Feras Batarseh joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to discuss the intersection of water systems and technology, specifically focusing on aspects of artificial intelligence (AI). He shared the importance of using AI to predict and prevent water quality issues, such as high turbidity, and highlighted the need for water systems to become more intelligent and cyber-secure. 

About Batarseh

Batarseh is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and the director of the AI Assurance and Applications (A3) Lab, as well as a researcher with the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative. His research interests include artificial intelligence assurance, intelligent water systems, cyberbiosecurity, context and causality, AI for agricultural policy

Takeaways

  • AI can be used to comb massive amounts of water data in order to better identify, predict, and prevent arising quality issues.

  • Cyberbiosecurity – a term coined at Virginia Tech -- focuses on protecting biological systems from cyber-attacks.

  • Virginia Tech’s Aqua Testbed is the only one in the world that can simulate cyberattacks on water systems in a manner that allows for the creation of defense solutions.

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About the podcast

"Curious Conversations" is a series of free-flowing conversations with Virginia Tech researchers that take place at the intersection of world-class research and everyday life. Produced and hosted by Travis Williams, assistant director of marketing and communications for the Office of Research and Innovation, university researchers share their expertise and motivations as well as the practical applications of their work in a format that more closely resembles chats at a cookout than classroom lectures. New episodes are shared each Tuesday.

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