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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: The Black PhD Playbook: What No One Tells You\n   Ta
 gs: Blacks In Cyber Village | Creator Talk/Panel\n   When: Friday\, Aug 7\
 , 11:00 - 11:55 PDT\n   Where: LVCCW Level 3 W322-W324 (BIC Village) - [1]
 Map\n\n   Description:\n\n   Join us for an honest\, encouraging\, and rel
 atable conversation about\n   pursuing a PhD as a Black student or cyberse
 curity professional. Our\n   panelists will share what the journey really 
 looks like\, including how\n   they chose their programs\, found research 
 interests\, secured funding\,\n   built support systems\, handled self-dou
 bt\, and balanced school with\n   the rest of life. Attendees will leave w
 ith practical advice\,\n   real-world lessons\, and a better understanding
  of how to decide\n   whether a PhD is the right path for them.\n\n   Spea
 kers:Dr. Fatou Sankare\,Dr. Xavier-Lewis Palmer\,Dr. Tia Pope\n\n   Speake
 rBio:  Dr. Fatou Sankare\, Cybersecurity Professional / Community\n   Spea
 ker\n\n   Dr. Fatou is a Cyber Engineer and an adjunct professor\, dedicat
 ed to\n   increasing cyber education\, particularly in underestimated\n   
 communities\, through Datacation LLC\, which they founded. They are a\n   
 Certified Ethical Hacker and hold the AWS Machine Learning Specialty\n   C
 ertification.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Dr. Xavier-Lewis Palmer\, Cybersecurity P
 rofessional /\n   Community Speaker\n\n   Dr. Palmer is multi-disciplinary
  professional whose work focuses\n   largely on biomedical contexts. He en
 joys positive and creative\n   projects that foster both curiosity and hel
 pful conversations around\n   technologies that interface with biology.\n\
 n   SpeakerBio:  Dr. Tia Pope\, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical\
 n   State University\n\n   Dr. Tia Pope is a Principal at Base10 Partners\
 , where she invests in\n   machine intelligence and emerging AI technologi
 es. She earned her PhD\n   researching the evaluation and development of A
 I tools for protein\n   design\, with an emphasis on dual-use risks and cy
 berbiosecurity\n   threats. Her work has included projects with MIT Lincol
 n Laboratory\n   and Johnson & Johnson\, bridging advanced research with r
 eal-world\n   impact. Tia specializes in transformer-based models for prot
 ein\n   engineering\, function prediction\, and biological risk assessment
 . She\n   has also contributed to open-source efforts that expand access t
 o\n   cutting-edge bio-AI tools. Her work reflects a commitment to\n   sup
 porting secure\, ethical\, and resilient technologies at the\n   intersect
 ion of machine learning\, molecular design\, cybersecurity\, and\n   ventu
 re investment.\n\n   '\n\n   1. #LVCCW_Level3_North\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Blacks In Cyber Village - LVCCW Level 3 W322-W324 (BIC Village)
SUMMARY:The Black PhD Playbook: What No One Tells You
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