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== National Science Foundation - Discovery and Innovation ==
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== Reasons for Insecurity in IT Systems ==
  
'''DATE:'''  17 April 2018
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'''DATE:'''  21 June 2018
  
'''LOCATION:'''   Kristen Nygaard's Hall (Room 5370), IFI - OJD House.  
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'''LOCATION:'''   Smalltalk (Room 1416), IFI - OJD House.  
  
 
'''AGENDA:'''
 
'''AGENDA:'''
  
14:00h Welcome at IFI
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10:00h Welcome at IFI
  
14:15h Invited Talk:
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10:15h Invited Talk:
  
* '''TITLE:''' ''How the U.S. National Science Foundation Supports Discovery and Innovation'' <br/>'''SPEAKER:''' ''Dr.Mangala Sharma'' <br/>'''ABSTRACT:''' <br />The U.S. National Science Foundation is a U.S. government agency that provides approximately US$7 billion annually in extramural funding for basic research and education across all fields of science (except medicine) and engineeringNSF investments support nearly 8000 research projects and 50000 graduate fellowships every year, the construction and operation of advanced instruments and research facilities, and deployment of high-performance computing systems. NSF also seeds partnerships among U.S. universities and industry in innovation; these have resulted in technologies that have transformed the global economy and made the world safer. NSF also promotes international collaboration in research projects and facilities but funds mainly the U.S. side of the collaboration. This talk provides an overview of NSF and how researchers based outside the U.S., who cannot compete for NSF grants, can nevertheless participate in the science supported by the agency.
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* '''TITLE:''' &nbsp;''The Fundamental Reasons Information Technological Systems are Insecure'' <br/>'''SPEAKER:''' &nbsp;''Prof. Yvo Desmedt''&nbsp; (University of Texas at Dallas)<br/>'''ABSTRACT:''' <br />To achieve cyber security, we need besides research and education, implementations, but even more important are deployment and proper regulationsThe lecture surveys the state of the art in these five aspects of real life cyber security. Although we see a lot of research in the field, its impact might be smaller than ever before. For example, we see a lot of research on privacy, but the population at large is indifferent to the almost total loss of privacy. Regulations that have been put in place are often ineffective (such as the one of the EU regarding cookies). Worse, deregulation has made the West so vulnerable that hackers from a Chinese IP address stole information about all US federal employees. The lecture concludes with some positive notes and surveys positive applications of cyber security technology and the impact of education.
  
15:00h Discussion<br />
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11:00h Discussion<br />
  
  
'''SPEAKER BIO'''
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'''SPEAKER BIO''' <br/>
Dr. Mangala Sharma is an astronomer and program director in the Office of International Science and Engineering at the U.S. National Science Foundation.  She manages and strengthens international collaborative opportunities for U.S. researchers and students with India, Nordic and African countries.  During 2014-16, she represented NSF at the International Telecommunication Union to ensure availability of radio ("wireless") spectrum for scientific purposes. Dr. Sharma previously worked at the U. S. Department of State, advancing international cooperation on space exploration, space weather, and asteroid impact hazards.  She taught undergraduate physics and astronomy at the Pennsylvania State University and Ohio University, and coordinated NASA’s astrophysics education and outreach while at the Space Telescope Science InstituteDr. Sharma did her Ph.D. work at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and postdoctoral work at Ohio University, using optical and X-ray telescopes to study the interactions of galaxies in clusters and the million-degree hot plasma that surrounds them. Collaborating with artists and educators, she helped create astronomy-themed multimedia exhibits and educational videos.
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Yvo Desmedt is the Jonsson Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, a Honorary Professor at University College London, a Fellow of the International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) and a Member of the Belgium Royal Academy of Science. He received his Ph.D. (1984, Summa cum Laude) from the University of Leuven, Belgium. He held positions at: Universite de Montreal, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (founding director of the Center for Cryptography, Computer and Network Security), and Florida State University (Director of the Laboratory of Security and Assurance in Information Technology, one of the first 14 NSA Centers of Excellence). He was BT Chair and Chair of Information Communication Technology at University College LondonHe has held numerous visiting appointments. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IET Information Security and Chair of the Steering Committees of CANS and ICITS.  He was Program Chair of e.g., Crypto 1994, the ACM Workshop on Scientific Aspects of Cyber Terrorism 2002, and ISC 2013. He has authored over 200 refereed papers, primarily on cryptography, computer security, and network security. He has made important predictions, such as his 1983 technical description how cyber could be used to attack control systems (realized by Stuxnet), and his 1996 prediction hackers will target Certifying Authorities (DigiNotar was targeted in 2011).
  
 
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Revision as of 15:01, 14 June 2018

Reasons for Insecurity in IT Systems

DATE:  21 June 2018

LOCATION:  Smalltalk (Room 1416), IFI - OJD House.

AGENDA:

10:00h Welcome at IFI

10:15h Invited Talk:

  • TITLE:  The Fundamental Reasons Information Technological Systems are Insecure
    SPEAKER:  Prof. Yvo Desmedt  (University of Texas at Dallas)
    ABSTRACT:
    To achieve cyber security, we need besides research and education, implementations, but even more important are deployment and proper regulations. The lecture surveys the state of the art in these five aspects of real life cyber security. Although we see a lot of research in the field, its impact might be smaller than ever before. For example, we see a lot of research on privacy, but the population at large is indifferent to the almost total loss of privacy. Regulations that have been put in place are often ineffective (such as the one of the EU regarding cookies). Worse, deregulation has made the West so vulnerable that hackers from a Chinese IP address stole information about all US federal employees. The lecture concludes with some positive notes and surveys positive applications of cyber security technology and the impact of education.

11:00h Discussion


SPEAKER BIO
Yvo Desmedt is the Jonsson Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, a Honorary Professor at University College London, a Fellow of the International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) and a Member of the Belgium Royal Academy of Science. He received his Ph.D. (1984, Summa cum Laude) from the University of Leuven, Belgium. He held positions at: Universite de Montreal, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (founding director of the Center for Cryptography, Computer and Network Security), and Florida State University (Director of the Laboratory of Security and Assurance in Information Technology, one of the first 14 NSA Centers of Excellence). He was BT Chair and Chair of Information Communication Technology at University College London. He has held numerous visiting appointments. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IET Information Security and Chair of the Steering Committees of CANS and ICITS. He was Program Chair of e.g., Crypto 1994, the ACM Workshop on Scientific Aspects of Cyber Terrorism 2002, and ISC 2013. He has authored over 200 refereed papers, primarily on cryptography, computer security, and network security. He has made important predictions, such as his 1983 technical description how cyber could be used to attack control systems (realized by Stuxnet), and his 1996 prediction hackers will target Certifying Authorities (DigiNotar was targeted in 2011).

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