{"372451":{"#nid":"372451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kosal Speaks in Vienna on Big Data and Nonproliferation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/margaret-e-kosal\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMargaret E. Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;gave an invited talk on \u201cBig Data Analytics, the Life Sciences, \u0026amp; Transnational Security Threats\u201d at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/sspp\/policy-institute\/icsa\/index.aspx\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKing\u2019s College London Policy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E-organized workshop on \u201cOpen Source and Big Data Methodologies for Nonproliferation\u201d in Vienna at the end of January.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKosal spoke about challenges in big data analytics and biosecurity in the areas of governance, intent, and technical capabilities. Among the governance challenges, the first is the inherent difficulty of creating laws or other governance means for technology that does not yet exist. The second is the challenge of addressing challenges of 21st century technology using 20th century institutions. In the area of motivation, there is a need to address multiple actors and groups (including states) that may have disparate motivations. She spoke of risks that include, but are not limited to, vulnerabilities of datasets to cyber intrusion and design of biological agents intended for harmful or criminal purposes derived from the integration and analysis of big data in the life sciences. The possibilities and perils of big data analytics and the life sciences are example of the power of converging technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop, held at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/vcdnp.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;sponsored by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.carnegie.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECarnegie Corporation\u003C\/a\u003E, brought together technical and policy experts, representatives of industry, representatives of the IAEA, and government officials to discuss approaches and uses of open source research methodologies in support of nonproliferation. Topics covered included\u0026nbsp;big data in academia, applied uses of big data, uses of big data in government and security, and the law enforcement and legal implications of big data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking at the intersection of science and security, Dr. Margaret Kosal is among the foremost experts on the weapons of mass destruction and the national security implications of emerging and dual-use technologies; such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the cognitive neurosciences. She previously served as an expert on the US Government\u2019s first formal working group assessing the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaas.org\/report\/national-and-transnational-security-implications-big-data-life-sciences\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecurrent state of big data and analytics\u003C\/a\u003E, the benefits and risks of big data in the life sciences to national security, and needed solutions for addressing exploitation of system vulnerabilities or intentional use for harmful or criminal purposes. Kosal earned a doctoral degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and has served previously in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and as an advisor to the Chief of Staff of the US Army as part of his Strategic Studies Group (SSG). Her book\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.springer.com\/materials\/nanotechnology\/book\/978-1-4419-0061-6\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENanotechnology for Chemical and Biological Defense\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Springer Academic Publishers, 2009) explores scenarios and strategies regarding the benefits and potential proliferation threats of nanotechnology and other emerging sciences for national security.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/margaret-e-kosal\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMargaret E. Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;gave an invited talk on \u201cBig Data Analytics, the Life Sciences, \u0026amp; Transnational Security Threats\u201d at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/sspp\/policy-institute\/icsa\/index.aspx\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKing\u2019s College London Policy Institute\u003C\/a\u003E-organized workshop on \u201cOpen Source and Big Data Methodologies for Nonproliferation\u201d in Vienna at the end of January.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nunn School Assistant Professor Margaret E. Kosal gave an invited talk on \u201cBig Data Analytics, the Life Sciences, \u0026 Transnational Security Threats\u201d at King\u2019s College London Policy Institute-organized workshop on \u201cOpen Source and Big Data Methodologie"}],"uid":"28086","created_gmt":"2015-02-04 11:06:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:38","author":"Matt Josey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15092","name":"big data"},{"id":"167055","name":"security"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMargaret Kosal\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:margaret.kosal@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emargaret.kosal@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["margaret.kosal@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}