Michigan Tech’s Security and Privacy lab is hosting a beginner-oriented smart-car summer hackathon study on June 30th! No prior experience in cybersecurity is needed to participate – all participants will take part in a two-hour training session prior to the event.
We interviewed leading organizer Caleb Rother for more information on this opportunity!
James – How is the Summer Hackathon formatted?
Caleb – It’ll look much like a video game, with categories focused on a bunch of different exploits used in AI and vehicles that get progressively harder.
J – What level of Cybersecurity Experience do I need to participate in the Summer Hackathon?
C – None whatsoever. We designed this to introduce security to younger students rather than to require prior knowledge.
J – What value does the hackathon have, both for someone already knowledgeable of cybersecurity and those less familiar with the field?
C – For seasoned students, the opportunity to learn tricks specific to AI and Vehicles that you may not have known before. For those less familiar, you can learn cybersecurity concepts in general on top of that.
J – What does this hackathon intend to accomplish for the education of Cybersecurity in the Upper Peninsula?
C – The idea is to test our teaching philosophy on younger students with less technical knowledge. As a result, the ideas here should be widely applicable for teaching students with little experience in college too, i.e. freshmen.