Badger Talk: What Does AI Mean for our Future?

This is a free, in-person event hosted on October 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM CDT by AFSCME Retirees subchapter 52. There is no registration necessary for this event. This event is a part of the Wisconsin Science Festival!

Patrick McDaniel, a Professor in the School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences, explores both the promise and risks of AI and its power to transform industries, its vulnerabilities, and what individuals and society need to know to stay secure.

Patrick’s professional life is devoted to the pursuit of novel research in a broad array of areas of computer science (see below). As part of that pursuit he is fortunate to advise a number of exceptionally talented and committed graduate students and post-docs, as well as participate in many rewarding professional service activities.

Patrick’s research focuses on a wide range of topics in computer and network security and technical public policy, with particular interests in mobile and IoT device security, adversarial machine learning, systems security, program analysis, and the integrity and security of election systems.