The Center for Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), founded as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center, has announced a one-day workshop designed for researchers who aspire to participate in NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. The goal of this workshop is to help aspiring SaTC PIs understand what NSF (and NSF review panels) are looking for in reviewing SaTC proposals, with the goal of increasing the quality of submitted proposals and, in turn, the percentage of proposals funded. The workshop will be held in San Diego, California at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel on August 17, 2014. The agenda for the workshop will include: Brief talks by NSF […]
Computing Community Consortium Blog
The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.
Archive for June, 2014
NSF/DIMACS Workshop for Aspiring PIs in Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace
June 5th, 2014 / in Uncategorized / by Helen WrightCyber Grand Challenge Announces 1st Group of Teams
June 4th, 2014 / in Uncategorized / by Helen WrightThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the first group of teams from the Cyber Grand Challenge. The DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge is a tournament designed to increase the development of automated security systems able to defend against cyber attacks as fast as they are launched. It is aimed at the inadequacy of current network security systems in which attackers can take advantage of weaknesses to steal information. This is becoming an even greater concern as more and more devices, including vehicles and homes, get networked in what has become known as “the Internet of things.” From DARPA’s announcement yesterday: “Today’s security methods involve experts working with computerized systems to identify attacks, craft corrective […]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter- Cybersecurity Education EAGERs
June 2nd, 2014 / in Uncategorized / by Helen WrightThe Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) along with the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have released the following Dear Colleague Letter (DCL). May 29, 2014 Dear Colleagues: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing its intention to fund a small number of Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGERs) to encourage advances in cybersecurity education, an area supported by the Foundation’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) (see solicitation NSF 13-578) and CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (see solicitation NSF 14-510) programs. EAGER is a mechanism for supporting exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches. […]
