Georgia Institute of
  TechnologyCollege of Computing

Jonathon Giffin

CS 8001 INF: Information Security Seminar

Spring 2007

Instructor

Dr. Jon Giffin
Email: giffin@cc
Phone: 4/385-1060
Office: Klaus 3140
Office hours: Mon & Wed 2:00–3:00

Meetings

  • Regular seminar sessions:
    Tuesdays 12:00–1:00
    Klaus 1456
  • Over the course of the semester, we will have several irregular seminars scheduled at other times. The schedule below shows the date, time, and room for all presentations.
  • Anyone interested in computer and information security is welcome to attend the seminars even if they do not register for the course.

Mailing list

We will send weekly announcements with details of the next presentation to the security-seminar mailing list. Whether or not you register for CS 8001-INF, please add yourself to the mailing list if you are interested in our spring series. [Subscribe]

Schedule

Date Time & room Speaker
Jan 9 12:00 Klaus 1456 Organizational meeting
Jan 16 12:00 Klaus 1456 John Griffin, BAE Systems
Ask Me No Secrets and I'll Tell You No Lies
[Abstract]
Jan 23 12:00 Klaus 1456 David Cash, Georgia Tech
Intrusion-Resilient Key Exchange in the Bounded Retrieval Model
[Abstract]
Sunday
Jan 28
Renaissance Hotel
Conference Center
Cyber Trust Workshop
One volunteer shift: evening.
[Agenda]
Monday
Jan 29
Renaissance Hotel
Conference Center
Cyber Trust Workshop
Three volunteer shifts: morning, afternoon, evening.
[Agenda]
Jan 30 Renaissance Hotel
Conference Center
Cyber Trust Workshop
One volunteer shift: morning.
[Agenda]
Jan 30 3:00 CCB 102 Fabian Monrose, Johns Hopkins University
Wednesday
Jan 31
12:00 Klaus 1116 Trent Jaeger, Pennylvania State University
From Trusted to Secure: Building and Executing Applications that Enforce System Security Goals
[Abstract]
Feb 6 12:00 Klaus 1456 Prahlad Fogla, Georgia Tech
Evading Network Anomaly Detection Systems
[Abstract]
Feb 13 12:00 – 1:30
Klaus 3103, 3110, 3112, 3129, 3139
GTISC Open House
Feb 20 12:00 Klaus 1456
Wednesday
Feb 28
12:00 Klaus 1116 W J. R. Rao & Pankaj Rohatgi, IBM
Security Research at IBM: Overview and Directions
[Abstract]
Friday
Mar 2
2:50 Klaus 1447 New Face of Computing Symposium
Providing Usable Security
Monday
Mar 5
12:00 Klaus 1116 E Christopher Kruegel, Technische Universität Vienna
Malicious Code Analysis
[Abstract]
Mar 13 12:00 Klaus 1116 W Arup Acharya, IBM T.J. Watson
SIP Classification Engine & Large-Scale Presence
[Abstract]
Mar 20 No seminar—Spring break
Mar 27 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Anna Lysyanskaya, Brown University
Compact Ecash and Applications
[Abstract]
Apr 3 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Sasha Boldyreva, Georgia Tech
On the Security of RSA-OAEP
[Abstract]
Apr 10 12:00 Klaus 1116 E GTISC Distinguished Lecture
Rich DeMillo, Georgia Tech
Security in Context: Challenges for Trustworthy E-Democracy
[Abstract]
Apr 17 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Virendra Kumar, Georgia Tech (30 minutes)
Provable-Security Analysis of Authenticated Encryption in Kerberos
[Abstract]

Yu-Xi Lim, Georgia Tech (30 minutes)
Secure Wireless Location Services
[Abstract]
Apr 24 12:00 Klaus 1116 E GTISC/CERCS Distinguished Lecture
Barton P. Miller, University of Wisconsin
A Framework for Binary Code Analysis and Static and Dynamic Patching
[Abstract]
May 1 1:00 MIRC 102 Brent Waters, SRI
Attribute-Based Encryption: A Cryptosystem for Expressive Access Control on Encrypted Data
[Abstract]

To schedule a talk in an open time slot, send an email to Jon Giffin at giffin@cc.

Grading

Grading in this course is based on attendance. Students pass the course by attending 11 or more of the seminar sessions beginning January 9. Students failing to attend at least 11 seminars will receive an unsatisfactory grade for the course.