Georgia Institute of
  TechnologyCollege of Computing

Jonathon Giffin

CS 8001 INF: Information Security Seminar

Spring 2008

Instructor

Dr. Jon Giffin
Email: giffin@gtisc
Phone: 4/385-1060
Office: Klaus 3140
Office hours: Wed 4:00–6:00

Meetings

  • Regular seminar sessions:
    Tuesdays 12:00–1:00
    Klaus 1116 E
  • 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.
  • MiRC meeting location:
    Microelectronics Research Center Room 102
    791 Atlantic Dr
  • 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 seminar series. [Subscribe]

Schedule

Date Time & room Speaker
Jan 8 12:00 Klaus 1116 W Organizational meeting & penetration testing
Jan 15 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Monirul Sharif, Georgia Tech
Impeding Malware Analysis Using Conditional Code Obfuscation
[Abstract]
Friday, Jan 25 1:00 Klaus 1116 W Carl Gunter, University of Illinois
Attribute-Based Security Systems
[Abstract]
Jan 29 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Paul Judge, Judge Ventures
[Bio]
Feb 5 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Guofei Gu, Georgia Tech
[Abstract]
Thursday, Feb 7 4:30 Klaus 1116 Special Job Skills Tutorial

Meredith Hodges
Vice President of External Affairs and Human Resources, Gas South, LLC

Emelyne "Em" Mosier
Communications Coordinator, Community and Economic Development, Georgia Power

Mary Jane Panzeri
Manager of the Information Security Officer Program, SunTrust
Feb 12 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Chuanyi Ji, Georgia Tech
[Abstract]
Wednesday, Feb 20 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Edwin Marcial, Intercontinental Exchange
[Bio]
Feb 26 11:00 Klaus 1116 E Max Krohn, MIT
[Abstract]
Feb 26 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Mike Hunter, Georgia Tech
[Abstract]
Mar 4 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Robin Sundaram, ChoicePoint
[Abstract]
Thursday, Mar 6 11:00 Klaus 1116 E David Brumley, CMU
[Abstract]
Mar 11 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Christopher Ray, Aflac
[Bio]
Wednesday, Mar 12 12:00 Klaus 3100 Haakon Ringberg, Princeton University
Friday, Mar 28 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Nickolai Zeldovich, Stanford
[Abstract]
Wednesday, Apr 2 3:15–4:30 Klaus 1116 Tech Symposium
Security Research in Atlanta
Wednesday, Apr 2 4:45–6:00 Klaus 1116 Tech Symposium
Panel: Hot Topics in Security
Apr 8 11:00 Klaus 1116 E Patrick Traynor, Penn State
Apr 8 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Prasad Tetali, Georgia Tech
[Abstract]
Friday, Apr 11 11:00 MiRC 102A Julian Grizzard, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Apr 15 12:00 Klaus 1116 E Caleb Sima, SPI Dynamics / HP
Apr 22 1:00 Klaus 1116 E Jon Giffin, Georgia Tech
Embedded Software Security: Hacking Cisco Unified IP Phones

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

Grading

Grading in this course is based on attendance. Students pass the course by attending 11 or more of the seminar sessions beginning January 8. Students failing to attend at least 11 seminars will receive an unsatisfactory grade for the course.