Past Events

2/26/24 | NPWG hosts Dr. Erik Brubaker

Date: February 26 Location: UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1995 University Ave. Time: 5:30-7 pm PT NPWG is thrilled to host Dr. Erik Brubaker from Sandia National Laboratories for a conversation about arms control verification...

Introducing the Risk Calculus

The Risk Calculus is a new podcast series from the UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. In Season One, join Professor Andrew Reddie for a deep dive into wargaming, an old way of thinking about risks that is being applied in new ways to some of today's most pressing...

2/13/24 | National Security in an Uncertain World with Dr. Kimberly S. Budil

BRSL is delighted to host Dr. Kimberly S. Budil, the Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for our next speaker series event. Dr. Budil, who is responsible for the laboratory’s strategic vision, will discuss the lab’s unique role in the national security...
10/26/23 | The Future of Arms Control

10/26/23 | The Future of Arms Control

The Berkeley Risk and Security Lab is delighted to host Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance (AVC) at the U.S. Department of State, for a discussion on the future of arms control. The conversations will...

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10/19/23 | Attacks on Machine Learning Systems

10/19/23 | Attacks on Machine Learning Systems

The Berkeley Risk and Security Lab is pleased to welcome Ram Shankar Shiva Kumar to discusses his new book "Not with a Bug, But with a Sticker: Attacks on Machine Learning Systems and What To Do About Them" and his experience as an AI red teamer. Ram, a Data Cowboy at...

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Confidence-Building Measures for Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Andrew Reddie (BRSL Faculty Director), Dr. Sarah Shoker, and Leah Walker (BRSL Assistant Director) summarize the findings of a joint BRSL-OpenAI workshop and workshop report exploring confidence building measures to counter AI risks to international security.

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