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2024

  • Dr. Dasgupta will be delivering a talk on "Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication & Cyber Identity" in the Distinguished Speaker Webinar Series jointly hosted by the Center for Cyber Security Research (C2SR), the Artificial Intelligence Research (AIR) Initiative, and the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) at the University of North Dakota College of Engineering & Mines with support from University of Minnesota, North Dakota State University, University of Miami, Texas A&M Kingsville, University of Connecticut and West Virginia University.

2023

  • December 19, 2023: Dr. Dasgupta gave CIS sponsored Distinguished Lecturer’s talk on “Generative AI from Historical Perspective”, organized by IEEE and JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
  • November 1, 2023: Dr. Dasgupta delivered a presentation titled "Socio-Economic Disruption of Gen AI Tools: ChatGPT and Other Large Language Models (LLMs)" at NED talks.
  • October 11, 2023: : Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta gave IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecture on “AI vs AI: Viewpoints" Keynote Speakers – IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM) at Ambato, Ecuador, October 10-13, 2023
  • On October 4th 2023: Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta of Computer Science gave a Keynote (virtually) at 22th International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW2023) (ieee.tn) in Sousse, Tunisia, as a IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecture on "Artificial Immune Systems and their Applications". He is considered as one of the founding fathers of Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) a.k.a. Immunological Computation and has many publications including two books on the topic. Dr. Dasgupta became Fellow of IEEE in 2015 for his contributions to immunological computation and bio-inspired cybersecurity
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave the IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecture on Adversarial Machine Learning and Defense Strategies. Presented on July 20, 2023 at IIIT Allahabad.
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave an invited talk on Generative AI From Historical Perspectives. Presented on July 21, 2023 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
  • Dr. Dasgupta has been involved in developing robust AI/ML systems for cybersecurity applications, and as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (2022-2024) giving talks on 5 topics (shown in the link) in many countries. Dr. Dasgupta also served as a panelist at the IEEE CAI, 2023 on Adversarial Machine Learning: Lesson Learned, Challenges & Opportunities. He has been serving as An Advisory Board Member of MIT GDC in Cyber Security since 2010.
  • Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta, Director and Hill Professor of Computer Science served as a panelist at the IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) on June 6, 2023 at Santa Clara, California on the technical panel Adversarial Machine Learning: Lessons Learned, Challenges & Opportunities which was sponsored by the Google. His expert views on the security of AI generated interest among the industry attendees and engaged discussion. He also gave a poster presentation of a research paper co-authored with Dr. Hasan Ali, Associates Professor of Electrical Engineering and a stuent, Nathan Ferror
  • The University of Memphis is re-designated as a National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense. It is awarded through the 2027 academic year. Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta is the director and Dr. Hasan Ali, Dr. Myounggyu Won and Dr. Kan Yang are the associate directors of the Center for Information Assurance.
  • Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta is the panelist for "Adversarial Machine Learning: Lessons Learned, Challenges & Opportunities" in 2023 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI)
  • Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta received highest level of research recognition available to UofM faculty. He was awarded Arthur C. Graesser Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement in Research for sustained excellence in academic scholarship, research collaboration, mentoring and university citizenship.
  • Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta of University of Memphis Dept. of Computer Science, has contributed a chapter on “An Empirical Study of Algorithmic Bias” in an edited volume, entitled “Handbook on Computer Learning and Intelligence” Vol 2, Chapter 23.
  • On February 24th, Prof. Dasgupta gave an invited talk on “Adversarial Machine Learning and Defense Strategies” at the Computer Science and Engineering department of University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. He also visited their AI institute and engaged in research discussion to explore collaboration.
  • On January 10, 2023, Prof. Dasgupta led an high-level technology research meeting with eight leading universities which was hosted by TCS-Research Kolkata, India. For details, click here .
  • Professor Dr. Dasgupta will be the Co-Chair of an workshop on “Cyber Resiliency in Critical Infrastructure: Best Practices and Emerging Tools” at HICSS-56 from January 3-6, 2023, details at the HICSS website.

2022

  • On 21st December, Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta will give a keynote on “Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication & Cyber Identity” at 2nd International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing (ANTIC-2022), BHU Varanasi, India.
  • On 14th December — Dr. Dasgupta selected as a prestigious National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow for the Class of 2022
  • On 8th December, Dr. Dasgupta gave an invited talk on “Adversarial Machine Learning and Defense Strategies” at A*STAR and jointly by the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. For details of his talk Click here.
  • On 7th December, Prof. Dasgupta gave an invited talk at the University of Malaya, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia under IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturer Program on Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication and Cyber Identity : vTools Events.
  • On Dec. 5th and 6th: Chair sessions at the Computational Intelligence in Cybersecurity Symposium at the IEEE SSCI, Singapore.
  • On 4th December, Prof. Dasgupta gave a tutorial (with Dr. A. Roy and K. D. Gupta) on Machine Learning Applications, Adversarial Attacks and Mitigation Strategies at IEEE Symposium Series On Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Singapore.
  • On 15th November, the patent for Multi-user permission strategy to access sensitive information got approved. More info: US Patent 11,503,035, 2022 - D Dasgupta, A Roy, D Ghosh
  • Professor Dr. Dasgupta gave talk on "Emerging Cyber Threats and Defences" at 12th Annual Mid-South Cybersecurity Summit that will be held on November 4th, 2020 at the University of Memphis.
  • Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta (IEEE Distinguished Speaker) gave invited lecture (virtual) on Cyber Security and Authentication at the IEEE Victorian Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) on 14 October, 2022 at 12 pm-1PM (Australian time) hosted by Dr. Malka N. Halgamuge, RMIT University, Australia.
  • IEEE DAY - Distinguished Lecture on AI vs. AI: Viewpoints by Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta on October 4, 2022 at 9AM
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave a public lecture (virtual) at Purdue University on secure User Authentication and Identity Management based on his patented work on AMFA and how AMFA can provide zero-trust capabilities to authentication on September 28th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave an invited talk on IoT Security at the NCAE workshop hosted at North Carolina A&T State University on September 23, 2022.
  • On June 20th, Prof. Dasgupta gave a talk on Adversarial Machine Learning and Defense Strategies at CIS Tunisia Chapter (Rahman Fourati).
  • Dr. Dasgupta is now an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (2022-2024).
  • On April 1st (12 PM - 5 PM), Prof. Dasgupta hosted a Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Workshop ,which covers Authentication and ID Management, Moving towards Zero Trust, Endpoint detection and response and FedRamp program for Cloud Security.
  • On March 25th (12 PM - 5 PM), Prof. Dasgupta hosted a Smart Grid Security Workshop, which covers a wide variety of fundamental concepts with real-world examples and scenarios to help provide knowledge, understanding, and capacity for effective cyber incident awareness, analysis and response across different disciplines and professional sectors.
  • Smart Grid Security workshop is hosted by Dr. Dasgupta on March 25th at the FedEx Institute of Technology.
  • Dr. Dasgupta will gave talk at Navy ROTC workshop (virtual) hosted by the Center for Information Assurance at the University of Memphis on March 19th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta was invited as a speaker at Jack Voltaic Conference on Cyber Resiliency for Critical Infrastructure on Feb 24th and 25th at The Citadel College, Charleston, SC.
  • Prof. Dasgupta gave talk on Identity Management T&E, Biometrics, Deep Fakes at DHS Roundtable 2: Cybersecurity & Resilience, RT2 (virtual) on February 23rd and 24th.

2021

  • Dr. Dasgupta organized (serve as a session chair, give tutorial and present a paper) IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security (CICS 2021) at Orlando, USA. on December 4th to December 7th.
  • The NCAE-C Grants Kickoff meeting at Dreamport, Maryland on November 15th and 16th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta attended DoE ASCR Workshop virtually.
  • Prof. Dasgupta attended NCPC FEMA Symposium on October 28th virtually.
  • Dr. Dasgupta served as a panellist at the Cyber Resilience workshop and gave presentation on "The National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program" on October 19th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta served in the Faculty Advisory Board in Raymond James CTF Competition on October 2nd.
  • Dr. Dasgupta served as a panelist at HICCS Cyber Resiliency in Critical Infrastructure Workshop on July 27th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta presented at IJCNN virtually on July 22th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave invited talk on "Research-Driven Cybersecurity Education and Training" at Southeast Region Cybersecurity event (CAE Community Forum) hosted by UWF on July 16th.
  • Doctoral Dissertation Defense - Soujanya Chatterjee on July 12th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta attended DoD AI workshop (virtual) on June 22th.
  • UofM/Buckman Meeting - DigiChem and CyberSecurity Grant Opportunity on May 27th.
  • CAST Research Cluster Meeting on April 27th.
  • IP Committee meeting, presented our innovative research on April 26th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave talk on “Cyber Risks in Emerging Technologies and Cybersecurity Solutions—Tools & Techniques.” at ROTC virtual workshop for all University of Memphis students on April 17th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta participated University of Memphis Research Council meeting on April 1st.
  • Dr. Dasgupta gave talk at Greater Memphis IT Council - Thought Leaders on Thursday: Smart City Applications - Emergency Response on March 25th.
  • Attended NSF-DASS Town Hall Meeting on March 24th.
  • CNSA 2021-8 Grant Proposal Coalition Team with 5 University partners on March 17th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta attended IP Committee Meeting on March 11th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta had a team Meeting for NCAEC-001-2021 Proposal and CAE NSA Teacher Development Proposal meeting on March 10th.
  • NCAEC-001-2021 proposal Collaboration meeting with University of West Florida on February 24th
  • NCPC PI meeting on February 11th and February 26th.
  • Capstone Project meeting on February 9th
  • Navigated SBIR/STTR led by Drs. Emmert and Simone on February 4th at 2:30PM:
  • Attended DHS S&T workshop February 2nd.
  • Attended UM TRiO & CodeCrew Reconnect, hosted by Kela Jones (Code Crew) on January 26 at 3PM
  • Conducted AI-Transportation Research Meeting with University of Delware (Prof. Nii Attoh Okine and Weizi Li) on January 25.
  • Organized meeting between Melvyn (UofM) and Code Crew to discuss what's needed from Code Crew to be the Cyber Security subcontractor for Talent Search submission; hosted by Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro on January 19.
  • Attended Engineering Faculty discussion meeting on 5G research proposal on January 15th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta attended meeting with ARC LLC. (Roc Myers) to discuss BRIAR Teaming for IARPA proposal on January 14 at 4PM
  • Meeting with Code-Crew (Meka) and UofM R & I Division to discuss Cyber Security programming and subcontracting capacity; hosted by Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro on January 14th.
  • Dr. Dasgupta had meeting for NCPC PI at 8:30AM and DHS/FEMA Project meeting at 11AM on January 14th.
  • Prof. Dasgupta had a meeting with HBCUs and inclusion of Computer Science (Cyber Security) in the STEM portion of the GEAR UP grant proposal hosted by Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro on January 11th & 12th

2020

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