Date and time:

Thursday 27th September 2018, 5.15 - 6.00pm, followed by a drinks reception

Speaker:

Professor David Rogers

Founder and CEO, Copper Horse ‌

Ve‌nue:

Lecture Theatre 2, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS

Lecture abstract:

In the future, how will it be possible to trust anything at all? What we read, what we see and what we do – how will we know that of it is real? How will we prove that something is false or that we didn’t do something?

Current “trusted” systems based on collective ratings are manipulated on a wholesale basis, with services to perform this available to anyone prepared to pay. From products to restaurant reviews, to endorsements our perceptions are being twisted by falsehoods which are sometimes algorithmically generated. Pictures can be manipulated and false data trails created relatively easily.

Combined with the use of so-called “dark patterns”, rudimentary artificial intelligence is already shaping what we do, “nudging” humans into behaviours that are desired by the shepherds of such automated systems.

As our future shifts to one which humans delegate management of data gathering, leaving machines to trust data from other machines, which in turn lead to machine-based decision trees based on that data, how quickly can manipulation of critical elements of what is relied upon be turned into economic disaster? How can our connectivity through self-organising mobile networks be destroyed easily by another machine?

Professor David Rogers discusses future trust in the internet of things and connected economies and how to help prevent artificial intelligence systems from easily being gamed by adversaries.

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Speaker biography

David is a mobile phone and IoT security expert who runs Copper Horse Solutions Ltd, a software and security company based in Windsor, UK. His company is currently focusing on security and privacy research for the Internet of Things.

David chairs the Device Security Group at the GSM Association and sits on the Executive Board of the Internet of Things Security Foundation. He is a Visiting Professor in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at York St John University and teaches Mobile Systems Security at the University of Oxford.

He has worked in the mobile industry for 20 years in security and engineering roles. Prior to this he worked in the semiconductor industry. His book ‘Mobile Security: A Guide for Users’ was published in 2013. Most recently he authored the UK’s ‘Code of Practice for Security in Consumer IoT Products and Associated Services’, in collaboration with DCMS, NCSC, ICO and industry colleagues.

Twitter: @drogersuk 

Booking/registering

Attendance at this event is free but we ask that you register by the 21st September 2018.