Sponsor: OC Section
Speaker: Zhou Li Sreekanth Reddy Panyam

Date: 26 May 2026
Time: 04:45 PM PDT to 07:00 PM PDT
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Reservations: IEEE
Summary:
As AI systems evolve—from traditional models to LLM-powered agents interacting with enterprise systems and real-world tools—they introduce powerful capabilities along with new security challenges, including:
Data leakage and prompt injection
Model misuse and unauthorized access
Risks in agent-driven automation
Governance and compliance concerns
This session combines technical insights and practical demonstrations to explore how to build secure, trustworthy AI systems at scale.
Bio: Zhou Li is an Associate Professor at UC Irvine, EECS department, leading the Data-driven Security and Privacy Lab. Before joining UC Irvine, he worked as Principal Research Scientist at RSA Labs from 2014 to 2018.
Bio: Sreekanth Reddy Panyam is a Security Engineer with 10 years experience in Application and Cloud security.