UTSA Cyber Jedis AI in Cyber Day Conference

The "AI in Cyber Day" event aims to foster a deeper understanding of the intersection between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity among UTSA students across all majors. By exposing attendees to cutting-edge technologies and insights from industry experts, we seek to empower students with knowledge and skills that are crucial in the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity and AI. Along with empowering students with knowledge and technical experience, this event will allow a select few students to receive additional cyber educational resources. Outside of the vast knowledge and technical experience, students will gain from this event; the event will contribute to UTSA's reputation as a hub for cybersecurity education and research. 

Key Speakers will include:

1. Dr. Liu - Department Chair in Information Systems and Cyber Security
2. Dr. Martin - Department Chair in Computer Science 
3. Nancy Van Delist - Vice President, Google Cloud at Pythian
4. Greg Rivas - Chief of Automation at Accenture Federal Services
5. Edward Contreras - Chief Information Security Officer at Frost Bank
6. Nicholas Salem - Customer Engineer at Google Cloud
7. Ian Burres - Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio 
8. Joe Rossi - AI Researcher

Sessions will include:

• AI and Security Automation
• Gen AI and RAG
• Co-Pilot Application Security
• AI: Past, Present, and Future
• Using large language models (LLMs) and related tools to conduct cyber ops
• Common uses for AI in pen testing (both offensive and defense)
• AI for cyber analysis, incident management, and reporting 
• and much more!