September 19 @5:30pm – COL Stephen Hamilton on Computer and Network Security

Register: This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu Chipotle). REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON & ONLINE (Zoom), Battelle Crystal City Office, 6th floor: 1550 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202. Metro Station Accessible. Metro Station Accessible and free garage parking available. Registration closes on Monday 09/16/2024.

Abstract: The Army Cyber Institute (ACI) takes a multidisciplinary approach to Cyber. The ACI is a cyber think tank for the Army.  In order to accomplish our mission, we’ve assembled a team with different academic backgrounds to tackle the Army’s hardest cyber challenges.  Academic disciplines of personnel in ACI include Sociology, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Data Science, Math, Law, Electrical Engineering, and Political Science.  When ACI tackles a project, we assemble a team to work on it, and the deliverables are reviewed by personal across all our disciplines, and also across all ranks (enlisted, warrant, and officer).  In this talk, I will describe our process, and examine a few projects we have completed and some that are ongoing, to include the Jack Voltaic Infrastructure resilience research. 

About the Speaker: COL Stephen Hamilton is the Director of the Army Cyber Institute (ACI). He is an Academy Professor and Cyber Officer. His assignments include Node Center Platoon Leader, 123d Signal Battalion, Fort Stewart, GA; Assistant Division Automation Officer, 3d Infantry Division G6, Fort Stewart, GA; Assistant S3 for Training and Automation, 57th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, TX; Company Commander, Alpha Company, 57th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, TX; Automation Officer, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) G6, Fort Hood, TX; Assistant Professor, United States Military Academy Department of EE&CS, West Point, NY; Joint Cyber Operations Planner, US Cyber Command, Fort Meade, MD; and Senior Researcher, Army Cyber Institute, West Point, NY. He is currently the Technical Director of the Army Cyber Institute. He is a graduate of the Joint Combined Warfighting School, Command and General Staff School, Signal Captain’s Career Course, Combined Arms and Service Staff School, Signal Officer Basic Course, and Airborne School. COL Hamilton’s deployments include Bosnia-Herzegovina 2000-2001 with the 3d Infantry Division, Iraq 2004-2005 with the 3d Signal Brigade, 57th Signal Battalion, and New Orleans and Southwest Louisiana in support of humanitarian relief efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) G6. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy (1998), and a Master of Science in Software Engineering from Auburn University (2008), and a PhD in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University (2017). He holds and extra class ham radio license. He is a graduate of the USMA Master Teacher Program. His research interests include computer and network security, software defined radios, cloud computing, and visualization of big data.