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Melissa K. Griffith Feb 6, 2025

As Paris welcomes the world for the AI Summit, I am thrilled to be here and participating in #IASEAI25 over the next two days. Drop me a line if you are also in town and would like to connect on all things #AI #natsec and #semiconductors / #compute. And if you were unable to attend in person, consider catching a few of the talks virtually. Details below. https://www.iaseai.org/conference/livestream

Livestream of the IASEAI 2025 Conference

Livestream of The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI inaugural conference (IASEAI ‘25) on Feb 6-7, 2025.

Melissa K. Griffith Sep 21, 2024

From catching up with old friends to examining Chinese foreign investment in US farmland, #LABScon24 had it all. You know the community and conversations are excellent when you accidentally miss the impromptu Alperovitch Institute team photo because you were geeking out with a fellow cybersecurity researcher (we were out in force again this year!).

Melissa K. Griffith Sep 18, 2024

Current and former students: are you interested in attending #CYBERWARCON?

Consider applying to be a volunteer. Volunteering is a great way to network and get a behind-the-scenes look at the conference. You also get to attend for free!

Apply today at cyberwarcon.com

Melissa K. Griffith Sep 12, 2024

Looking forward to another thought provoking year at #LABScon24! Hats off to SentinelOne and the entire organizing and sponsoring team for bringing together a vibrant slice of the threat intelligence community three years running.

This year’s fantastic lineup includes Max Smeets, Kim Zetter, MJ Emanuel, Dakota Cary, Silas Cutler, Kristin Del Rosso, Tom Hegel, Gabriel Bernadett-Shapiro, and Juan Andres Guerrero Saade (the man and the myth behind #LABScon24).

And a special shoutout to Martin Wendiggensen - a Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) PhD student with the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies - on his second time taking to the LABScon stage.

Nothing says I work in tech more than a pile a hoodies. What will year three bring?

https://www.labscon.io/

LABScon - Security Research in Real Time

Join us September 16-19th for LABScon, an intimate, invite-only event for the top cybersecurity minds to gather, share cutting-edge research.

LABScon

Melissa K. Griffith Aug 8, 2024

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alexis Bonnell, Anne Marie Schumann, Tyler Sweatt, and Ryan Evans to talk about all things cybersecurity and DoD. You know it’s a great conversation when you leave the room buzzing.

Huge thanks to Ryan and War on the Rocks for making this - and so many important national security conversations - happen. https://warontherocks.com/2024/08/the-smartest-conversation-on-cyber-in-the-defense-department-youve-heard-in-a-long-time/

The Smartest Conversation on Cyber in the Defense Department You've Heard in a Long Time - War on the Rocks

Ryan was joined by Melissa Griffith (SAIS-Johns Hopkins), Anne Marie Schumann (Department of the Navy), Alexis Bonnell (Air Force Research Laboratory),

War on the Rocks

Melissa K. Griffith Jul 25, 2024

I had the pleasure of reviewing three fantastic books for Survival this year: Robert Chesney and Max Smeets’ Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive; James Shires’ The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East; and Jeffrey Ding’s Technology and the Rise of Great Powers. First 50 copies free. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/M6PE9UKV2VX6SCVFEW4K/full?target=10.1080/00396338.2024.2380209

Melissa K. Griffith Jul 2, 2024

In my latest piece in War on the Rocks, Nina Kelsey and I argue that the United States faces a closing window of opportunity to take the lead in managing a suite of strategically important technologies that require the balancing of three core imperatives - economic, security, and sustainability. Getting this right will pay dividends, while getting it wrong could be disastrous. We call these technologies ‘fulcrum technologies’ and they will be critical to American policy successes at home and abroad. https://warontherocks.com/2024/07/the-challenges-of-policy-in-an-era-of-fulcrum-technologies/

The Challenges of Policy in an Era of Fulcrum Technologies - War on the Rocks

Last month, Alliant Energy announced it will delay converting its Wisconsin coal plant by three years. This delay underscores an important tension: While

War on the Rocks

Melissa K. Griffith Nov 21, 2023

From space experts at the Applied Physics Laboratory to material scientists from the Whiting School of Engineering and from bioethicists at the Berman Institute to semiconductor experts at SAIS, JHU has deep and diverse expertise to bring to bear on emerging technology questions. Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-technologies-innovation-governance-symposium-tickets-758165311857?aff=oddtdtcreator

Emerging Technologies: Innovation & Governance Symposium

A one-day symposium on emerging technologies, featuring cutting edge research and insights from across the Johns Hopkins community.

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Melissa K. Griffith Nov 21, 2023

Thrilled to announce that Laurie Locascio (Director of NIST) and Jason Matheny (CEO of the RAND Corporation) will be kicking off our Emerging Technologies symposium on Nov 30th. Don’t miss out! Snag your seat today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-technologies-innovation-governance-symposium-tickets-758165311857?aff=oddtdtcreator

Emerging Technologies: Innovation & Governance Symposium

A one-day symposium on emerging technologies, featuring cutting edge research and insights from across the Johns Hopkins community.

Eventbrite

Melissa K. Griffith Oct 20, 2023

Pleasure to speak about Joint Warfighter & Cyberspace Operations today at the 10th annual Cyber Beacon conference hosted by the National Defense University (NDU). Shout out to my fellow panelists: JD Work and Aaron Brantly. Lively discussion and debate.