Schedule

Tuesday, May 3th

8:00am~9:00am Breakfast
  Coffee, juice, and various breakfast treats will be served in room 151 of the Love building to start the day.
9:00am~11:00am Pairing-Based Cryptography
  Antoine Joux will give an introductory survey on the use of elliptic curve pairings in cryptography, including a discussion of applications and security.
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11:00pm~12:00pm Keynote: Recent Advances in Iterated Hash Functions
  Antoine Joux will present recent advances in the field of iterated hash functions. This includes both generic results, which apply for all such functions, and specific advances on the SHA and MD family.
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12:00pm~1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm~2:30pm Tamper-Proof Software
  Alec Yasinsac will present ways of securing software to prevent tampering later by end users and other programmers.
3:00pm~5:00pm NSA Presentations
  (Due to security concerns, this presentation is only available to conference members who attend. No followup materials will be posted from this presentation.)
5:00pm~7:00pm Jobs in Information Security (Job Fair)
  Conference participants are invited to spend this time sharing and showcasing in room 151 of the Love building.

Wednesday, May 4th

8:00am~9:00am Breakfast
  Coffee, juice, and various breakfast treats will be served in room 151 of the Love building to start the day.
9:00am~11:00am Legal and Ethical Issues
  Jim Davis will analyze the legal and ethical issues surrounding information security, including the questions raised by heightened connectivity and the legal implications of free data transmission.
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11:00pm~12:00pm Keynote: Recognized Research Problems in Information Security
  Jim Davis will discuss the nature of problems in the Information Security field and explore various ways of solving these problems.
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12:00pm~1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm~2:30pm What Is In A Name? An Introduction To Identity-Based Encryption
  Dr. Breno de Medeiros will be speaking about identity-based encryption, a relatively new cryptographic tool introduced in 2001 by Boneh and Franklin. It opens the door to intriguing possibilities, such as using any identifier (unique name, e-mail address, etc.) as a key to enable private communication between two parties.
3:00pm~4:00pm FAMU Presentations
  Deidre Evans and Ed Jones will present from FAMU's Computer Science department.
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4:00pm~5:00pm Panel Discussion: Information Security and You
  Mike Burmester and Alec Yasinsac will briefly discuss how Information Security is relevant to individual attendees, then offer time for question and answer.
5:00pm~7:00pm Reception
  A free catered reception will be held in room 151 of the Love building for conference attendees and speakers.

Thursday, May 5th

8:00am~9:00am Breakfast
  Coffee, juice, and various breakfast treats will be served in room 151 of the Love building to start the day.
9:00am~11:00am On the Evolution of Adversary Models in Security Protocols
  Invariably, new technologies introduce new vulnerabilities which, in principle, enable new attacks by increasingly potent adversaries. In this talk, Dr. Gligor will provide a brief overview of adversary models: those required by program and data sharing, those required by computer communication and networking, and those required by mobile ad-hoc and sensor network technologies.
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11:00pm~12:00pm Keynote: Cryptolite: How Lite Can Secure Crypto Get?
  Virgil Gligor will deliver a keynote session on lightweight cryptography applications in practical working environments.
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12:00pm~1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm~2:30pm Recent Developments in Group Key Exchange
  Dr. Mike Burmester will speak concerning recent developments in group key exchange in modern cryptographic environments.
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3:00pm~3:30pm Scholarship Presentations
  Melody Venable will provide information for students interested in the NSF or DoD scholarship programs. Come learn how you can qualify!
3:30pm~4:00pm SAIT Labs Tour
  Melody Venable will give a tour of the SAIT Laboratories to interested conference members.
4:00pm~5:00pm Farewell Discussions
 


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