2012 SoS Community Meeting
Lead PI:
Chris vanBuskirk
Co-PI:
Abstract
This proposed task provides the support for a community meeting by the Federal agencies, whose mission is to advance the science and technology of cyber security, with leading experts and researchers in academia, industry, and government at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. This meeting will focus on recent progress in developing the scientific foundation for the design and analysis of trusted systems. Over 150 leaders from government, industry, and the academic community met to discuss new and ongoing programs in security science being pursued by U.S. government research sponsors, and an exciting new Cybersecurity Research Institute recently established in the U.K. The presentations included work in a broad range of disciplines including mathematics, computer science, behavioral science, economics, physics, and biology. The meeting introduced a new Science of Security Virtual Organization website designed to promote research collaboration and community development. NSA's Director of Research concluded the meeting with the announcement of a Cybersecurity Science Paper Competition.
Chris vanBuskirk

A Research Project Manager at Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu) since 1999, Chris’ general professional interests lie in the practical application of novel, model-based formalisms and design methodologies to complex, real-world, human-in-the-loop, science/engineering activities.  After completing his B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. in Engineering at The University of Mississippi, Chris has pursued a career in R&D at organizations such as Cray Research Inc., UMiss Medical Center, The National Cancer Institute's Biomedical Supercomputing Center, and The Mind/Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins University.  Currently, Mr. vanBuskirk serves as Executive Director for the NSF’s CPS Virtual Organization (http://cps-vo.org/), which actively supports the formation and development of distributed research communities required by the demanding challenges of the massively multi-disciplinary cyber-physical systems domain.  

Performance Period: 08/15/2012 - 07/31/2013
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1247384