This proposal supports approximately 20 US-based students to attend the 2010 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?10 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. The support requested in this proposal will enable the participation of students who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. Security?10 will be held in Washington DC from August 11-13, 2010. 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 proportion of student attendees. Students receiving assistance will be strongly encouraged to present posters and works in progress as part of the selection process.
The 19th USENIX Security Symposium (SEC ’10) is 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. 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. This year's program included 30 technical papers carefully selected out of 213 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 Washington D.C., August 11–13, 2010 The USENIX Association offers stipends to attend most conferences they host. Any student enrolled full-time at an accredited university or college is welcome to apply for a stipend. USENIX received 48 stipend applications from students to attend Security'10. Forty four (44) grants were awarded, twenty (20) of which were paid for by this NSF grant. All students attend US based schools. The financial support from NSF allowed us to grant awards to many more qualified applicants than we would have been able to otherwise. Criteria for selection by the committee include: • 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 from historically under-represented including women, African- Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Pacific Islanders whose areas of study overlap with the conference topics. • Students who are willing to volunteer at the conference. We encourage active participation in the conference as a means of deepening the experience for successful applicants. • 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 There were 634 total attendees at SEC ‘10.
