The 50th anniversaries of the Apollo 11 moon landing and Woodstock have gotten lots of attention this year. So too has machine learning. As you’ll see in this annotated timeline, its roots date back to the late 1940’s.

A fascinating talk by Brendan McMahan, Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google, about how it’s using federated learning to preserve privacy of AI at the edge. Move over differential privacy and secure multi-party calculation.

Security analysts operate in a two-dimensional world using static UI’s - multiple screens filled with bar graphs, pie charts and lengthy lists. The results are fatigue, boredom and burnout.

Here’s a look at the future of Security Operations Centers (SOCs) enabled by VR. Information about network security conditions is rendered visually in three-dimensional space to tap humans’ intuitive skills in detecting depth and density visually.

Emergo by UL describes how medical device and healthcare cybersecurity regulations have evolved, and what product managers should look for in terms of third-party compliance support - a timely topic in light of the URGENT/11 vulnerability disclosure this week.

What’s Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and how does it fit into the regulatory landscape? Paul Cerrato, M.A., and John Halamka, M.D., M.S., provide important context for this fast-moving area. They also offer their predictions about how new guidance might affect the future of digital health.

UCLA’s Dr. Antonio Damasio talks about his research into the brain processes underlying emotions, feelings, and consciousness. A pioneer in the field of neuroscience, he criticizes research that oversimplifies brain function. He also steps back from his work to share personal insights about risk-taking and success.