CARTA Industry Advisory Board Annual Meeting + Workshop
1/7+8/2025 | Newman Alumni Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Day 2 Meeting
The Spring 2025 CARTA Industry Advisory Board (IAB) meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST (Reception follows until 7:00) at the Newman Alumni Center on the Coral Gables campus of the University of Miami. The meeting will be hosted by the NSF University of Miami CARTA site co-directors, Drs. Mitsu Ogihara and Yelena Yesha. Attendance is by invitation only.
Day 1 Workshop
A Workshop wil be held the day before at the same location on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM EST (Dinner follows until 7:30). This workshop will be dedicated to trusted AI and cybersecurity and co-sponsored by Google, MedStar, the US Department of Homeland Security, the University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing, and the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences.
To help us plan for a productive and secure meeting, please take a moment to REGISTER for the Meeting, Workshop, or both. Additional information about the meeting agenda will be sent out closer to the date. We will also maintain meeting information here on the website.
If you plan to travel to Miami, please check out our recommendations on WHERE TO STAY (and PUBLIC TRANSPORATION info) and PLACES TO EAT (on and off campus).
Thank you for your support and participation!
Mitsunori Ogihara + Yelena Yesha | Stephen Dennis
NSF University of Miami CARTA site Co-Directors | Professor Prof. Practice
1/7 WORKSHOP AGENDA (subject to change)
Digital Twins and Cyber-physical Security for National Critical Infrastructure
DHS Science and Technology & the NSF Center for Advanced Real-Time Analytics Workshop
“Exploring the translation of digital twins research to the protection of critical infrastructure systems”
January 7, 2025 | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Newman Alumni Center,
Multipurpose Room ABC, 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
8:30 AM Registration + Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Welcome + Opening Remarks | UM, NSF, DHS
9:15 AM Keynote Presentation
9:45 AM PANEL—National Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Risks, Opportunities & Challenges, Sector Representatives
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Presentations—Federal Research, Technology and Policy Challenges | DHS CIMBA Presentations
12:30 PM Lunch Pick-up
12:45 PM PANEL—Digital Twin Frontiers, Industry & Lab Representatives
1:15 PM PANEL—Academic Research & Technology Challenges | UM, CARTA Universities, University of Illinois
1:45 PM Break
2:00 PM Parallel Breakout Sessions
- Sector Lead-SOUTHERN—Critical Issues Related to the Use of Digital Twins for Cyber-physical Security | Research Problems, Data Requirements, Use Cases, Context
- Government Lead-SEAN WARNICK—Research Strategies for Exploring the Use of Digital Twins for Cyber-physical Security | State of Current Research, Research Priorities, Research Ecosystem & Partnering, Research Roadmap
- Industry/Academic Lead—AI/ML Security for Digital Twin Lifecycles | Risks associated with digital twin models, susceptivity to adversarial manipulations, game theoretic challenges, human weaknesses, research priorities
3:30 PM Break | Report Formulation
4:00 PM Breakout Group Reports
4:45 PM Closing Speaker
5:15 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Adjourn
1/8 MEETING AGENDA (subject to change)
January 8, 2025 | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Newman Alumni Center,
Multipurpose Room ABC, 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
8:30 AM Registration+ Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Opening Remarks | Mitsu Ogihara + Yelena Yesha, NSF UM CARTA Co-Directors
9:10 AM Welcome Remarks | Guillermo Prado, Provost University of Miami and
Leonidas Bachas, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
9:20 AM NSF Director Remarks | Ann von Lehman, NSF CNS & IUCRC Program Director
9:30 AM CARTA Phase II Overview | Dimitris Metaxas, Director, CARTA
10:00 AM Brief Site Updates | Rutgers, UMBC, UM, Arizona, and Tel Aviv
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM Collaborative Project Reports | CARTA Site Directors
12:00 PM Lunch + Keynote "Safeguarding Devices: Protecting Children Online" | Travis Heneveld, International Centre for Missing & Expolited Children
1:30 PM Project Proposals | CARTA Site Directors
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Industrial Panel
5:00 PM Networking Reception
7:00 PM Adjourn
