Hosted by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tech Launch, the event in the Engineering and Information Technology Building Auditorium will feature 12 presentations from faculty and graduate students across multiple disciplines, highlighting the breadth and depth of AI-related work taking place on campus.

鈥淲e created the AI Tech Talk to shine a light on the incredible and diverse work happening across campus,鈥� said Marla Johnson, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 tech-entrepreneur-in-residence. 鈥淲e were thrilled by the response not just from computer science and engineering, but also from departments like history, education, and chemistry. AI is shaping every discipline, and this event gives us a chance to learn from one another, spark new ideas, and build a stronger, more connected research community.鈥�

Presentations will cover a wide range of topics, including:

• How cyberthreat intelligence analysts in the Emerging Threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center use AI to analyze information and generate threat reports
• Technical design and development of an AI-powered chatbot for couples counseling
• Use of AI tools by students in the Emerging Analytics Center to assist with content development for Project 360
• How to use AI tools to build online courses
• How high school students use generative AI in and out of the classroom

鈥淭his is a fantastic opportunity for the campus community to explore how AI is transforming research, teaching and professional practice in nearly every field,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淲e think everyone in every department across campus will want to come and learn.鈥�

Cookies and coffee will be served following the presentations to encourage informal discussion and collaboration among attendees.

The event is free and open to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty, staff, and students, who can for the AI Tech Talk event.

For more information, contact Johnson at 501-551-0095 mkjohnson@ualr.edu.

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With a background in cybersecurity from Arkansas Tech University, Massengale鈥檚 work gained momentum with the release of ChatGPT-3.5, enabling him to develop innovative applications for the Emerging Threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.

Under the mentorship of Dr. Philip Huff, associate professor of cybersecurity, Massengale conducted research, supported by a Department of Energy grant, that not only led to a series of research papers but also delivered essential tools now in use by utility companies to strengthen national security.

鈥淢y time as a student at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has been great,鈥� Massengale said. 鈥淎ll of the classes are research- and project-based. Dr. Huff has been awesome, and I was able to travel with him to explore the Idaho National Labs. Working with the undergraduate students at the Emerging Threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center is very cool. They get to write actual software for programs and see how those programs work in the real world. I would have died for an opportunity like that when I was an undergraduate student.鈥�

Massengale has presented his research at the EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, Intelligence Cybersecurity Conference, and the IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy, and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications. In 2023, he received the Best Graduate Research Assistant Award from the Department of Computer Science.

In is dissertation, 鈥淓nhancing Cybersecurity Strategies through Automated Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Extraction with LLMs, Risk Prioritization, and Privacy-Conscious Information Sharing,鈥� Massengale worked with large language models to create a more streamlined way to extract cyber threat intelligence from companies. This information is used to create profiles for businesses that tell them what types of risk they are at for ransomware attacks and other cybersecurity threats based on CTI, geographic location, and industry sector.

Massengale鈥檚 dissertation also worked to promote the sharing of cyber threat intelligence among companies by creating a privacy filter that alerts companies if they are sharing private information within cyber threat intelligence.

鈥淪ince adversaries tend to target the same type of companies, it鈥檚 useful for similar companies in the same industry to share threat intelligence with each other,鈥� he said. 鈥淒ue to the sensitive nature of cyber threat intelligence, companies could accidentally expose private information to their competitors. This privacy filter will alert companies if they are about to share information that is private or personally identifiable information.鈥�

Massengale was inspired to attend 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock after his father Rick Massengale, Sr., who is now president of North Arkansas Community College, also earned a Ph.D. in information technology from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. While Massengale said he is interested in teaching college in the future, he doesn鈥檛 think following in his father鈥檚 footsteps to become a college president is on the table. Among other family milestones, Massengale also welcomed his first child, a baby boy named Copeland, to his family six months ago.

As a graduate student, Massengale also worked part-time at Bastazo, an AI cybersecurity startup company created by Huff and three professors at the University of Arkansas. After successfully defending his dissertation on Oct. 31, Massengale started a full-time job as a software developer at Bastazo.

His advice for students to be successful is to: 鈥淐onnect with other students and find a community. Connect with professors because they always know what is going on. Don鈥檛 take shortcuts, and don鈥檛 give up.鈥�

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