ACM TechTalk: Scott Tilley
View the recent ACM Techtalk “Testing the System: A Holistic Approach to Security in Systems Development,” by Scott Tilley, an Emeritus Professor at the Florida Institute of Technology.
As cybersecurity threats evolve, testing is increasingly critical in maintaining systems’ integrity, availability, and confidentiality. This talk explores a systems-oriented perspective on testing, drawing on concepts of risk management, security frameworks, and the interplay between human and technical elements of cybersecurity.
Focusing on technological and organizational security dimensions, this talk provides actionable insights for implementing robust, scalable testing frameworks that align with a systems perspective. Real-world scenarios and best practices will demonstrate how testers can proactively address emerging cybersecurity challenges.
ACM ByteCast: Chieko Asakawa
In this episode of ACM ByteCast, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, Sabrina Hsueh hosts accessibility researcher and inventor Chieko Asakawa, an IBM Fellow at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, the Chief Executive Director of The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Japan, and an IBM Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
Here Asakawa shares how becoming blind early in life led her to work in accessibility research. She talks about her IBM team’s work on the Home Page Reader, the first practical voice browser to provide effective internet access for blind and visually impaired computer users, as well as more recent work on the AI suitcase, a robot that helps visually impaired people walk around and navigate independently, and offers advice and best practices for both early and mid-career researchers and interdisciplinary professionals.
ACM ByteCast: Alvin Wang Graylin
In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Alvin Wang Graylin, Global VP of Corporate Development at HTC.
Alvin is also Chairman of the Virtual World Society, Vice-Chair of the Industry of VR Alliance, and President of the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance. Graylin is a leader in the virtual and augmented reality industries. As a serial entrepreneur, he founded four venture-backed startups across sectors including AI-driven conversational search, mobile social networks, ad tech, and big data AI analytics, spanning both China and the U.S. As an active investor, he funded more than 100 startups and played a pivotal role in the establishment of HTC’s ViveX Global VR accelerator and SOSV’s mobile internet investment incubator.
Here, Graylin describes his early introduction to technology and computers after immigrating to the U.S. from China and later working at the first VR-focused research lab outside the military at the University of Washington. He highlights some of his pioneering contributions to the consumer PC, mobile, and internet industries in China, including helping establish Intel’s China office, explains how his background in NLP and AI helped him navigate and address the complexities of Chinese as a language for mobile search, shares some milestones from his work in China, and more.
Featured ACM Member: Nicola Dell
Nicola Dell is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University. Her research investigates the impact of digital technologies on underserved communities and builds systems and interventions that make our computing-mediated world safer and more equitable for everyone. In particular, she works to improve computer security and privacy for survivors of intimate partner violence and develop technology that supports frontline healthcare workers. At Cornell, she co-leads the Clinic to End Tech Abuse (CETA) and the CAROW Initiative on Home Care Work.
Among her honors, Dell has received the ACM SIGCHI Societal Impact Award. This year she was selected for a MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes referred to as a “Genius Grant”). Bestowed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the award recognizes “a person’s originality, insight, and potential.”
In her interview, she discusses empowering people to solve problems in real-world settings, her work with CETA, easing the challenges home health aides face, and more.
Featured ACM Member: Ian Akyildiz
Ian F. Akyildiz served as the Ken Byers Chair Professor in Telecommunications at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology for 35 years before retiring in 2020. Since 1989, he has also been the President and CTO of Truva Inc., a company dedicated to conducting research and teaching classes in the telecommunications field.
Throughout his career, Akyildiz has held numerous professorships and established many successful research centers at universities across the globe. Over his 45-year career, Akyildiz has contributed to ACM in various volunteer roles including co-founding the ACM MobiCom conference in 1995 and the ACM SenSys conference in 2003 as well as founding the ACM NanoCom Conference in 2014.
In his interview, he discusses the benefits of nanonetworks, the integration of 5G and 6G technology with the Metaverse, the goals of the Technology Innovation Institute and more.
