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2012 Science of Security Community Meeting
Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center Cherry Blossom Ballroom National Harbor, Maryland November 29-30, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch Pick Up 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Science of Security Virtual Organization Help Desk NSA Welcome and Opening Remarks Part 1– Opening Keynote: How Does Science Advance? Peter Galison (Harvard) 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break Part 2–Session A: Research Initiatives in Security Science New UK Multi-University, Multi-Disciplinary Virtual Research Institute on “Science of Cybersecurity” Angela Sasse (University College, London) 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. New AFOSR Basic Research Initiative on “Cyber Trust and Suspicion” Eunice Santos (U Texas, El Paso) 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tools for Recognizing Useful Signals of Trustworthiness (TRUST) Adam Russell (IARPA) 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Break Part 2: Session B – Research Initiatives in Security Science NSF: Frontier: Beyond Technical Security: Developing An Empirical Basis for Socio-Economic Perspectives Jeremy Epstein (NSF) 4:45p.m. – 5:15 p.m. DARPA: Overview of Current DARPA Programs that Address Scientific Foundations for Cybersecurity Howie Shrobe (DARPA) 5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ARL: Science of Cybersecurity from an ARL Perspective Rob Erbacher (ARL) 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. AFOSR: Science of Security MURI Overview Andre Scedrov (U Penn) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Poster Session for Science of Security Related Projects and Reception (Cherry Blossom Ballroom Atrium)

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Part 3 – Security Science Perspectives 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Historical Perspective: Where are We and How Did We Get Here? Fred Schneider (Cornell) 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion - Industry Perspectives: What Industry Problems Motivate Research on Scientific Foundations? Jay Lala (Raytheon), Phil Venables (Goldman-Sachs), and Bret Hartman (Cisco) 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break Part 4 – Organizing Security Science

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion – Science of Security Lablets Propose A Hard Problems Structure That Can Be Used to Organize Their Current and Potentially Future Research David Nicol (UIUC), William Sanders (UIUC), William Scherlis (CMU), Laurie Williams (NCSU) 1:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Reaction to the Panel Discussion Proposal Joshua Guttman (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Group Discussion – Questions for discussion include: • Does the structure capture the key problem areas for science of cybersecurity? If not, what areas are missing? • Are there redundancies in the structure? Can it be simplified? • Do we understand the scientific advances needed to address the problems listed? • Could this structure feasibly provide a yardstick for scientific progress in this field? 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch Pick Up (Reassemble in Cherry Blossom Ballroom) 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Working lunch) Introduction of the Science of Security Virtual Organization Website and Invitation to Participate Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt) 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Part 5 – Closing Address: Significance of Science in NSA Research, and Scientific Needs for Defense of Cyberspace Mike Wertheimer, Director of Research (NSA) 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break SoS Community Meeting Summarization, Critique, and Reactions George Cybenko (Dartmouth) Dusko Pavlovic (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London) Moderator: Patrick Lincoln (SRI) Audience Discussion 3:30 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Friday, November 30, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Continental Breakfast Registration Science of Security Virtual Organization Help Desk