Farnam Jahanian serves as Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to CMU, Jahanian led the National Science Foundation Directorate for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) from 2011 to 2014. With the annual budget of over $900 million, he was responsible for directing CISE’s research programs and cyber infrastructure initiatives.

Abstract:  For this breakout session we will discuss the long-term goal of defensive deterrence (in the Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan), focusing on the following challenges:

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Abstract: Federal Government representatives will discuss the needs and priorities for federally funded research in cybersecurity and privacy.  

Abstract: As hardware designs have gotten larger and more complex, there are more security-critical vulnerabilities arising from incomplete and erroneous specifications, buggy designs and hidden and unexpected interactions between components. This breakout will look at the science of anticipating, measuring and counter-acting the effects of vulnerabilities resulting from hardware design and specification errors.

Abstract: Several reports over the past year have indicated that users are increasingly concerned about their privacy, and data collection practices from both corporations and governments. Consequently, privacy enhancing technologies, ranging from communication tools (e.g., Signal, Tor) to digital currencies (e.g., Zcash), have received significant attention.

Abstract: Panelists will discuss their agencies’ goals for and approaches to cybersecurity and privacy research. The panelists will also compare NSF-style research to research in their agencies. Examples of types of questions that the panel may address include: What’s the difference in the types of research a researcher is expected to do for the different agencies?  What can graduate students and faculty learn from mission-focused research beyond what one learns from curiosity-driven NSF research?  What are the elements that lead to a successful proposal?

Abstract: The term resilience has been in various uses for over 400 years and has been applied to characterize the ability of something to withstand unexpected threats, where the “something” can be an individual, a community, an object,  species,  an ecosystem, etc.

Abstract: The SaTC Frontier projects are center scale efforts that provide high level visibility to grand challenge research areas in cybersecurity. These projects are collaborative, multi-university research and education activities that will help protect the nation's vast, critical infrastructure and enable a more secure information society. This session will have presentations from the following frontier projects.

Abstract: There has been a dramatic transformation of IT infrastructure in the past decade with the adoption of cloud computing, where processes that used to run on-site at a company are now migrating into data centers and run on hardware shared with other customers. This migration encompasses computing, storage, and networking. Using hosted infrastructure increases the velocity of deployments, as it allows for rapid up- and down-scaling of systems. Recent advances in virtualization and the advent of software defined infrastructure have accelerated the pace of migration.