NSF Cybersecurity Transition to Practice Workshop

New York, New York

April 17, 2018

9:00-10:00AM             Breakfast and Networking

10:00-10:15AM          Welcome & Kickoff

• Brian Cohen, Chief Information Officer, City University of New York
• Bruce Maas, Innovation Fellow, Internet2
• Kevin Morooney, Vice President, Internet2
• Chris Sedore, President, NYSERNet.org, Inc.
• Melissa Woo, SVP for Information Technology & CIO, Stony Brook University

10:15-10:45AM          CIO Panel

• Moderator: Bruce Maas, Innovation Fellow, Internet2
• Farhat (Meena) Lakhavani, SUNY Erie  
• Matt Nappi, Chief Information Security Officer, Stony Brook University
• Chris Sedore, President, NYSERNet.org, Inc.
• Melissa Woo, SVP for Information Technology & CIO, Stony Brook University

10:45-11:30AM          Cybersecurity Research Presentations: 

• Casimer DeCusatis, Marist College: The NSF SecureCloud Project: Cybersecurity for Autonomic, Zero Trust Cloud Data Centers

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• Elaine Shi, Cornell University: Thunderella: Blockchains with Optimistic Instant Confirmation

11:30-12:15PM           Cybersecurity Research Presentations:

• Chase Cotton, University of Delaware: Reflections on Technology Research and Transfer

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• Leon Reznik and Igor Khokhlov, Rochester Institute of Technology: Data Quality and Security Evaluation Cyberinfrastructure Applications

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• Nick Nikiforakis, Stony Brook University: Security and Privacy Issues of Modern Web Browsers

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12:15-1:30PM             Lunch and Networking

1:30-2:15PM               Cybersecurity Research Presentations:

• Michail Polychronakis, Stony Brook University: Principled and Practical Software Shielding against Advanced Exploits

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• Rudolf Eigenmann, University of Delaware: Delaware Cybersecurity Initiative and Related Projects

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• Marten van Dijk, University of Connecticut: A Modular, User-Centric Security Analysis of OpenStack

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2:15-3:00PM               Cybersecurity Research Presentations:

• Rosario Gennaro, City University of New York (CUNY): Practical Zero-Knowledge Proofs

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• Rahul Chatterjee, Cornell University: Improving Password Security by Tolerating Typos

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3:00-4:00PM               Observations & Next Steps

• Bruce Maas, Innovation Fellow, Internet2
• Chris Sedore, President, NYSERNet.org, Inc.
• Melissa Woo, SVP for Information Technology & CIO, Stony Brook University