[PCD Discussion] FW: Grand Research Conference - Call for Papers (fwd)

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Seymour E. Goodman" <goodman () cc gatech edu>
> Subject: [PCD Discussion] FW: Grand Research Conference - Call for Papers 
> (fwd)
> Sender: cyberwar-admin () uspcd org
> To: cyberwar () uspcd org
>
>
>
> A reminder re this event. I believe the deadline is being extended or
> fudged to allow more people to apply.
>
> Sy Goodman
>
> - - - - -
> Visionaries Needed
>
> CRA Conference on "Grand Research Challenges in Information Security &
> Assurance"
>
> Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia
> November 16-19, 2003
>
> Computing and IT technologies have become pervasive. This same
> infrastructure is growing more complex as the underlying computational
> and communication resources grow in speed and capacity. Every vision of
> future technology includes predictions of ubiquitous computing and
> networking, including embedded, portable, and distributed systems in
> every aspect of our infrastructure. Computing will continue to change
> the way we do business, interact with government, entertain ourselves,
> communicate, keep records, control our infrastructures and services,
> execute law enforcement and national defense, and conduct research and
> education.
>
> Coupled with these changes, we face threats of massive disruption and
> denial, loss of privacy, alteration of critical information, and new
> forms of undesirable IT-based activity. Threats from criminals,
> anarchists and extremists, random hackers, and cyberterrorists (among
> others) continue to grow even as we put more reliance on our computing
> infrastructure. Yet most of the money, attention, and energy in
> information security and information assurance has been focused on
> incremental patches and updates to existing systems rather than on
> seeking fundamental advances.
>
> In 2002, the Computing Research Association sponsored its first "Grand
> Research Challenges in Computer Science and Engineering." This was the
> first in a series of highly non-traditional conferences where the goal
> is to define important questions rather than expose current research.
> Grand Challenges meetings seek "out-of-the-box" thinking to expose some
> of the exciting, deep challenges yet to be met in computing research.
> Because of the clear importance and pressing needs in information
> security and assurance, the Computing Research Association's second
> "Grand Research Challenges Conference" will be devoted to defining
> technical and social challenges in information security and assurance.
>
> We are seeking scientists, educators, business people, futurists, and
> others who have some vision and understanding of the big challenges
> (and accompanying advances) that should shape the research agenda in
> this field over the next few decades. These meetings are not structured
> as traditional conferences with scheduled presentations, but rather as
> highly participatory meetings exposing important themes and ideas. As
> such, this is not a conference for security specialists alone:  We seek
> to convene a diverse group from a variety of fields and at all career
> rastages-we seek insight and vision wherever it may reside.
>
> Attendance is limited to 50 people and is by invitation only. If you
> are interested in attending, please submit a two-page (or less)
> statement of two or three examples of a "grand research challenge"
> problem in the IS/IA area to <grcpapers () cra org> by September 17, 2003.
> The organizing committee will invite prospective attendees based on
> these submissions. Note that individuals invited must commit to
> attending for the entire three-day conference (beginning Sunday at 6
> pm, ending after lunch on Wednesday.)
>
> Please submit your paper as an attachment in plain text (no PDF or Word
> documents!)  Include a brief biographical statement sketching your
> background at the end (maximum one page).
>
> At the top of the first page, please provide the following information:
>
> Name
> Affiliation
> Street Address
> Room No.
> City, State, Zip Code
> E-mail
> Telephone No.
>
> The conference will be held in the executive retreat environment of
> Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia (30 miles from Washington-Dulles
> airport). In addition to the formal sessions, two afternoons will be
> set aside for free time so that participants may continue discussion in
> small, informal groups.
>
> CRA has applied to the National Science Foundation for travel and
> lodging support to cover expenses of some participants, where
> necessary. When you submit your paper, please indicate whether you need
> to be considered for travel and/or lodging support. We have explicitly
> budgeted for some participants from outside the United States, and we
> encourage submissions from around the world.
>
> More information on the CRA Grand Challenges Conferences may be found
> on the WWW at <http://www.cra.org/grand.challenges/>
>
> Organizing Committee:
> Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue University and Computing Research Association
>      (Organizing Committee Chair)
> Richard A. DeMillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
>      (Organizing Committee Co-Chair)
> David Aucsmith, Microsoft Corporation
> Andrew Bernat, Computing Research Association
> Steve Crocker, Shinkuro, Inc.
> David Farber, Carnegie Mellon University
> Virgil Gligor, University of Maryland
> Sy Goodman, Georgia Institute of Technology
> Anita Jones, University of Virginia
> Susan Landau, Sun Laboratories
> Peter Neumann, SRI
> David Patterson, University of California, Berkeley
> Fred Schneider, Cornell University
> Douglas Tygar, University of California, Berkeley
> William Wulf, National Academy of Engineering and University of Virginia
>
> ---
> Andrew Bernat
> Executive Director
> Computing Research Association
> 1100 17th St., NW, Suite 507
> Washington, D.C. 20036-4632
> 202.234.2111
> 202.667.1066 fax
> http://www.cra.org
>
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