Speaker 1 : Youakim Badr
Title
Securing the Future: Addressing Cybersecurity Risks in Large Language Models
Abstract
The cybersecurity challenges in Large Language Models (LLMs) are multifaceted, reflecting both the complexity of these systems and the critical roles they are playing across various sectors. In this talk, we explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity challenges posed by LLMs. We examined the risks of data privacy violations and leakage associated with the vast datasets used for training LLMs and their vulnerabilities against adversarial attacks. A significant portion of the talk will address the potential misuse of LLMs, including generating disinformation and conducting sophisticated social engineering attacks. Finally, we delve into the prospects for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its emergent abilities and potential risks in our digital societies. The talk paves the way for secure and responsible use of LLMs and concludes with a call to action for collaborative efforts among AI researchers, cybersecurity experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to address these challenges.
Biography
Youakim Badr received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA-Lyon), France, in 2003. He is a tenured Full Professor of data analytics and artificial Intelligence with the Pennsylvania State University – Great Valley. He holds the position of professor-in-charge for the Master of Artificial Intelligence program. His wide-ranging academic responsibilities encompass teaching a variety of courses, including foundations of Artificial Intelligence, deep learning, natural language processing, data mining, predictive analytics, statistics, and design and implementation of AI-based systems.
Dr. Badr’s research is primarily centered on the design and deployment of Trustworthy AI Service Systems. He adopts a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing Data Centric AI analytics, Trustworthy AI systems, and Composable AI systems. He has had over 140 peer-reviewed publications, including 3 books. Additionally, he fulfills the role of a reviewer for both national and international research funding programs (NSF, ANR, NSERC, Horizon Europe). Dr. Badr is honored with a lifetime membership with ACM and holds an academic associate membership of the Linux Foundation for AI and Data (LFAI&Data).
Speaker 2 : José LOPES ESTEVES
Title
Electromagnetic Security : when Maxwell meets Bell-Lapadula
Affiliation
ANSSI – Laboratoire de la sécurité des technologies sans fil (LSF)
Biography
José LOPES ESTEVES is the deputy head of the Wireless Security Laboratory at the ANSSI, the French Cybersecurity Agency.
Members of this team are in charge of research on the security of wireless communication protocols and on electromagnetic security.
He holds a PhD in computer science from HESAM University and CNAM Paris and focuses his research about the exploitation of intentional electromagnetic interference on electronic devices and the security of wireless protocols and embedded systems.
He is an active member of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and the IFIP WG11.2.
Speaker 3 : Jean-Jacques Quisquater
Title
Post-quantum cryptography everywhere very soon for everybody
Abstract
Cryptography is moving: we need to take into account the possible existence of very fast computers based on quantum effects. Then, the exhaustive search of secret keys will be too easier and we need to change the cryptographic algorithms. At the moment it is done, by NIST and other ones, and so everything is to be changed everywhere with a fast schedule. A long story with some manipulations …
Biography
Jean-Jacques Quisquater is a Belgian cryptographer and a professor at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). He received, with Claus P. Schnorr, the RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics and the ESORICS Outstanding Research Award in 2013.
He holds 17 patents in the field of smart cards. He has published more than 150 articles in international conference journals, in the fields of graph theory and especially cryptography. He is co-inventor of a well-known cryptographic scheme, the GQ protocol, used by approximately 100 million client computers worldwide, under Novell license (NDS, netware). He is a director of the IACR (International Association for Cryptology Research), a member of the CARDIS and ESORICS organizing committees, and several IFIP committees. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Limoges, the Montefiore Prize, the Kristian Beckman Award from the IFIP and the Fermat Chair of Midi-Pyrénées (not counting the Franqui Chair, in Belgium) for 2004.