AI & Emerging Tech and the Impact it will have on Disinformation and Election-Related Threats
March 26, 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Location: Car Barn 206
Join the Center for Security Studies for a conversation with Georgetown Professors Col. Candice E. Frost, Josh Goldstein, and Vangala Ram to discuss the impact that artificial intelligence and emerging technology will have on disinformation and election-related threats ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
With valuable insights into the unique threats posed by AI and disinformation to U.S. democratic institutions, this session will help to inform those interested in the impact that foreign malign influence, emerging technology, disinformation can have on U.S. citizens ahead of one of the most significant elections in recent history.
This event is free and open to SSP students, alumni, other SFS graduate students, and the GU Community.
Accessibility
For requests for accommodations due to a disability or medical condition, contact securitystudies@georgetown.edu no later than March 14, 2024. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill all accommodation requests.
About the Speakers
Candice E. Frost (She/Her) Candice Frost is the DOD Integrated Account Executive for Cybersecurity, Intelligence and Services at Raytheon, an RTX Business. Frost handles the DOD portfolio of technical capabilities and high-touch services uniquely aligned to support Sensitive Activities and Special Operations. Frost’s commitment to national security includes three decades of public service in the United States Army. Her career in intelligence and cyber includes operational tours of duty in the Balkans and multiple deployments to Afghanistan. Frost was instrumental in the integration of women into combat arms and served nearly half of her career in infantry divisions. She last served as the commander of the Joint Operations Intelligence Command at U.S. Cyber Command. Frost retired from the Army in 2023 as a Colonel. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Frost holds master’s degrees from Central Michigan University and the United States Army School of Advanced Military Studies. Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and Combat Action Badge. She is also the recipient of the Billington Cybersecurity Workforce Development Award, Business Council for Peace Lifetime Mentorship Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Muscatine, Iowa. Frost is a member of the Executive Advisory Council for AFCEA DC. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching master’s students in the Security Studies Program. Frost is the past recipient of numerous fellowships, including Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Army War College Fellowship with the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Fellowship.
Josh A. Goldstein (He/Him) is a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) where he works on the CyberAI Project. Prior to joining CSET, Goldstein was a Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Internet Observatory. His research has included investigating covert influence operations on social media platforms, studying the effects of foreign interference on democratic societies, and exploring how emerging technologies will impact the future of propaganda campaigns. He has given briefings to the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and senior technology journalists based on this work. He has been published in outlets including Brookings, Lawfare, and Foreign Policy. He holds an MPhil and DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Clarendon Scholar, and an A.B. in Government from Harvard College.
Vangala Ram (He/Him) is an intelligence and Foreign Service professional, retiring from the U.S. Foreign Service as a Senior FSO recently, after a distinguished twenty-seven career, earning several awards along the way, such as the Superior Honor Award (SHA).Mr. Ram’s tours in the Foreign Service included ten overseas diplomatic assignments in Banjul, Amman, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tunis, Riyadh, Seoul, Cologne, Kabul, and Herat. Some of his key positions included Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Senior Civilian Representative (SCR), and Office Director for Regional Security and Arms Transfers in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/RSAT). Mr. Ram served as the Department of State Chair at the National Intelligence University (NIU) and later taught graduate school there for several years. Mr. Ram has served as a Senior Analyst (de facto DNIO) at the National Intelligence Council (NIC), and as a Cyber Subject Matter Expert (SME) at USCYBERCOM.