This award supports approximately 20 US-based students to attend the 2011 USENIX Security Symposium, the premier forum for advanced professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds to meet and discuss the newest advances in the security of computer systems and networks. Participation in Security '11 and similar conferences is a valuable and important part of the graduate school experience. It provides students with the opportunity to interact with more senior researchers in the field and exposes students to leading work in the field. This award will enable students to participate who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. Security '11 will be held August 10-12, 2011, in San Francisco, CA. The conference will consist of a three-day technical program, with numerous workshops co-located. The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security of computer systems and networks. This cross-disciplinary emphasis makes it well suited as a target for student participation, and this event has always drawn a large number of student attendees. Students receiving assistance will be strongly encouraged to present posters and works in progress as part of the selection process.
Summary: The USENIX Security Symposium is the premier forum for discussing security and privacy issues. The goal is to bring together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security of computer systems and networks. The 20th program included 35 technical papers carefully selected out of 204 submissions. The high-quality papers presented new research in a variety of subject areas, including detection of network attacks, privacy, Internet security, and Web security. The symposium was held in San Francisco, CA, August 10 - 12, 2011. Criteria for selection of USENIX student stipends: The USENIX Association offers stipends to most conferences we host. Any student enrolled full-time at an accredited university or college is welcome to apply for a stipend. Stipends have two components: registration costs and expenses. For those students selected, USENIX covers the registration costs by providing students with a complimentary registration code. For the expense portion, USENIX provides a check to assist the student with costs related to airfare and hotel. Variations in the amount of offers depends on how far a student will need to travel and the amount they request (i.e., some students may stay with a friend in the town of the conference, and therefore, do not need the hotel expense). We confirm that the students register and attend the event. We do not require that students provide us with a detailed accounting of how the funds were spent. Students who are participating in the conference - e.g. presenting a poster Students whose areas of study significantly overlap with the conference topics and who write a concise essay (supporting statement) outlining their research First-time applicants and those who have not received a stipend in the past 12- months Students who are willing to volunteer at the conference (this generally consists of writing a summary of technical session(s) for ;login:, the USENIX journal) Students from institutions not traditionally represented at USENIX events Student members of the Association (not required) Class level and financial need USENIX Security received 83 stipend applications from students, and 77 were awarded grants. 42 students were funded by this NSF award. All students attend US based schools. USENIX appreciates the financial support of the NSF, which allowed us to grant awards to many more qualified applicants than we would have been able to otherwise. Attendee Demographics: There were 763 total attendees the week of SEC ’11 and 552 attendees specifically at Security. Non-US attendees came from: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. Training and Development: Participating in conferences such as USENIX Security is one important component in the training and development of graduate and undergraduate students in the areas of systems and networking. The student travel support program provided stipends that enabled a larger number of students to attend USENIX Security and benefit from the training and development opportunities that it offered. This website has the program, event details, and link to the publications from USENIX Security 2011: http://static.usenix.org/events/sec11. Contributions within Discipline: The main contribution of this grant istoward the training and development of the five systems and networking undergraduate and graduate students who attended the conference via the travel support program. Contributions to Resources for Research and Education: As part of the travel program, the awardees volunteered their assistance as scribes to record the technical discussions for the benefit of the greater research community. This is available in the form of a conference report online and in ;login:, the USENIX magazine.
