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Communication Seminar Series – A Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Challenges of Cybersecurity by Prof. Adam Clayton Powell III

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Communication Seminar Series - A Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Challenges of Cybersecurity by Prof. Adam Clayton Powell III

Date:

20 Sep 2017

Time:

2:30pm-4:00pm

Venue:

Room 313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK

Speaker(s):

Adam Clayton Powell III

Biography of Speaker:

Adam Clayton Powell III, Director of Washington Programs, IoT Emergency Response Initiative, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, University of Southern California

Enquiries:

manlokchan@cuhk.edu.hk / Tel: 39437701 (Miss Mandy Chan)

Synopsis of Lecture:

Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as “the network of physical objects or ‘things’ embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data.” As the next tens of billions of devices are connected to the Internet, issues of security are becoming ever more important for Internet of Things. In addition to engineering issues, there are considerations of communications, public policy, business and law. Consequently the University of Southern California has launched a multi-disciplinary initiative embracing those specialties with partners including Google and the National Governors Association. Prof. Adam Powell III will talk on how the project could inform policymakers in national and regional U.S. governments of opportunities and urgent demands of IoT emergency response and create a community of interest of stakeholders interested and involved in IoT emergency response. The project also aims to identify and prioritize measures to create IoT emergency response capacity and its public policy environment.