EECS Lunch and Learn with Industry Series: Life and times (and careers) at a national research laboratory
About the event
WSU School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science:
Lunch and Learn with Industry
Life and Times (and Careers) at A National Research Laboratory
by David Manz and Jessica Smith, PNNL
Presentation:
Working at a National Lab is unlike working anywhere else; we are a fusion of academia, industry, and government that takes us down unique research and development paths. Join us to learn about the exciting computational, engineering, analytical, and cyber security research and development underway at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Come with questions for Jess Smith (WSU alum) and David Manz, PhD (adjunct professor, WSU). We will describe a day in the life of a researcher and provide a few examples of the exciting projects in critical infrastructure, control systems, data science, software engineering, and more.
Bios:
David Manz, PhD
Dr. David Manz is currently a Chief Cyber Security Scientist in the National Security Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He leads a team of a dozen engineers, scientists and support staff. He holds a B.S. in Computer and Information Science from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Idaho. David’s work at PNNL includes enterprise resilience and cyber security, secure control system communication, and critical infrastructure security. Underlying his research is an application of relevant research methods for cyber security (Cyber Security Science). In 2017 David and a colleague Thomas Edgar published a book on “Research Methods for Cyber Security.” In 2016, David received the PNNL Ronald L. Brodzinski Laboratory Director’s Early Career Exceptional Achievement Award. Prior to his work at PNNL, David spent five years as a researcher on Group Key Management Protocols for the Center for Secure and Dependable Systems at the University of Idaho (U of I). David also has experience teaching undergraduate and graduate computer science courses at U of I, and as an adjunct faculty at Washington State University. David has co-authored numerous papers and presentations on cyber security, control system security, and cryptographic key management.
Jess Smith, PhD
Dr. Jess Smith is a Cyber Security Research Scientist with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL is a US Department of Energy national laboratory. Dr. Smith has a decade of experience working for both the government and industry. At PNNL, Dr. Smith’s research includes control system and supply chain security, with ventures into hardware security and data analysis. She has led research projects exploring state machine reverse engineering and defining resiliency in cyber systems. She is currently leading PNNL’s supply chain integrity investigation team which supports multiple government agencies. Prior to PNNL, Dr. Smith has worked in industry at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., and MITRE Corp. Her work included designing secure control system devices, educating control system designers and operators on system security, and exploring new threat vectors. She has also worked on embedding encryption into CPUs and malware analysis through reverse engineering. After completing both a MS and BS in Computer Engineering at the University of Idaho, Dr. Smith earned her PhD in Computer Science from Washington State University while working full-time. Her dissertation explored methods for ensuring supply chain integrity. She has her CISSP and CSSLP certifications and is a member of IEEE and ACM.
Series Purpose:
It has been said one should never let a crisis go to waste, because it can be an opportunity to try new things that may not have been possible before. And, with the temporary transition to online learning, we have a new means for industry to connect with students at WSU.
The purpose of this speaking series is for high-tech companies to share insight with EECS students and give time for Q&A.
Example topics will include career experiences, how to succeed in industry, what to expect with your first job, interviewing advice, along with technology discussions and trends.
The series is brought to you by the WSU EECS Executive Council. We are engineers, managers, and executives that help advise the WSU EECS program so what you learn at school matches the skills and values needed for a successful career.
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