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First-ever Cyber Security Conference bridges industry gaps, fosters innovation

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On March 10, 2014, the Institute for Business and Information Technology presented its first-ever conference on one of the most cutting-edge topics in IT today: the dynamic landscape of cyber security, and its effect on business and the world.

Co-chaired by Fox adjunct professors (and brothers) Chris and Marty Kearns, the conference hosted a diverse array of Temple students and industry professionals. All were eager to engage with the panel of eight speakers and collectively answer the question: What are the lessons from the front lines of the cyber war, and how does one apply these lessons to business strategy?

“Many conferences are solely technically-focused,” said Chris, Program Director at Lockheed Martin, which specializes in aerospace and defense. “Instead, we wanted to create a dialogue between businesses, large and small, bridging traditionalist cyber-defense with ‘hactivism’ and organizing. The conference connected the dots between all kinds of groups.”

Titled Lessons from the Edge: The Strategies of Cyber Security, the half-day event sought to broaden participants’ understanding of the ways in which battles in cyberspace are reshaping professional careers, business opportunities, policy, nonprofit work, and technological innovation.

“Cyber security impacts people,” noted Marty, President and CEO of Netcentric Campaigns. “[It also impacts] politics, news, law, and the bottom line.”

Keynote speaker Lee Holcomb, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Lockheed Martin, provided an illuminating history of cyber security within its broader government context, noting its formidable power in the realm of national security. He advocated its widespread implementation, and expounded on Lockheed Martin’s approach to diverting threats both within the government and private industry.

“The passion, experience, honesty, and professionalism of each panelist were universally appreciated,” said Marty.

There was a curricular component to the conference, as well, as many student-attendees are currently enrolled in the Kearns’ popular Cyber Warfare course, taught within Temple’s ITACS degree. The conference was designed to complement and bring to life the class’s methodologies and case studies in an interactive way. “We wanted to help students tie our course work and reading directly to stories of the professionals and companies [on the front lines],” said Marty.

Never resigning to oversimplification, the Kearns’ Cyber Warfare course delves deeply into the polarizing and varied nature of cyber security and its real-world applications. When interviewed, Chris and Marty acknowledged—and, in fact, highlighted—their divergent approaches: Chris’ role at Lockheed Martin, an industry leader in national defense, sits at the opposite pole from Marty’s role at Netcentric Campaigns, whose function is one of advocacy, activism, and organizing.

But these differing viewpoints, say the pair, only serve to strengthen their teaching.

“Preparing for [our Cyber Warfare class], Chris and I have assigned each other loads of reading,” said Marty, “and the intersection of our perspectives has been fascinating.”

This multiplicity was strikingly apparent during Lessons From the Edge, as well, where oppositional stances were not glossed over, but rather investigated. Panelists ranged from Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (a nonprofit that defends civil liberties in the digital world), to Aunshul Rege of Temple’s Criminal Justice Department, to Michael Higgins of the media giant NBCUniversal.

“Some of the panel got a little spirited, I think would be the word,” said Chris. “We had people who advocated for ‘hactivism,’ while others considered it tedious and a waste of resources. There was a really interesting dialogue.”

Despite the disagreements (or perhaps, because of them), all present could agree on one thing: powerful innovation occurs every day within the trenches of cyberwar.

“The struggle clearly propels an innovation race among attackers and defenders, among the curious and the gate makers, among the security state and the resistance,” said Marty. “It is less important to understand if the hackers are driven by nationalism, profits, or a cause, and more important to look at the emerging innovation that leads to our expanding understanding of what is possible.”

Thanks to conferences like Lessons From the Edge, understanding—and anticipating—the profound role of cyber security in our world has become that much more attainable.

Lessons from the Edge Distinguished Speakers

  • Lee Holcomb, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Lockheed Martin
  • Michael Higgins, Chief Information Security Officer, NBCUniversal
  • Eva Galperin, Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Cooper Quintin, Technology & Security Consultant
  • Michael Bradshaw, Vice President and CIO, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training
  • Aunshul Rege, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Department, Temple University
  • Meighan O’Reardon, Senior Associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Joseph Nash, Consulting Principal, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

To learn more about the conference and speakers, visit: http://ibit.temple.edu/cyber-security-strategy/

Big Data conference attracts leading practitioners to discuss a data-driven future

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On Sept. 27, 2012, the Big Data Conference was organized by Temple’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT), based at the Fox School, and connected practitioners from agencies and firms ranging from NASA and Lockheed Martin to Walmart and Campbell’s Soup Co. to discuss “The Business Value of Big Data: Potential, Reality, and Success Stories.”

During the course of the day, more than 100 attendees and nearly 20 speakers and panelists explored topics ranging from predications of global climate change, to data-driven marketing strategies, to the role of social media in politics. There was tremendous interest in the program, and the conference sold out weeks in advance.

Big-Data-ConferenceConference sponsors included well-known big data practitioners such as Accenture, SAP and GreenPlum, as well as local startups such as ColdLight and Global IDs. IBIT members Lockheed Martin, Campbell’s, Merck, LiquidHub, Sabre Systems and Transaction Network Services also sponsored the conference. The proceeds from the sponsorships and registration funded a new $50,000 Big Data research fund.

Keynote speaker Adrian Gardner, director of information technology and communications directorate and CIO of NASA Goddard Space Center, discussed the many ways in which NASA is using big data to benefit citizens, businesses and government agencies. He cited examples including the use of satellites, which have been aggregating millions of data points since 1978, to pinpoint ideal windmill locations for private energy companies, share predictions about hurricanes with the National Weather Service and monitor the impacts of global climate change.

“Organizations who wish to truly leverage big data must be agile enough to change and grow,” Gardner said. “Today is an opportunity to think about how big data can help your sector.”

During a morning session titled “Redefining Healthcare,” Independence Blue Cross Director of Informatics Ravi Chawla discussed improving marketing campaigns using data-driven insights. With the help of a SAS data tool he called “one of the Cadillacs of data mining,” Chawla helped whittle 200 data variables down to several key variables that drive customer attrition. The resulting predictions proved more powerful than those of previous models.

“It’s not enough to have just good data or a lot of data,” Chawla said. “Being able to analyze and make sense of the data is critical in making better business decisions.”

The conference was organized in partnership with the senior executives of the Fox IT Advisory Board, corporate members of IBIT and the Department of Management Information Systems (MIS). MIS faculty also presented or chaired conference sessions, including department Chair Munir Mandviwalla, Professor Paul A. Pavlou and Associate Professor David Schuff.

The conference committee, which included executives from Merck, Pfizer, Accenture, LiquidHub and Transaction Network Services, as well as Fox School faculty and staff, collaboratively planned all aspects of the event, including its theme, speakers, sponsors, format and implementation.

 

Temple “Big Data” Symposium – May 21, 2012, 12-6pm, Shusterman Hall

On Monday May 21, 2012, the Institute for Business & Information Technology (IBIT) hosted a University-wide symposium on “Big Data” in cooperation with the Office of Research. The purpose of this symposium was to bring together Temple researchers across disciplines to explore inter-disciplinary synergies and collaborations on big data research. Big data refer to extremely large datasets that do not conform to traditional principles of data collection, storage, management, sharing, processing, and statistical analysis, and they impose challenges on data storing, computer processing, existing statistical data analysis approaches, and existing ways to interpret, visualize, and derive knowledge from huge quantities of data. Over 70 faculty and PhD students attended the symposium that included several presentations and panel discussions from faculty in statistics, computer science, MIS, marketing, and the school of medicine.

The purpose of this internal Temple symposium is to identify capabilities on how to deal with big data across campus, identify synergies across researchers, Centers, departments, and schools, and hopefully spawn inter-disciplinary collaborative research on big data that will pursue external funding. Notably, the U.S. government has recently unveiled a $200M effort titled “Big Data Research and Development Initiative” that aims to support new R&D initiatives associated with big data. Moreover, the symposium will explore inter-disciplinary collaborations for potentially developing graduate programs in data analytics.

12:00pm Lunch
12:45pm Opening Remarks
1:00pm Session 1: Practical Applications and Best Practices with Big Data

  • Youngjin Yoo, Robert Kulathinal, Sunil Wattal: “Designing 21st Century Organizations”
  • Munir Mandviwalla, David Schuff, Sunil Wattal: “The Campaign Media Ecosystem”
  • Yili Hong, Paul A. Pavlou: “Big Data in Online Markets for Outsourcing of IT Services”
 2:00pm Session 2: Statistical Solutions for Big Data

  • Sanat Sarkar and Nicolle Clements: “High-dimensional Multiple Testing”
  • Neeraj Bharadwaj and Yuexiao Dong: “In Search of What Counts in Big Datasets”
 2:45pm Coffee Break
 3:15pm Session 3: Technical Solutions for Big Data

  • Jie Wu and Chiu C. Tan: “CIS Big Data Research”
  • Alexander Yates: “Data Mining and Information Retrieval with Web Data”
 4:00pm Panel: “Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of Big Data”

  • Pallavi Chitturi (Center of Statistical Analysis, Statistics Department)
  • Jennifer Gordon (Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine)
  • Keith Latham and Carmen Sapienza (Fels Institute for Cancer Research)
 5:00pm  Networking Reception

 For more information, contact: Paul A. Pavlou

CIO 2.0: Next generation of insights on digital business strategy

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April 08, 2011

The Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology in collaboration with the Special Issue on Digital Business Strategy of Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) presents the Fox IT symposium: CIO 2.0: Next generation of insights on digital business strategy.

The symposium will integrate different points of views on how IT shapes and influences business strategy.  As exponential advances in the price/performance of computing, storage, bandwidth, and software applications drive the next generation of digital technologies, it is time to rethink the role of IT strategy, from functional-level strategy aligned, but subordinate to business strategy, to a fusion between IT strategy and business strategy termed digital business strategy. The symposium will discuss how next-generation CIOs can take advantage of their deep knowledge of digital technology to take a leadership role in their firm’s formulation of business strategy.

Panelists

  • Andrea Anania, Retired, VP and CIO, CIGNA
  • Richard Cohen, Managing Director Principal, Deloitte
  • Bruce Fadem, Retired, VP and CIO, Wyeth
  • Jim Accardi, CIO, Education, Aramark
  • Edward Quinn, VP – Application Development, Hewlett-Packard

Moderator

  • Paul A. Pavlou, Associate Professor, Temple University

The Electronic Health Record: Workforce Implications

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June 23, 2010
8:30am – 10:30am
Temple University, Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Partnership for Direct Care Workers (Industry Partnership), Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, and Temple University Fox School of Business present a highly interactive exclusive discussion forum on EHR led by academic experts and leaders at local healthcare institutions. Specific questions to be addressed include: What will be the impact of the EHR on healthcare delivery and our healthcare workforce? What technology changes will be required to implement the EHR? How does this change impact jobs and organizations?

Panelists

  • J. Robert Beck, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Academic Officer, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Anthony Luberti, Director, The Center for Biomedical Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Cathy Flite, Assistant Professor, Health Information Management, Temple University

Moderator

  • Cindy Marselis, Director, Health Information Management, Temple University
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