Security | United States

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022. 1:00 PM. Location: Live Virtual Event For decades, the United States’ research prowess and innovative ecosystem have been unparalleled. But with respect to artificial intelligence, arguably the next technological frontier, U.S. leadership may be in jeopardy. The lack of access to computing power and the scarcity of meaningful datasets are precluding many academic researchers from pursuing cutting-edge research. Such bottlenecks may also pose national security risks if the United States falls behind in advancing AI.  To address these concerns, Congress established the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) task force, with the mandate of implementing a National Research Cloud. Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) have offered recommendations on a way forward for NAIRR. Join Stanford HAI Director of Policy Russell Wald, CSET Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn and Stan...

Date: Friday, October 8, 2021. 1:30 PM. Location: LIVE-STREAMED HERE Book Presentation Abstract: As in many non-democratic regimes, widespread illegality coexists alongside relatively good security in Cuba. Economic and political liberalization are highly desirable, and can entail significant benefits for the population. However, the process is not without danger. This book examines Cuba’s present security conditions and forecasts the effects liberalization could have on the people of Cuba. Biography: Vidal Romero is professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Romero Co-Directs ITAM’s Center for the Study of Security, Intelligence and Governance. He is visiting fellow at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science and was Tinker visiting professor at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University. His current research focuses on the determinants of (democratic) order, and on the conditions under which...