Dr. Ian Bogost
Washington University - St. Louis
Dr. Ian Bogost is an interdisciplinary scholar and award-winning game designer, holding the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professorship in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, with faculty appointments in Film & Media Studies, Art & Design, and Computer Science & Engineering. As a Founding Partner of Persuasive Games LLC and Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, Bogost bridges academic research and creative practice. His independent games - including Cow Clicker and A Slow Year (winner of Vanguard and Virtuoso awards at IndieCade 2010) - address social and political issues and have been widely exhibited. Dr. Bogost has authored or co-authored 10 books, discussing how video games (and digital media more broadly) impact culture, communicate ideas, shape thought, and reflect human relationships with technology and play. He earned his BA (Phil., Comp. Lit.) from USC and MA & PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA.
Dr. Zhiqiang Lin
Ohio State University
Dr. Zhiqiang Lin is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Digital Trust (ICDT) at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on systems and software security, with an emphasis on automated binary analysis for vulnerability discovery, malware analysis, and mobile app security. He has published over 170 papers, many of which appeared in the top-4 venues of cybersecurity. He is an IEEE Fellow, a recipient of multiple awards including NSF CAREER, AFOSR YIP, Outstanding Faculty Teaching, Distinguished Paper Award from IEEE S&P, Distinguished Artifact Award from NDSS, and Distinguished Reviewer Award from CCS. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University.
Women in IT and Tech Panel
Trisha Fish - Rapta, Inc. - VP of Strategy and Digial Transformation and Senior Director of AI Advanced Programs
Dr. Laura Brown - Michigan Technological University - Professor of Computer Science, Associate Dean of Data Science Initiatives, and Director of Data Science M.S. and B.S. Programs
Dianne Marsh - Retired (Previously Netflix) - Former Director of Consumer Product Security and Trust
Moderated by Dr. Linda Ott