas - Anderson Interface Professor The Georgia Tech School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Public Policy

Past events

Science and Engineering in International Security (InterSECT)

April 6 2019: Location: Marcus Nanotechnology - 1116-1118

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Join us for our first InterSECT workshop, an event that focuses on national security issues within the context of science, engineering, policy, and security. We will be featuring two keynotes to broadly discuss these topics, and we will also explore three technology tracks in further detail: emerging technology, bioterrorism, and alternative energy. Each track will feature an expert speaker who will talk about their career and opportunities in the field, and interaction will be encouraged via a panel and networking session.

Food will be provided.

Confirmed Speakers:

First Keynote

Andrea Thompson - Current US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs

Second Keynote

ADM James "Sandy" Winnefeld - US Navy, Retired and Distinguished Professor of the Practice, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech

Panel Speaker - Bioterrorism

Dr. Margaret Kosal - Associate Professor at the Georgia Tech School of International Affairs

Panel Speaker - Cybersecurity

Dr. Milton Mueller - Professor at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy

Panel Speaker - Alternative Energy

Dr. Kim Cobb - Professor The Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Panel Moderator

Dr. Adam Stulberg - Associate Chair at the Georgia Tech School of International Affairs