USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative

28/04/2025

19/12/2024

Adam Clayton Powell III

Recordings from the ‘Are Fair Elections Possible in the Age of AI?’ event are now available on ADM+S YouTube. 🎬

👉🏼 https://admscentre.org/USC-event-recordings

Sessions include:
1. 'Cybersecuring Democracy: The U.S. Experience', delivered by Adam Powell, University of Southern California's USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative Executive Director, and Jung-hwa "JUDY" Kang, Special Project Manager at USC.

1. 'From Believing Almost Everything To Believing Almost Nothing: The Decline Of Users Faith In The Credibility Of The On-line World', with Jeffrey Cole, Director of the USC Centre for the Digital Future.

2. 'What’s new — Platforms, Infrastructures & Hardware', with panelists Timothy Graham ( (Queensland University of Technology)), Dang Nguyen (RMIT University) and Daniel Angus ( (Queensland University of Technology)).

3. 'What’s new — Beyond US Platforms', with panelists Fan Y. (The University of Melbourne), Haiqing Yu (RMIT University) and Julian Thomas (RMIT University).

4. 'What Just Happened? The US Election in Review', with Casey Briggs, data journalist at the ABC News.

5. 'Misinformation and Media Obligation', delivered by Ariel B., investigations reporter at The Guardian Australia.
.. and more. Add to your holiday watch list now!

More about this event: https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/elections-ai/

11/12/2024

04/12/2024

03/12/2024

Are Fair Elections Possible In The Age Of AI?
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 4 at 8:30 a.m. AEDT
Location: RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
For more information and to RSVP:
https://events.humanitix.com/election-ai

01/12/2024

Join USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative Executive Director Adam Clayton Powell III and Program Manager Kang on Wednesday for our next major international conference, 'Are Fair Elections Possible in the Age of AI?' at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. This full-day event will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Details and RSVP available at

From cyber attacks to co-ordinated disinformation and AI-generated deep fakes, fair elections in Australia and around the world are facing unprecedented and complex threats. What do we need to know to understand these challenges and address them effectively? What should citizens, journalists, policy...

27/11/2024

Next week we are hosting a public event in collaboration with the University of Southern Californialifornia USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative, titled ‘Are Fair Elections Possible In The Age Of AI?’

🗓 4 December 2024
📍 RMIT University, Melbourne
⏰ 8:30am- 3:30pm (AEDT)

The event brings together experts from Australia and the United States to report and compare recent experiences in both countries. It will examine the capabilities of current systems, the dynamics of media platforms, and the institutional, technical and regulatory strategies that can protect now and in the future.

Registrations essential 👉🏼 https://events.humanitix.com/election-ai

05/11/2024

Tonight, Adam Clayton Powell III, Executive Director of the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative, will be joining Maryland Public Television for live election night coverage. He will be featured starting at 11 pm ET.

To watch the live stream: https://www.mpt.org/vote2024/

23/10/2024

🔐 CDAAI 2024: Cybersecuring Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Η Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Jahna Otterbacher, Κοσμητόρισσα της Σχολής Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών του Open University of Cyprus - Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου , είναι προσκεκλημένη ομιλήτρια στο πάνελ «AI and Ethics: Is AI a Threat to Democracy?» στο συνέδριο CDAAI 2024. Το συνέδριο θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 23/10/2024 στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | University Of Cyprus υπό την αιγίδα του Υφυπουργείο Έρευνας, Καινοτομίας & Ψηφιακής Πολιτικής.

🗣 Ομιλητές από την Κύπρο και τις ΗΠΑ θα συζητήσουν εξελίξεις στις τεχνολογίες τεχνητής νοημοσύνης και πώς μπορούν να επηρεάσουν θέματα παραπληροφόρησης και κυβερνοασφάλειας με στόχο την προαγωγή της δημοκρατίας.
🇬🇧 Associate Professor Jahna Otterbacher, Dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the Open University of Cyprus, is an invited speaker on the panel “AI and Ethics: Is AI a Threat to Democracy?” at CDAAI 2024.

📅 Date: October 23, 2024
📍 Location: University of Cyprus

This event is organized by the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative, the University of Cyprus, the CYENS Centre of Excellence, and the KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence, under the auspices and in collaboration with the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.

🌐Περισσότερες πληροφορίες/More Information: https://tinyurl.com/sj8bk3kz

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23/10/2024

22/10/2024

On October 23, Adam Clayton Powell III, Executive Director of the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative, will be presenting "Cybersecuring Democracy: The U.S. Experience" at the conference "Cybersecuring Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" at the of Cyprus. He will also moderate a session titled "AI and Ethics: Is AI a Threat to Democracy?" which will include panelists Jahna Otterbacher, Associate Professor at the Open University of Cyprus - Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου; Konstantinos Kouroupis from Frederick University; and Stefanos Kyprianou, Co-founder and President of the Executive Board of APLA.

-Conference details at https://cdaai24.cs.ucy.ac.cy/
-RSVP to join us in person at https://lnkd.in/ePMHMiyF
-Watch the live webcast at https://lnkd.in/duyvmejs

KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence
CYENS Centre of Excellence
Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus
Digital Innovation Hub Cyprus (DiGiNN)
Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | University Of Cyprus
Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy