From Cybersecurity to Artificial Intelligence

We at the System Security Lab and CROSSING use our global network and organize the second Darmstadt Women in Tech event on November 18, 2021. The conference will feature talks by internationally renowned female speakers from all over the world. As such, it will be a platform for inspiring successful women in tech to spread their professional achievements and ideas. By presenting their career paths – from Cybersecurity to Artificial Intelligence – and sharing their experience, our speakers will empower young talents to reach their goals and have their careers in tech.

We focus on connecting established female experts with young female scientists and presenting successful role models.
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

Dr. Najwa Aaraj
Chief Researcher at the Cryptography Research Centre, Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates

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Christina Kraus
Co-founder of meshcloud, Germany

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Short interview with Christina Kraus

Katharina Kreitz
Founder & CEO of Vectoflow GmbH, Germany

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Short interview with Katharina Kreitz

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Möslein
Vice President of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

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Carmen Rommel
Co-Founder of BIOVOX GmbH, Germany

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Short interview with Carmen Rommel

Dr. Aifen Sui
Senior Expert and Automotive Security Architect,
Huawei Germany Research Center, Germany

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Louisa Zoé Wenkemann
Co-Founder of nakt® Stoffschmiede GmbH

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Short interview with Louisa Zoé Wenkemann

Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede
Professor at the COSIC research group of the Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Short interview with Ingrid Verbauwhede

Prof. Wenyuan Xu
Chair of the Systems Science and Engineering Department, Zhejiang University, China

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Prof. Stjepan Picek
Radboud University, The Netherlands

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VENUE

The Workshop will take place at the Wilhelm-Köhler-Saal
(Raum 283), TU Darmstadt, Altes Hauptgebäude (S1|03), Hochschulstr. 1, 64289 Darmstadt

PROGRAM

TIME (CEST)	PROGRAM
8:00 – 9:00	Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:00 – 9:10	Welcome & Opening Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt Prof. Lejla Batina, Radboud University Prof. Nele Mentens, KU Leuven and Leiden University VIDEO
9:10 – 9:50	From Simple Attacks to Ample Attacks – AIoT: When AI Meets the IoT Prof. Wenyuan Xu, Zhejiang University, China VIDEO
9:50 – 10:30	Towards Service Oriented Architecture in automotive system: security challenges and countermeasures Dr. Aifen Sui, Huawei Germany Research Center VIDEO
10:30 – 11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:40	Innovation Ecosystems: The Role of the University Prof. Kathrin Möslein, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany VIDEO
11:40 – 12:20	How will Machine Learning impact our cryptographic solutions? Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates
12:20 – 13:00	LUNCH
13:00 – 13:30	Desired State Models, the cloud-native way of doing everything Christina Kraus, meshcloud, Germany
13:30 – 15:00	PANEL DISCUSSION: Research, Innovation and Start-ups with Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Technology Innovation Institute Christina Kraus, meshcloud Katharina Kreitz, Vectoflow GmbH Stjepan Picek, Radboud University Louisa Zoé Wenkemann, nakt® Stoffschmiede GmbH Carmen Rommel, BIOVOX GmbH VIDEO
15:00 – 15:40	Innovative Approaches to AI Acceleration Dr. Michaela Blott Xilinx Research, Ireland VIDEO
15:40 – 16:20	COFFEE BREAK
16:20 – 17:00	Hardware Security: looking for the roots of trust Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede, KU Leuven, Belgium VIDEO
17:00 – 17:40	In-memory Computing for Machine Learning and Security Applications Prof. X. Sharon Hu, University of Notre Dame, USA VIDEO
17:40 – 18:00	Closing Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi Prof. Lejla Batina, Radboud University Prof. Nele Mentens, KU Leuven and Leiden University