Applying Machine Learning to Advance Cybersecurity

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students hands on experience with machine learning, particularly in cybersecurity applications. This course will delve into the historical, current, and future applications of this technology in broad domains, including network defense and disinformation campaigns. Students will learn about state-of-the-art techniques being deployed today in security products, as well as burgeoning research areas for future growth. Students will also be exposed to the adversarial mindset and introduced to techniques seeking to disrupt defensive machine learning applications.