Making Data Simple This Episode is Deep into the Tech! From Graph DB Fundamentals to Grid Security: Engineering the Next-Gen Infrastructure
Feb 4, 2026
Prasad Calyam, Curators’ Distinguished Professor focused on cybersecurity, data analytics, and applied AI. He discusses knowledge graph fundamentals and how graphs secure modern power grids. He covers combining LLMs with retrieval-augmented generation, tailoring AI for trustworthy cybersecurity, and ways industry can collaborate with university research.
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From Network Troubleshooting To A Startup
- Prasad started by troubleshooting slow networks and video-conferencing problems during his PhD.
- He built tools, launched a startup, and even licensed technology to Verizon.
Sub‑Second Failures Need Linked Domain Knowledge
- Modern power grids have many distributed inverter-based resources that fail in sub-second timescales.
- Linking cybersecurity knowledge with power-grid component knowledge is required to anticipate attacks and mitigations.
Knowledge Graphs Bridge Diverse Domain Expertise
- Knowledge graphs capture entities and relationships across domains like cybersecurity and power systems.
- Connecting those graphs enables more sophisticated AI-driven mitigation and expert selection.