Science of Security Lablet Kickoff and Quarterly 2018

 

A kickoff and quarterly meeting was hosted by NSA on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14, 2018.  The meeting will be held at the Laboratory for Telecommunications Sciences (LTS) auditorium in College Park, MD. 

 

REGISTRATION

Registration is required for this meeting. 

 

AGENDA
 

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

10:25 - 10:35 am

NSA Welcome, Introductions, Agenda & Logistics

10:35 - 11:05 am

Privacy - NSA Research Perspective 
Travis Breaux (NSA - Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis)

11:05 - 11:35 am

Cyber-Resiliency - NSA Research Perspective 
Jim Holt (NSA - Adaptive Cyber-Defense Systems)

11:35 am - 12:05 pm

Cyber Physical Systems/IoT - NSA Research Perspective 
Raj Pal (NSA - Trust Mechanisms)

12:05 - 1:35 pm

Lunch on your own

1:35 - 2:05 pm

Information Assurance Research Overview 
George Coker (NSA - Information Assurance Research Group)

2:05 - 2:10 pm

Hard Problem - Policy Governed Secure Collaboration
MC: Adam Tagert (NSA - Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis)

2:10 - 2:30 pm

Uncertainty in Security Analysis  
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2:30 - 2:50 pm

Analytics for Cyber-Physical System Cybersecurity
Vanderbilt University

2:50 - 3:10 pm

Operationalizing Contextual Data
International Computer Science Institute - Berkeley

3:10 - 3:25 pm

Break

3:25 - 3:45 pm

Principals of Secure BootStrapping for IoT
North Carolina State University

3:45 - 4:05 pm

Contextual Integrity for Computer Systems
International Computer Science Institute - Berkeley

4:05 - 4:25 pm

Obsidian Language for Blockchain
Carnegie Mellon University

4:25 - 4:45 pm

Scalable Trust Semantics & Infrastructure
University of Kansas

4:45 - 5:05 pm

Governance for Big Data
International Computer Science Institute - Berkeley

5:05 - 5:20 pm

End of Day Remarks

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

9:00 - 9:10 am

Agenda & Logistics

9:10 - 9:15 am

Hard Problem - Policy Governed Secure Collaboration
MC: Adam Tagert (NSA - Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis)

9:15 - 9:35 am

Foundations of CPS Resilience
Vanderbilt University

9:35 - 9:55 am

Coordinated Machine Learning-Based Vulnerability & Security Patching for Resilient Virtual Infrastructures
North Carolina State University

9:55 - 10:15 am

Model-Based Explanation for Human-in-the-Loop Security
Carnegie Mellon University

10:15 - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 - 10:35 am

Hard Problem - Metrics
MC: Adam Tagert (NSA - Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis)

10:35 - 10:55 am

Multi-model Test Bed for the Simulation-based Evaluation of Resilience
Vanderbilt University

10:55 - 11:15 am

Safety Critical Machine learning Algorithms
Carnegie Mellon University

11:15 - 11:30 am

Break

11:30 - 11:35 am

Hard Problem - Human Behavior
MC: Adam Tagert (NSA - Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis)

11:35 - 11:55 am

Predicting the Difficulty of Compromise through How Attackers Discover Vulnerabilities
North Carolina State University

11:55 am - 12:15 pm

Designing for Privacy
International Computer Science Institute - Berkeley

12:15 - 12:35 pm

Formal Approaches to the Ontology & Epistemology of Resilience
University of Kansas

12:35 - 2:05 pm

Lunch on your own

2:05 - 2:10 pm

Hard Problem - Scalability & Composability
MC: Adam Tagert (NSA - Secure Systems Architecture and Analysis)

2:10 - 2:30 pm

Automated Synthesis Framework for Network Security and Resilience
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2:30 - 2:50 pm

Monitoring, Fusion, and Response for Cyber Resilience
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2:50 - 3:10 pm

Cloud-Assisted IoT Systems Privacy
University of Kansas

3:10 - 3:30 pm

Side-Channel Attack Resistance
University of Kansas

3:30 - 3:35 pm

Closing Remarks

 

 

VENUE

 

Laboratory for Telecommunications Sciences (LTS) is located at

8080 Greenmead Dr., College Park, MD.

 

Upon entering the LTS building please check in with the front desk, the auditorium will be on the left past the front desk. 

 

 Please Note: 

LTS does not have WiFi available.
Laptops and cell phones are allowed within the LTS auditorium. 
Food and drink are allowed within the LTS auditorium.

 

HOTELS

There are many hotels within the College Park area.   Hotels in close proximity to LTS are:

College Park Area :

Greenbelt Area:

Holiday Inn Express & Suites College Park-University Area
9020 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD 20740
(301) 441-8110
1.4 miles

Courtyard by Marriott Greenbelt
6301 Golden Triangle Dr, Greenbelt, MD  20770
(301) 441-3311
3.2 miles

Best Western Plus College Park Hotel
819 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD  20740
(301) 220-0505
1.6 miles

Residence Inn by Marriott Greenbelt
6320 Golden Triangle Dr, Greenbelt, MD  20770
(301) 982-1600
3.2 miles

Hampton Inn College Park
9670 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD  20740
(301) 345-2200
1.9 miles

 

TRANSPORTATION

LTS is 

21 miles from Regan National Airport

25 miles from BWI Airport

34 miles from Dulles Airport

Expect heavy traffic congestion when planning your travel/flight plans.