Title:

What I learned from the DARPA CGC.
-Don't be afraid of the unknown.

Short abstract

Being an applied researcher is hard. We are not only faced with theoretical challenges but also practical ones when we try to apply novel concepts into real world systems. Some call the latter work "engineering" and its contributions are often valued less.

My experience working in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge infrastructure team has taught me that engineering is never just engineering. It can be intellectually challenging, it can be invigorating, and in computer security it is indispensable.

I will share these lessons learned with you in this talk. The talk will be in the context of CGC Qualification Event challenge sets that were designed to differentiate human participants from machines. Despite the "engineering" nature of the work, the experience has been enlightening and rewarding.

Short bio

Lok is currently a Senior Computer Engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Information Science and Engineering from Syracuse University and has research interests in computer security, virtualization and program analysis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Heng Yin [yinheng@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 02:01 PM Eastern Standard Time
To: YAN, LOK K CIV USAF AFMC AFRL/RIGA
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