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Past Events
Tech Tour-NIKSUN
Date: April 16, 2015 - 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: NIKSUN, 100 Nassau Park Blvd, Princeton, NJ 08540
NIKSUN is a leader in cybersecurity and network monitoring. With a focus on innovation the company has excelled with their approach to analyzing network traffic and recording of all data. Join us for a tour of the NIKSUN facility and departments as well as a Live Attack demonstration.
Members - No Charge
Non-Members - $25.00
Students - $5.00
For more information and to register click here.
Cloud and Security: Telecom War Stories
Date: April 15, 2015 - 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Juniper Networks, 200 Somerset Corporate Blvd., Ste. 4001, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
The real world can be a harsh and unforgiving place, even for seasoned experts. It's full of uncertainty, variables and legacy environments that will not be denied their foibles and oddities. When things do not go as expected (or promised), the results can sap valuable resources and potentially disrupt "normal" operations. Every company, even those with a full spectrum of technology experts using best practices – hits a pothole now and then. Explore some of these issues and how companies in both the cloud and security sectors dealt with these potholes and "paved" over them on their road to success.
Moderator: Vijay Aluwalia, Director of IT, Verizon
Speakers include:
- David J. Devejian, Esq., CIO / Sr. Vice President, Financial Services, Inc.
- Ron Guida, Principal Consultant Cloud Services, Verizon
- Vince Ryan, Sr. Manager, Cloud Business Solutions, Century Link Technology Solutions
- Scott Schober, President/CEO, Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc.
There will also be two WorkGroups (Roundtables) in advance of the program. These include:
- CyberSecurity WorkGroup CLICK HERE
- HR WorkGroup CLICK HERE
Members - $25.00
Non-Members - $50.00
Students - $5.00
For more information about this event click here.
IEEE Lunch and Learn: Sensors and Sampling: A Homological Approach
Time: 12:00 Noon, Friday, April 10, 2015; pre-meeting with free pizza starting at 11:40 A.M.
Place: Muscarelle Center, M105, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Abstract: In their seminal work on homological sensor networks, de Silva and Ghrist showed the surprising fact that its possible to certify the coverage of a coordinate free sensor network even with very minimal knowledge of the space to be covered. We give a new, simpler proof of the de Silva-Ghrist Topological Coverage Criterion that eliminates any assumptions about the smoothness of the boundary of the underlying space, allowing the results to be applied to much more general problems. The new proof factors the geometric, topological, and combinatorial aspects of this approach. This factoring reveals an interesting new connection between the topological coverage condition and the notion of weak feature size in geometric sampling theory. We then apply this connection to the problem of showing that for a given scale, if one knows the number of connected components and the distance to the boundary, one can also infer the higher betti numbers or provide strong evidence that more samples are needed. This is in contrast to previous work which merely assumed a good sample and gives no guarantees if the sampling condition is not met.
Biography: Don Sheehy received his B.S.E. from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University under Gary Miller. He spent two years as a postdoc with the Geometrica group at Inria Saclay in France. He is now Assistant Professor of Computer Science at The University of Connecticut. His research is in algorithms and data structures in computational geometry and topological data analysis.
All are welcome!
For more information, please contact: Hong Zhao, email@example.com, 201-692-2350 or Alfredo Tan, email@example.com
QoS Throttling to Elicit User Cooperation in Computer Systems
Location: ECE 202, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Direction to NJIT can be found at: http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php
Date: 11:00AM, Wednesday, April 8, 2015, pre-meeting refreshments starting at 10:45 AM
About the Speaker:
Kevin A. Kwiat is a Principal Computer Engineer with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, New York where he has worked for over 31 years. He is currently assigned to the Cyber Assurance Branch. He received the BS in Computer Science and the BA in Mathematics from Utica College of Syracuse University, and the MS in Computer Engineering and the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University. He holds 4 patents. In addition to his duties with the Air Force, he is an adjunct professor of Computer Science at the State University of New York at Utica/Rome, an adjunct instructor of Computer Engineering at Syracuse University, and a Research Associate Professor with the University at Buffalo. He is an advisor for the National Research Council. He has been recognized by the AFRL Information Directorate with awards for best paper, excellence in technology teaming, and for outstanding individual basic research. His main research interest is dependable computer design.
About the Talk: (registration: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/33851)
While there exist strong security concepts and mechanisms, implementation and enforcement of these security measures is a critical concern in the security domain. Normal users, un‐aware of the implications of their actions, often attempt to bypass or relax the security mechanisms in place, seeking instead increased performance or ease of use. Thus, the human in the loop becomes the weakest link. This shortcoming adds a level of uncertainty unacceptable in highly critical information systems. Merely educating the user to adopt safe security practices is limited in its effectiveness; there is a need to implement a technically sound measure to address the weak human factor across a broad spectrum of systems. In this talk, we present a game theoretic model to elicit user cooperation with the security mechanisms in a system. We argue for a change in the design methodology, where users are persuaded to cooperate with the security mechanisms after suitable feedback. Users are offered incentives in the form of increased Quality of Service (QoS) in terms of application and system level performance increase. Users' motives and their actions are modeled in a game framework using the class of generalized pursuit‐evasion differential games.
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Sponsors: IEEE Communications Society North Jersey Chapter IEEE Computer Society North Jersey Chapter NJIT Helen & John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
All are welcome! You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends and network during the pre- meeting refreshments starting at 10:45 A.M.
For more information contact: Hong Zhao (201)-889-4677, email@example.com; or Nirwan Ansari, firstname.lastname@example.com
Introduction to IPAD Forensics
Date: Monday – April 6th, 2015 – 9 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd Floor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack
Continuing Education
Taught by Prof. Eamon P. Doherty, Ph.D., CCE, CPP, SSCP, CISSP
Here is an opportunity to learn about the vocabulary and tools used in the field of IPAD Forensics (approx. 122 million people in the U.S. had an IPAD in 2013), and why such investigative knowledge is important for both businesses and security professionals.
The cost is $50 for both FDU students and non FDU students -registration is best with a credit card to 201-692-6500 A certificate will be given to you at the end of class.
The course topics include theory or practical training in the following:
Locard's Principle of Exchange, chain of custody, identifying, preserving, collecting, and analyzing digital evidence from an IPAD, collecting pictures, deleted pictures, email, documents, generating a report with hash marks of all evidence gathered, communication data warrant, faraday bag, Predecessors of the IPAD, The IPAD Mini, The 4 Generations of the IPAD, Oxygen Forensics, Cellebrite ios Forenics, Lantern 3 We will also talk about the need for isolated forensic examination computers for use with the IPAD.
Hardware in Cybersecurity: From the Weakest Link to Great Promises
Location: Muscarelle Center, M105, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Date: 1:00pm, Friday, April 3, 2015, pre-meeting pizza starting at 12:45 PM
About the Speaker:
Gang Qu received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2000. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland at College Park. He is also a member of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center and the Maryland Energy Research Center. Dr. Qu is the director of Maryland Embedded Systems and Hardware Security (MeshSec) Lab and the Wireless Sensors Laboratory. His primary research interests are in the area of embedded systems and VLSI CAD with focus on low power system design and hardware related security and trust. He studies optimization and combinatorial problems and applies his theoretical discovery to applications in VLSI CAD, wireless sensor network, bioinformatics, and cybersecurity. He has published more than 150 journal articles and conference papers in these areas. Dr. Qu is an enthusiastic teacher; he has taught and co-taught various security courses including VLSI Design Intellectual Property Protection, Cybersecurity for Smart Grid, Reverse Engineering and Hardware Security Lab, and a popular MOOC on Hardware Security through Coursera.
About the Talk:
It is well-known that hardware implementation can outperform the software implementation of most applications, including security primitives such as encryption, by up to several order of magnitudes. However, hardware implementation may also make these mathematically sound security primitives vulnerable. In this talk, we will discuss the role of hardware in cybersecurity. First, we will use the finite state machine (FSM) model to demonstrate that systems built with today's design flow and tools are vulnerable against a simple random walk attack. We further show that a malicious designer can embed Hardware Trojan Horse (HTH) into the system to gain unauthorized control of the system. We then describe a practical circuit level technique to guarantee the trustworthiness of the circuit implementation of a given FSM. Second, we describe our recent work on physical unclonable function (PUF), a unique feature embedded in the chip during fabrication process. PUF has many promising applications in security and trust such as device authentication and secret key generation and storage. We will focus on the usability problems of PUF: how to push the amount of PUF information we can extract to the theoretical upper bound; how to ensure that the PUF information is random (and thus secure against attacks); how to improve the hardware efficiency when implementing a PUF. Finally, we will show very briefly a couple of our projects on hardware-software co-design in building security and trust to demonstrate the great promise that hardware can bring to cybersecurity.
Sponsors: IEEE Computer Society North Jersey Chapter FDU Gildart Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering
All are welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends and network during the free pizza starting at 12:45 P.M.
Digital Camera Forensics
Date/Time: Monday March 23, 2015 - 9 AM - Noon
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd Floor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack
Continuing Education Opportunity
With Prof. Eamon P. Doherty CCE, CPP, SSCP
The cost for FDU students and others is $50. Registration is best with a credit card to 201-692-6500 , A certificate will be given to you at the end of class.
The course topics include both theory and practical training in:
Locard's Principle of Exchange, chain of custody, identifying, preserving, collecting, and analyzing digital evidence, metadata, Steganography, data carving, and using tools such as DataLifter 2 and Recover My Files with a few digital cameras and we will also collect and analyze data from SD Cards, forensics is the intersection of law and science, lastly we will demonstrate a nanny cam bear and discuss where digital evidence may be found.
We will also talk about the need for isolated forensic examination computers for use with the cameras as well as write blockers to preserve camera data.
The course only meets one time, there are no pre-requisites.
2015 Energy Security Conference: Protecting Our Critical Infrastructure
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: 1251 Avenue of the Americas (bet. 49th & 50th Streets), New York New York 10020
The Consulate General of Canada in New York is pleased to invite you to this exchange on policy and security best practices on protecting energy infrastructure that advance North American economic competitiveness, security and prosperity.
Refreshments and luncheon will be served
The National CyberWatch Center
Date/Time: A monthly series at 11 am EST (see link below for dates and topics)
Location: A monthly Webinar Series
Purpose: The National CyberWatch Center presents a monthly webinar series to discuss Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development.
See Flyer for more information!!
Webinar topics and schedule follow.
National Curriculum
February 28 |
Conducting Classroom-Based Research
March 28 |
National Cybersecurity Student Association
April 25 |
National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework 2.0
May 30 |
National Cyber League for the College Classroom
August 29 |
Security Clearances
September 26 |
Critical Skills for Industry and Government
October 31 |
Cybersecurity Program Capacity Building
November 21 |
Register HERE!
Introduction to IPAD Forensics
Date/Time: Monday – February 23, 2015 – 9 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd Floor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack
Taught by Prof. Eamon P. Doherty, Ph.D., CCE, CPP, SSCP
Continuing Education
Here is an opportunity to learn about the vocabulary and tools used in the field of IPAD Forensics (approx. 122 million people in the U.S. had an IPAD in 2013), and why such investigative knowledge is important for both businesses and security professionals.
The cost is $50 for both FDU students and non FDU students -registration is best with a credit card to 201-692-6500
A certificate will be given to you at the end of class.
The course topics include theory or practical training in the following:
Locard's Principle of Exchange, chain of custody, identifying, preserving, collecting, and analyzing digital evidence from an IPAD, collecting pictures, deleted pictures, email, documents, generating a report with hash marks of all evidence gathered, communication data warrant, faraday bag, Predecessors of the IPAD, The IPAD Mini, The 4 Generations of the IPAD, Oxygen Forensics, Cellebrite ios Forenics, Lantern 3
We will also talk about the need for isolated forensic examination computers for use with the IPAD.
FBI Cyber Internship Opportunity - Short Deadline
The attached flyer provides information about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cyber internship PAID 10-week summer internship program beginning on June 1, 2015. Applications will be accepted online only at www.FBIjobs.gov.
Deadline for submission is 1/20/2015
This internship is for full time college/graduate students pursuing a degree in a computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or related field (see website for additional info).
Graduate Application Link: link
Undergraduate Application Link: link
Faculty Opportunity: Travel opportunity to the 2014 National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) conference and expo
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) will be having its 5th Annual Cybersecurity Education Conference. Contingent on funding from the National Science Foundation, the National CyberWatch Center will pay travel expenses for selected faculty from the national academic community to attend the 2014 NICE Conference and Expo. Preference will be given to faculty who do not currently have grant support to attend cybersecurity conferences such as this.
The 5th Annual NICE conference promises to be highly informative - you will be able to see the Agenda on the NICE website. In addition to receiving valuable information, participants will have an outstanding opportunity to network and talk to professionals in government, professional associations and industry.
Date:November 5/6, 2014
Location: Sheraton Columbia Town Center Hotel in Columbia MD
Please pay attention to the note at the bottom of the Travel Application Form with directions how to proceed.
Click here to contact NICE
Introduction to a FRED Station and Encase
Date/Time: Monday, November 17, 2014 – 9 AM - Noon
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd Floor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack
Continuing Education
Taught by Prof. Eamon P. Doherty, Ph.D., CCE, CPP, SSCP
The cost for FDU students and others is $50. Registration is best with a credit card to 201-692-6500 or Maureen201-692-6507, A certificate will be given to you at the end of class.
The course topics include both theory and practical training in:
Locard's Principle of Exchange, chain of custody, identifying, preserving, collecting, and analyzing digital evidence, metadata, forensic image, SD cards, hard drives, CDs, Guidance Software Encase, creating a report, write blocker, SAN Storage Area Network, The FRED Station hardware, powering it up.
Faculty Opportunity: U.S. Airforce Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (AF SFFP)
Description: The AF SFFP offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through 8- to 12-week research residencies at participating Air Force research facilities for full-time science, mathematics, and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities.
Objectives: This program is sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and is administered by ASEE, which provides the oversight and administrative structure for the selection and appointment of applicants. The objectives of the AF SFFP are as follows:
1. To stimulate professional relationships among AF SFFP participants and the scientists and engineers at Air Force research facilities
2. To enhance the research interests and capabilities of faculty (both new and experienced researchers) in the U.S. academic community
3. To elevate the awareness in the U.S. academic community of Air Force research needs and foster continued research at AF SFFP fellows' institutions
4. To provide the AF SFFP participant opportunities to perform high-quality and meaningful research at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directorates, Air Force Test Center, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Air Force Institute of Technology
5. To provide nationally accredited mentoring of academic researchers at technical directorates of the AFRL, Air Force Test Center, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Faculty members from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI/TCU/HIS), as designated by the U.S. Department of Education, are especially encouraged to apply!
Faculty members have the opportunity to bring a graduate student with them. Click here for eligibility.
Deadline: November 21st 2014 at 5PM EST.
To apply:
- You will need an active e-mail address to create an application account. You will be able to create your own password.
- A status display is located under the Application heading. Click the Status button to receive feedback on the completion status of your application.
- The application is divided into six sections, each with its own completion status bar found on the Application Status page. All required information fields are designated with a red asterisk.
For more information: Click here!!!
Digital Forensics Special Interest Group (SIG) – Fall 2014
This SIG meets on 2 Monday afternoons per month from 2:00 – 3:00 PM during the Fall Semester of 2014 in the Cybercrime Lab in Dickinson Hall. The SIG is for full or part time FDU students. The SIG will help students learn about mobile device forensics. Equipment, tools, policy, and techniques will be both demonstrated and discussed. It is free to attend.
August 25 - Week 1 – GPS Device Forensics
September 8 - Week 2 – IPAD Forensics
September 22 -Week 3 – Digital Camera Forensics
October 6th - Week 4 – Pager Systems Forensics (3.5 million in use in USA, 2012)
October 20 - Week 5 – Steganography, Data Carving, Detecting Steganography
November 3 - Week 6 - Look at Chain of Custody, Computer Usage Policy,
Internet Policy, Phone Policy, and the Importance of
General Counsel and HR
November 10 – Week 7 – Going to Conferences, Writing Papers, the Importance of
Publishing, Networking
November 17 – Week 8 – CCTV Intro
December 1 – Week 9 – Intro to Logic Cube
December 8 – Week 10 – Legacy Media Forensics (CF Cards, Jazz Disks, Zip Disks, 3.5,
5.25" and 8 Inch Diskettes, XD Cards)
End of SIG For Fall 2014
Prof. Eamon P. Doherty Ph.D., SSCP, CPP, CCE
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2, Second Floor of Dickinson Hall , Hackensack side of Metro Campus
Email firstname.lastname@example.com for any questions
NJIT's 4th Annual New Jersey Cyber Security Conference
Date: Friday, October 24, 2014
Time: 8:30 – 4:00 pm
Location: Brookdale Community College
765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Cost: FREE
Internet-based communications, business transactions and data storage are no longer simply convenient; they are a necessity. Every day, more and more Americans depend on mobile devices and wireless connections to shop, learn and interact. Nationally, we are now tasked with expanding our capabilities to provide the same type of open access to our critical assets and communications infrastructure. The two combined are supporting our economy, public safety and national security. Yet, despite this rapid expansion of internet usage, our nation's cultural awareness of cyber security continues to lag behind. The first step to protect these vital resources is to become aware of what cyber security is truly about, and what you need to know to help minimize the threats.
Conference attendees will hear from subject matter experts representing state government, federal agencies and private industry who specialize in various aspects of cyber security. This year's keynote speaker is Scott Montgomery, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Worldwide Public Sector at McAfee, which is part of Intel Security. A number of break-out sessions will also be offered throughout the afternoon.
Who should attend?
Information security specialists, program managers, and individuals with IT responsibility are cordially invited to attend the 4th Annual New Jersey Cyber Security Conference on Friday, October 24th.
Register for the New Jersey Cyber Security Conference at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5PNY8SR.After completing the online form, please press the Done button at the bottom of the page to submit.
Note: conference registration can only be accomplished online. Seating is limited and registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Confirmation e-mails, final agenda and directions will be sent to registrants on October 20, 2014. Please direct any questions regarding the 4th Annual New Jersey Cyber Security Conference to Michael Vance of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness at (609) 588-0591 or e-mail email@example.com.
Click here for the Agenda!
2014 Hacktoberfest @ InfoAge
The OWASP SJ and ASIS Security is inviting you to their Hacktoberfest. This is a large event targeted for HS students and their parents and local college students. With the partnership of the FBI, CIA, and NSA as well the Wall Township schools, Brookdale, Monmouth U, Ocean CC, Ryder, and Princeton.
The annual event will be an awesome opportunity for everyone to learn about coding in addition to promoting all the awesome stuff at InfoAge. The events of the day will be a round robin workshop approach with stations devoted to Social Engineering, Cell Phone Hacks, Raspberry Pi Hacks, Mask making, and information sessions with the FBI, CIA, and NSA.
Date: October 18, 2014
Time: 10am – 5pm
Location: InfoAge Campus - 2201 Marconi Road - Wall, New Jersey - 07719
Student Opportunity: The National Cyber League (NCL) Invitation for student. Pre/Regular season registration is on
The National Cyber League (NCL) is pleased to offer a Fall 2014 season!
The NCL is an intercollegiate cybersecurity competition developed by National Science Foundation funded centers to make cybersecurity learning and practice fun and engaging.
Even students new to competitions can compete in three Capture the Flag competitions, thanks to our exclusive bracketing system.Prepare for CompTIA Security+™ and EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)™ certifications with labs and games and build some serious skills along the way. Faculty coaches get freeinstructor syllabi, to help integrate the NCL experience into classes, as well as free hosted lab and game environment access.
The Fall Season registration is $20 per player for the Pre/Regular Seasons and $25 per Post Season team. The Pre/Regular Season registration runs from August 23-September 20.
We are committed to continuing to improve the NCL experience and hope you will participate in the 2014 Fall Season. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Please spread the word! (To join the NCL mailing list, have faculty and students send an email with their name, email address, student or faculty status, and college/university affiliation to firstname.lastname@example.com.)
IEEE NJ Section – Seminar on Benchmarking on Experimental Processor Becomes Computer Architecture Concept Worth Teaching
IEEE Computer Society and School of Computer Sciences and Engineering will cosponsor a seminar titled "Benchmarking of Experimental Processor Becomes Computer Architecture Concept Worth Teaching" by Dr. Kevin Kwait, Principal Computer Engineer from Air Force Research Laboratory at Rome, NY.
Dr. Kwiat has been with U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory for over 30 years. In addition to his duties with Air Force, Dr. Kwiat also takes on many other roles such as adviser for National Research Council , visiting scientist at Cornell University, and a visiting researcher at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research "Window on Europe" program. Dr. Kwiat gave the keynote speech at the first Symposium on Advances in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance held at FDU.
Abstract: A challenge to Air Force engineers was to design and develop a radiation-hardened microprocessor that embodied, at that time, a radical computer architecture. The requirements for space-borne processing called for designing a processor that, in addition to being rad-hard, fault-tolerant, and testable, would also achieve a high-level of performance. The measure of performance would come through the execution of a set of programs in a process called benchmarking. Experimental microprocessor designs impose limitations on benchmarking. Their fundamental novelty means that they have not yet incorporated many of the benchmarking support features found on fully developed machines. Benchmarking is considered premature without these support features; yet, once meaningful performance measurements are obtained, then resources for further microprocessor development can be turned to the most promising of the proposed designs. The team devised a work-around to the problem of benchmarking a microprocessor early in its design: they created within the benchmark programs software simulations of a specialized hardware structure. This virtualization of hardware by software "matured" the design to the point needed for realistic performance measurement.
These lessons have been transferred to a computer architecture course where the students mimic the same challenges that faced the Air Force team who confronted benchmarking experimental microprocessors. By carrying out the term project, the college students gain experiential knowledge of designing hardware - in software - for solving a practical problem that remains relevant today.
Please come join us for this very informative talk and also encourage your students to come.
All are welcome! You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends and network during the free pizza starting at 10:50 A.M.
Time: 11:00AM
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2014, pre-meeting pizza starting at 10:50 AM.
Place: Becton Hall BEC405, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ 07666. http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html
For more information contact: Hong Zhao (201)-692-2350, email@example.com; or Howard Leach, firstname.lastname@example.com
The 2014 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Dates/Time: July 21 to 24, 2014
Location: Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, USA
Registration: Click here to register for the Colloquium
Conference Description:
FECS is an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians who are looking to both foster working relationships and gain access to the latest research results. Learn more here.
Listen to General James E. CartWright at NIKSUN WWSMC Summer '14
It is with great pride and pleasure that we invite you and your colleagues to attend the NIKSUN World Wide Security and Mobility Conference (WWSMC), Summer '14, being held in Princeton, NJ on June 25th and 26th, 2014. The opening day, June 25th is open to the general public, while the second day is for NIKSUN resellers/Partners only. Come join us to learn about the latest advances in cybersecurity and mobility, network with your colleagues, and perhaps learn something new to take back with you!
Hear keynote speech by General James E. Cartwright, Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, eminent cybersecurity expert, Dr. Parag Pruthi, CEO of NIKSUN. Listen to leading cybersecurity experts from the telco, government, and enterprise sectors talk about the latest innovations and state-of-the-art advances in cyber and mobile security.
Visit our website for detailed agenda.
To ensure that you get the most out of NIKSUN WWSMC Summer '14, we encourage you to register today. Space is limited so advanced registration is required. If you have any questions, please feel free to firstname.lastname@example.com or T: +1-609-452-2400
We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!
Date: June 25th & 26th 2014
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Princeton, NJ, 4355 US Route 1, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540
The 18th Annual Colloquium for Information Systems Security Administration
Dates/Time: June 16-18, 2014
Location: San Diego, California
Registration: Click here to register for the Colloquium
Colloquium Description:
The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education recognizes that the protection of information and infrastructures that are used to create, store, process, and communicate information is vital to business continuity and security. The Colloquium's goal is to work together to define current and emerging requirements for information assurance education and to influence and encourage the development and expansion of information assurance curricula, especially at the graduate and undergraduate levels. See complete agenda here.
Introduction to IPAD Forensics Continuing Education
Date: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 - 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd Floor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack
Directions and View of Campus http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=320
Purpose: An opportunity to learn about the vocabulary and tools used in the field of IPAD Forensics (approx. 122 million people in the U.S. had an IPAD in 2013), and why such investigative knowledge is important for both businesses and security professionals. See flyer for more information
17th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference (NYSCSC '14) and 9th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA '14)
Please join us at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY to hear from prominent security experts presenting the latest topics and issues in cyber security. The June 3 keynote will be provided by the Governor's Cyber Security Advisory Board.
NEW FOR 2014:Hands-on training classes in Digital Forensics and Cyber Incident Analysis and a Cyber-Challenge!
About the Symposium: This two day event is co-hosted by the New York State Office of Information Technology Services' Enterprise Information Security Office, the University at Albany's School of Business and College of Computing and Information, and The NYS Forum, Inc.
Register today at www.dhses.ny.gov/go/conference2014
Date: June 3 - 4, 2014
Cost to Attend:
- Free to government and public sector employees
- $50 for not-for-profit employees*
- $200 for private sector employees*
*Group discount of 20% for 5 or more employees from the same organization.
The 23rd Wireless and Optical Communication Conference (WOCC 2014)
Date/Time: May 9 - 10, 2014
Location: Hosted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology and sponsored by IEEE
Call for Papers Deadline February 15, 2014; Acceptance Notification March 15, 2014 !!!Learn more
Original technical papers are solicited on the topics including, but not limited to, the following:
Wirless Symposium Networks Symposium
Optical Symposium Big Data Symposium
About the Conference:
The 23rd Annual Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2014) will provide a unique opportunity to explore the leading areas of wireless and optical communications technologies, future network and big data.
More Information to come!
IEEE Signal Processing Chapter and Circuits and Systems Chapter Seminar at NJIT
Topic: Technology and Standard for Virtual-view 3D Systems
Seminar: 3D video products are aggressively growing recently. One step further, the virtual-viewpoint (or free-viewpoint) video becomes the research focus. It is also an on-going standardization item in the international ITU/MPEG Standards. In addition to the movie special effects, one application of virtual-view system is the multi-view auto-stereoscopic (glasses free 3D) display. Typically, a densely arranged camera array is used to acquire input images and a virtual view picture is synthesized using the depth-image based rendering (DIBR) technique. Three essential components are needed for building a virtual-view system: depth estimation, data compression, and view synthesis. The ITU/MPEG standard committee is now in the process of defining the data compression (delivery format) of the virtual-view system. The committee also provides non-normative depth estimation and view synthesis tools. The entire set of standard specifications is to be done in two years. We will summarize the recent progress and technology trend on this subject. Click here for more information
Date: 19th May 2014
Location: Room ECE 202, NJIT
Speaker:Professor Hsueh-Ming HANG, Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
All are welcome! You don't have to be an IEEE Member to attend.
For more information contact: Yun firstname.lastname@example.com(973)-596-3501, Alfredo Tan email@example.com(201) 692-2347 or Durgamadhab Misra firstname.lastname@example.com
The Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship Breakfast Seminar & Our Cybersecurity member, Dr Kiron Sharma, would be presenting
"Synopsis - 2014 Innovation Conference: Counterfeiting - Protecting the Supply Chain"
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014
About the Seminar: This breakfast seminar is designed to help business leaders learn about innovative strategies being used to fight the counterfeiting of products. In addition, business leaders will understand how to more effectively develop and implement tactics to protect their company, customers and the community.
7:15 Breakfast and Registration
8:00 Welcome & Introductions, James Almeida, Dean, SCB
8:10 Counterfeiting- An Overview, Ron Guido, Life Care Services
8.20 Pursuing Supply Chain Security in the Pharma Industry, Brian Johnson, Pfizer
8:30 The Role of Law Enforcement, Anthony Orosz, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
8:40 Cyber Security Perspectives, Kiron Sharma, FDU
8:50 Panel discussion, Q & A
9:15 Conclusion
Click for details: http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=3712
Speakers: Ron Guido, Brian Johnson, Kiron Sharma, Anthony Orosz.
Location: Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (Mansion)
Fairleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham
285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940
Cost: $75.00
Register: With Eventbrite
Questions? Please call 973-443-8842 or e-mail email@example.com.
RSVP by April 20th!
IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Chapter Seminar
Seminar: IEEE North Jersey Section Computer chapter and our school will co-sponsor a seminar entitled "Big Data Analysis in Credit Card Industry" on 04/23/2014 at 12:00pm in M105. The speakers, Dr. Lana Song and Dr. Jun Bai, are from JP Morgan Chase. Dr. Lana Song is a Director at JP Morgan Chase leading Core Risk Modeling group for Chase Card Services and Dr. Jun Bai is a Senior Manager at JP Morgan Chase Card Services. The talk will be of interest to engineering, computer science, and math majors and faculty. See flyer for more details
All are welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends and network during the free pizza starting at 11:45 A.M.
Date/Time: 12:00PM, Wednesday, April 23, 2014, pre-meeting pizza starting at 11:45 AM.
Location: Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105 Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
For more information contact: Hong Zhao (201)-692-2350, firstname.lastname@example.com; or Howard Leach,
The 2014 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Compter Engineering
Call for Papers by April 19, 2014 - find out more here.
Digital Forensics Special Interest Group (SIG) – Spring 2014
The SIG meets on 2 Monday afternoons per month from 2:00 – 3:00 PM during the Spring Semester of 2014. The SIG is free to attend and is for FDU full or part time faculty, staff, and students. The SIG will help people learn about mobile device forensics, equipment, tools, policy, and techniques. Practical demonstrations and theory are part of the SIG. The location is in the Cybercrime Training Lab 2 on the second floor of Dickinson Hall, Metro Campus, Cybercrime Training Lab.
1. January 27 – Week 1 – GPS Devices
2. February 3 – Week 2 – IPAD Forensics
3. February 10 – Week 3 - Digital Camera Forensics
4. February 17 – Week 4 – Pager Systems (3.5 million in use in USA in 2012)
5. February 24 – Week 5 – Steganography, Detecting Steganography
6. March 3 – Week 6 – Chain of Custody, Computer Usage Policy, Phone Policy, Importance of General Counsel and HR
7. March 10 – Week 7 – Going to Conferences, writing papers, the importance of publishing
8. March 17 – No SIG, Spring recess
9. March 24- Week 8 – CCTV Intro
10. March 31 – Week 9 – Intro to Logic Cube
11. April 7 – Week 10 - Legacy Media Forensics (CF Cards, Jazz Disks, Zip Disks, XD cards, 3.5, 5.25, and 8 inch floppy diskettes
12. April 14 – Week 11 – Software to help parents keep kids safe.
End of SIG for Spring 2014 - Prof. Doherty Ph.D, SSCP, CCE, CPP – email email@example.com more information
Introduction to Legacy Device Forensics, Continuing Education
Date/Time: Monday – April 7, 2014 – 9 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd FloorDirections and View of Campus http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=320
Purpose: The course topics include both theory and practical training in Locard's Principle of Exchange, chain of custody, identifying, preserving, collecting, and analyzing digital evidence from a cell phone, collecting pictures, deleted pictures, email, SMS Messages, call logs, internal cell phone memory, SIM Cards, external memory, generating a report with hash marks of all evidence gathered, CALEA, communication data warrant, faraday bag, Susteen Secure View, Blackberry phone, Motorola V710 Camera Phone, Cyberbullying, Tracephone, Sexting, Video Voyeurism Act of 2004, Foreign Cell Phones, the FAT File System, RecoverMyFiles, Logic Cube, Helix V1.7, ISO Buster for CDs, Project-A-Phone. We will also talk about the need for isolated forensic examination computers for use with the cell phones as well as write blockers to preserve cell phone data.
IEEE North Jersey Section Exploring Clouds as Enablers of Science
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 12:00PM; pre-meeting pizza starting at 11:45AM
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, 105 (Auditorium), 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html
About the Presentation: Cloud computing has emerged as a dominant paradigm that has been widely adopted by enterprises. Clouds provide on-demand access to computing utilities, an abstraction of unlimited computing resources, and support for on-demand scale up, scale down and scale out. Clouds are also rapidly joining high-performance computing system, clusters and Grids as viable platforms for scientific exploration and discovery. As a result, understanding application formulations and usage modes that are meaningful in such a hybrid infrastructure, and how application workflows can effectively utilize it, is critical. In this talk, I will l explore the role of clouds in science and engineering. I will also explore how science and engineering applications can benefit from clouds and how the cloud abstraction can lead to new paradigms and practices. This talk is based on research that is part of the CometCloud autonomic cloud-computing project at the NSF Cloud and Autonomic Computing Center at Rutgers.
Speaker: Dr. Manish Parashar is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University. He is the founding Director of the Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (RDI2) and of the NSF Cloud and Autonomic Computing Center (CAC), and is Associate Director of the Rutgers Center for Information Assurance (RUCIA). Manish received a BE degree from Bombay University, India, and MS and Ph. D. degrees from Syracuse University. His research interests are in the broad areas of Parallel and Distributed Computing and Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering. A key focus of his research is on addressing the complexity or large-scale systems and applications through programming abstractions and systems.
For more information on the event see Event Flyer
The 18th Annual Colloquium on Information Systems Security Education
Call for Papers by March 30, 2014 - find out more here.
Digital Camera Forensics
Date/Time: Monday, March 10, 2014 9a.m. to Noon
Location: Cybercrime Training Lab 2 of Dickinson Hall, 2nd Floor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack Campus
Purpose: Locard's Principle of Exchange, chain of custody, identifying, preserving, collecting, and anlyzing digital evidence, metadata, Steganography, data carving, and using tools such as DataLifter 2 and Recover My Files with one or two digital cameras.
See Flyer for more information!!
LINCS Canvas Browser: Interactive Web App to Query, Browse and Interrogate L1000 Gene Expression Signatures
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Noon (pizza starting at 11:40 a.m.)
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Speaker: Dr. Avi Ma'ayan, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Purpose: The LINCS Canvas Browser (LCB) is an interactive HTML5 web-based application that facilitates querying, browsing and interrogating almost all currently available LINCSS gene expression data by implementing two compacted layered canvases. See Flyer for more detailed information or contact Alfredo Tan at email@example.com or Hong Zhao at email@example.com
2014 Canada-US Cybersecurity Conference: Securing our Financial Infrastructure
Date/Time: Friday, February 28, 2014
Location: Consultant General of Canada, Concourse Level, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10020
Purpose: An exchangte of ideas on the interconnected nature of governmental policy, economic competitiveness and cybersecurity.
See Flyer for more information!!
Image Processing Pipeline of Digital Camera
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105, 2000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Purpose: This presentation will cover CMOS sensor digital image capture and image processing pipeline. Introduction about different techniques applied in image capture pipeline, such as bayer pattern raw image format, auto exposure, auto white balance, auto focus, bad pixel correction, lens shade correction, JPEG compression, etc.
Speaker: Zhicheng Ni, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from NJIT. He has worked on integration and enhancement of video encoders and decoders, as well as experience with various hardware platforms, including TI and Starcore DSPs.
See Flyer for more information!!
IEEE North Jersey Section Signal Processing Chapter: Canonical Correlation Analysis for Knowledge Discovery in Distributed Array Systems
Date/Time: Thursday, December 10, 2013 at 12 Noon; pre-meeting pizza starting at 11:40 a.m.
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, M105 (Auditorium), 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html
About the Presentation:This talk presents our analysis as well as simulation study on the adaptive beamforming and combining techniques applied to a system consisting of distributed antenna arrays. Our analysis reveals the connection between the natural and the practical schemes for data combination in array processing.
Speaker:Dr. Hongya Ge is an associate professor in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Her research interests are in the general areas of statistical signal processing and communication theory with applications to parameter estimation and signal detection, rapid synchronization, interference suppression, and fact converging transceivers for multiuser systems; sensor array signal processing, spectral analysis and passive sensing and ranging in underwater acoustics; and radio frequency interference identification and excision in radio astronomy. She has published 100+ papers in IEEE/IEE Journals and Conference Proceedings.
For more information on the event see Event Flyer
Discussion on Law Enforcement and Homeland Security
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 10 a.m. - 12 Noon
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dickinson Hall (Wilson Auditorium), 140 University Plaza Drive, Hackensack, NJ 07601 http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html
Speaker:John Miller is a former investigative journalist for WNBC (New York), NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, ABC co-host of 20/20 with Barbara Walters, LAPD Counter-Terrorism Chief, Assistant Director for Public Affairs of the FBI, Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Transformation and Technology, and the only American news reporter ever to interview the late Osama Bin Laden (in May of 1998). John is currently a senior correspondent for CBS This Morning (New York).
For more information on the event see Event Flyer
A New Challenge for Image & Video Forgery with Viciousness or Innocuity
Date/Time: Thursday, November 14, 2013, pre-meeting pizza starting at 11:45 AM
Location: Muscarelle Center, Auditorium, 105 Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ 07666; Map: http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html
For more information on the event see Event Flyer
Contact: Hong Zhao (201) 692-2350 or email@example.com; or Howard Leach, email@example.com the Next Generation Science
Standards: K-12 STEM Education Statewide Event
Dates/Time: Friday, October 25, 2013
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ in the Dreyfuss Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Michael Heinz Science Coordinator of New Jersey Department of Education
Event Flyer
Register online: northjersey.com/STEM or call: 973-569-7562. Registration must be received by Monday, October 21st.
IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Society Chapter: Common Mistakes with Software Security
What coverage does application penetration testing provide? What about architecture analysis or static analysis? How much security testing is enough? This talk will present essential security concepts and draw a distinction between the different options available through examples.
Participants will learn, through interactive discussion some common misconceptions and how to build or raise the level of a software security program. Participants will learn the essentials, and how to avoid some common pitfalls, of building a program that is tailored for each application and yet includes appropriate risk management at the line of business or enterprise level.
Biography: Andres Cools is a Managing Principal at Cigital, with over 15 years of experience in software & information security. Mr. Cools has delivered engagements in Governance, Risk & Compliance, Application and Network Threat and Vulnerability, Managed Security Services, Training, Products, Forensic and Incident Response, building out Software Security Groups, Building Security in Maturity Model, Threat Modeling, Architecture Reviews and Risk Profiling. As a consultant, Mr. Cools has provided strategic direction and services to many of the world's largest multinational corporations. Mr. Cools holds a BA in Business, with an emphasis in International Economics from Kennesaw State University
Date/Time:October 24, 2013 at 12:00PM (pre-meeting pizza starting at 11:30AM)
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 (See directions here)
For more information Contact: Hong Zhao (201) 692-2350 or firstname.lastname@example.com; or Howard Leach at email@example.com
2013 3rd Annual New Jersey Cyber Security Conference
Dates/Time: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 8:30a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Law & Public Safety Technical Complex Auditorium, 1200 Negron Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08691
Cost: FREE
Conference Description:
Conference attendees will hear from subject matter experts representing state government, federal agencies and private industry that specialize in various aspects of cyber security including cyber threats and trends. Additionally, panel discussions will be held on virtualization – security best practices, BYOD, cloud computing, and cyber threats and predictions.
Who Should Attend:
Information security specialists, program managers, and individuals with IT responsibility
Registration: Register for the New Jersey Cyber Security Conference at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z5RSSQJ. Upon completing the online form, please press the Done button at the bottom of the page to submit.
Flyer for Complete Information
The 6th Annual Cyber Security Expo "Cyber Espionage and IP Issues"
Date: October 18, 2013
The University of Memphis Center for Information Assurance, FedEx Institute of Technology, 365 Innovation Drive Suite 335A, Memphis, TN 38152-3115
Registration and Informationhere
Expo Description:
The University of Memphis Center for Information Assurance will be hosting the 6th Annual Cyber Security Expo at the FedEx Institute of Technology on October 18th, 2013. Information Assurance and Cyber Security experts will be onsite for presentations and networking to address current issues of cyber security.
Topics may include:
Intellectual Property(IP) Thefts
·Advanced Persistent Threats
·BYOD & Mobile Devise Security
·Cloug & Big Data Security
·Social Media Threats
·Virtual Supply Chain Security
2013 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference (InfoSecCD2013)
Dates/Time: October 11-12, 2013
Location: Kennesaw State University, Georgia
Summit Description:
InfoSecCD seeks to provide academics, researchers, and practitioners with an opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects of Information Security Curriculum Development. Papers offering novel research contributions in any aspect of information security education are solicited for submission to the 2013 InfoSecCD Conference.
The primary focus is on high-quality, original, unpublished research, case studies, and implementation experiences. Papers should have practical relevance to the design, development, implementation, and best-practices in information security education or for best-practices in the design, implementation, and management of information security or digital forensics.
Register and learn more:http://infosec.kennesaw.edu/infoseccd/
Center for Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
IEEE and SWE Student Branches at FDU
Speakers: Daniel Clarke and Steven Tegethoff
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM, Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Building Room 105
Daniel Clarke, an electrical engineering major and Steven Tegethoff, an information technology / computer science student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, won the 15th and 30th places, respectively among the 104 finalists in the recently concluded New Jersey Governor's CyberChallenge competition. This is a statewide cybersecurity competition hosted by Governor Chris Christie and the NJ Secretary of Higher Education and administered by the Brookdale Community College in cooperation with Cyber Aces Foundation. About 250 New Jersey college students, active duty and veteran armed services members and jobseekers participated in the challenge's first phase, among which the top scorers entered the finals. Daniel and Steven will introduce the steps and challenges faced in the competition including the background, various levels, tools used, etc.
Introduction to GPS Forensics
Dates/Time: September 26, 2013, 8:30am to Noon
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Cybercrime Training Lab 2, Dickinson Hall, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
Continuing Education/Program Description:
This introductory non credit continuing education course consists of two elements. The first element is practical while the other element is theoretical. The theoretical element consists of the history of GPS and a discussion of other competing systems such as Glonass and the Beidou Navigation Satellite System. We will also discuss relevant vocabulary such as routes, waypoints, trips, points of interest, and possible impairments to the accuracy of GPS data. The practical element consists of learning to use a Tableau write blocker, forensically imaging the GPS navigation device with FTK Imager or Helix, using GPS Babel to change file formats if necessary, and mapping the itinerary file using Google Maps.
Registration: call FDU Continuing Education at 201-692-6500. You may register and pay for the course with a credit card and receive a certificate of completion after participating in the class. The course is limited to 16 students.
See Program Flyer here
2013 Cyber Security Summit
Dates/Time: September 25, 2013
Location:Hilton Grand Ballroom, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
Summit Description:
The 2013 Cyber Security Summit connects C-Suite executives in need of innovative solutions to protect their business & critical infrastructure. The event is produced by TechExpoUSA.com, the nation's leader in professional hiring events for the Defense and Intelligence industry. The Cyber Security Summit provides a forum for attendees to learn about cyber security's most vital issues by directly connecting them with emerging and established service providers, renowned speakers and powerful decision makers across multiple industries.
Held in the world headquarters for business, culture, entertainment, finance, real estate, technology & development, the 2013 Cyber Security Summit will enlighten its global executive audience with expert keynote addresses & stimulating interactive panel discussions.
Review the Agenda and to Register:http://www.cybersummitusa.com/agenda/
The IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Chapter and Signal Processing Chapter: Photonic Neuromorphic Spike Processing for Ultrafast Cognitive Computing
There has been a recent explosion of interest in spiking neural networks, which code information as spikes or events in time. Spike encoding is widely accepted as the information medium underlying the brain, but it has also inspired a new generation of neuromorphic hardware. Although electronics can match biological time scales and exceed them, they eventually reach a bandwidth fan-in trade-off. An alternative platform is photonics, which could process highly interactive information at speeds that electronics could never reach. Correspondingly, processing techniques inspired by biology could compensate for many of the shortcomings that bar digital photonic computing from feasibility, including high defect rates and signal control problems. We summarize properties of photonic spike processing and initial experiments with discrete components. A technique for mapping this paradigm to scalable, integrated laser devices is explored and simulated in small networks. This approach promises to wed the advantageous aspects of both photonic physics and unconventional computing systems. Further development could allow for fully scalable photonic networks that would open up a new domain of ultrafast, robust and adaptive processing. Applications of this technology ranging from nanosecond response control systems to fast cognitive radio could potentially revitalize specialized photonic computing.
Biography: Bhavin J. Shastri received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2011. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, working on ultrafast cognitive computing---neuromorphic engineering with photonic neurons. Dr. Shastri has garnered many research awards such as the 2012 D. W. Ambridge Prize for the top graduating Ph.D. student, IEEE Photonics Society 2011 Graduate Student Fellowship, 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship from National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and a 2008 Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship from NSERC. He was the recipient of the Best Student Paper Awards at the 2010 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), the co-recipient of the Silver Leaf Certificate at the 2008 IEEE Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Conference (MNRC), the 2004 IEEE Computer Society Lance Stafford Larson Outstanding Student Award, and the 2003 IEEE Canada Life Member Award
Time: 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, September 25, 2013; pre-meeting with free pizza starting at 11:30 A.M.
Place: Muscarelle Center, M105 (Auditorium), Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ
IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium
Dates/Time: September 21, 2013
Location:Babbio Center, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Symposium Description and Call for Posters!!
The IEEE North Jersey Section and its Communications, Computer and Vehicular Technology Chapters are organizing a one-day technical symposium covering wireless communication and related topics at the Babbio Center on Saturday, September 21, 2013. The event consists of eight invited presentations given by distinguished speakers as well as poster sessions by invited graduate students/postdocs. There will be plenty of opportunity to interact with presenters and network with peers at the coffee breaks, during the lunch and the closing reception.
The organizing committee is currently inviting graduate students to prepare a poster presentation on recent work, recent research results, and cutting edge developing technologies in communications and related fields. Masters students, PhD candidates, and post docs are encouraged to participate. The posters session will be particularly helpful for student researchers to have direct interactions with faculty, industry personnel and other peers. This will serve as an excellent platform and opportunity to network for future collaborative research and career advancement.
Poster presentations will be on display all day and a special dedicated exhibition hour is scheduled for all attendees. Presenters have opportunities to interact with all attendees. There is no charge of registration fee to poster presenters. Three outstanding posters will receive 2013 IEEE North Jersey Section Communications Poster Awards. The 1st/2nd/3rd place winners will receive prizes of $400/$300/$200 respectively (one prize per winning poster). All poster presentations will receive participation certificates. All submissions will be subject to review by the organizing committee. If interested, please submit a title and a short abstract of 250 words to the poster session coordinator Prof. Hong Man at email@example.com by September 6, 2013. If accepted, the electronic version of the poster is due on September 15, 2013.
IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium
Babbio Center, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
The IEEE North Jersey Section and its Communications, Computer and Vehicular Technology Chapters are organizing a one-day technical symposium covering wireless communication and related topics at the Babbio Center on Saturday, September 21, 2013. The event consists of eight invited presentations given by distinguished speakers as well as poster sessions by invited graduate students/postdocs. There will be plenty of opportunity to interact with presenters and network with peers at the coffee breaks, during the lunch and the closing reception.
The organizing committee is currently inviting graduate students to prepare a poster presentation on recent work, recent research results, and cutting edge developing technologies in communications and related fields. Masters students, PhD candidates, and post docs are encouraged to participate.
Three outstanding posters will receive:2013 IEEE North JerseySection Communications Poster AwardsThe 1st/2nd/3rd place winners will receive prizes of$400/$300/$200 respectively (one prize per winning poster). All poster presentations will receive participation certificates. All submissions will be subject to review by the organizing committee. If interested, please submit a title and a short abstract of 250 words to the poster session coordinator Prof. Hong Man at
firstname.lastname@example.com by September 6, 2013. If accepted, the electronic version of the poster is due on September 15, 2013.
The 2013 NICE Workshop: Navigating the National Cybersecurity Education InterState Highway
Dates/Time: September 17-19, 2013
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Workshop Description:
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) will host its annual "Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity Education Workshop" at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) location in Gaithersburg, MD. The NICE Initiative is focused on enhancing the overall cybersecurity posture of the United States by accelerating the availability of educational and training resources designed to improve the cyber behavior, skills, and knowledge of every segment of the population.
The 2013 NICE Workshop theme is "Navigating the National Cybersecurity Education Interstate Highway". The Workshop will highlight cybersecurity education concepts, tools, and best practices with a focus on successes at the State and Federal levels. The goal is to highlight cybersecurity awareness, education, and training programs that can be adopted, copied, or used, or built-on by small businesses, educational institutions, industry, and government at the states, local, tribal and Federal levels to advance the strategic goals of NICE.
The workshop asks presenters, panelists, and participants to share information and use lessons learned and best practices to help attendees grow their cybersecurity toolkit and remind everyone of the critical role each plays in advancing the strategic goals of NICE:
·Raise national awareness about risks in cyberspace;
·Broaden the pool of individuals prepared to enter the cybersecurity workforce; and
·Cultivate a globally competitive cybersecurity workforce.
More information about NICE the Strategic Plan and past NICE Workshops can be found by visiting http://csrc.nist.gov/nice/
International Conference on Cyber Security
Dates/Time: August 5 - 8, 2013
Location: Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Registration: Click here to register for the Conference
Conference Description: ICCS is the premier global cyber security event spanning three days with more than 85 unique lectures from distinguished speakers from government, the private sector and academia. Each brings unique insights from their expertise in the disciplines of emerging technologies, operations and enforcement, academic and pragmatic experience. A range of keynote presentations, panel discussions, sponsors' presentations, exhibitions and exceptional networking opportunities provide a rare chance to learn and speak with leading cyber security subject matter experts and solution providers from throughout the world. The cost for ICCS 2013 is $725.
ICF International's CyberSci Summit 2013
Dates/Time: June 25-26, 2013
Location: Arlington Hilton Hotel, Arlington, VA Registration:
Registration: CyberSci Summit 2013 event information
Summit Description: ICF International's CyberSci Summit 2013 (formerly known as Network Science and Reconfigurable Systems for Cybersecurity - NSRSC) will present and examine the latest emerging technology applications in next generation and beyond cybersecurity solutions. The goal of this technical gathering is to provide a venue for government, industry, and academia to discuss state-of-the-art and visionary developments spanning emerging technologies to meet the evolving requirements of security in cyberspace. For more information, speaker details, or registration costs, please visit ICFI.com/CyberSci
IEEE International Workshop on Security and Privacy of Mobile, Wireless and Sensor Networks
Dates/Time: June 23, 2013/ 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Co-located with IEEE SECON 2013 at New Orleans, USA
Workshop Description:
To cope with the rapid increased in mobile users and the increasing demand for mobile, wireless and sensor networks (MWSNs), it is becoming imperative to provide the necessary security protocols and privacy guarantees to users of MWSNs. In turn, these specific demands in security and privacy require new methodologies that are specifically designed to cope with the strict requirements of the networks. In general, the real-world performance of MWSNs crucially depends on the selected protocols, and their suitability and efficiency for the layers of the implementation. A satisfactory security design and protocol are therefore crucial for the performance of MWSNs. It is a great challenge to achieve efficient and robust realizations of such highly dynamic and secure MWSNs. Moreover, the study of security and privacy in the context of MWSNs provides insights into problems and solutions that are orthogonal to programming languages, programming paradigms, computer hardware, and other aspects of the implementation. The objective for this workshop is to address those topics, which we believe will play an important role in current and future research on and education of MWSNs.
Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: March 22, 2013; Acceptance Notification: April 22, 2013
The 17th Annual Colloquium for Information Systems Security Administration
Dates/Time: June 10-12, 2013.
Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama
Registration: Click here to register for the Colloquium
Colloquium Description:
The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education recognizes that the protection of information and infrastructures that are used to create, store, process, and communicate information is vital to business continuity and security. The Colloquium's goal is to work together to define current and emerging requirements for information assurance education and to influence and encourage the development and expansion of information assurance curricula, especially at the graduate and undergraduate levels. See complete agenda here.
A Symposium on Cybersecurity & Information Assurance at FDU
A Symposium on Academic and Industry Perspectives on Cybersecruity
Dates/Time: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Breakfast and Lunch included)
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dickinson Hall, Wilson Auditorium, Teaneck, New Jersey
Presenters: Dr. Kevin Kwiat (Air Force Research Laboratory; Dr. Jungwoo Ryoo (Penn State/Altoona); Mr. William Beckett (AT&T Labs Research); Dr. Justin Cappos (Polytechnic Inst of NYU); Fred Carl (InfoAge Museum); Dr. Eamon Doherty (FDU Cybercrime Laboratory: Hands-on demonstration)
Visit the event page to learn more and register online
Transforming ICT Networks for a Sustainable Future
Date/Time: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 12 Noon; pre-meeting pizza starting at 11:30 a.m.
Location: Muscarelle Center Auditorium 105, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, 1000 River Rd., Teaneck, NJ
For More Information Contact: Hong Zhao (201) 692-2350, email@example.com ; or Howard Leeach, firstname.lastname@example.com
Presenter: Dr. Thierry E. Klein, Head of Green Research at Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent
With the continued exponential growth of applications, services, devices and machines all being connected to the network, the total Internet traffic in the next decade is expected to grow to a level that is 30 to 100 times that of current levels. One of the challenges for next-generation networks is the ability to support the predicted traffic in a sustainable and economically viable way. In addition to the resulting increased power consumption, the rising energy costs, the environmental impact of networks, and more socially conscious consumers and service providers demand that our future communication and data networks are greener and more sustainable. During this presentation, Dr. Klein will review some of the current trends in communication and data networks and discuss the latest research to improve energy efficiency and reduce power consumption in wireless, wireline access, packet data and optical networks. He will also provide an overview and a status update of the GreenTouch consortium, an industry-wide initiative founded under the leadership of Bell Labs with the mission to deliver architectures, solutions and specifications, and to demonstrate key technologies, to improve the network energy efficiency by a factor 1000 compared to 2010 levels.
IEEE GeSI SMARTer2020: The Role of ICT in Driving a Sustainable Future
Dates/Time: Wednesday, March 20, 2013/12 p.m.
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105, Teaneck, New Jersey
Presentation Flyer can be accessed here.
Presenter: Mr. Tom Okrasinski is Senior Manager of Sustainability & Environmental Engineering at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ.
Talk Description:
The Global e-Sustainability Initiative or GeSI published the SMARTer2020 Report in December of 2012. The Report demonstrates how the increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) such as video conferencing and smart building management could cut the projected 2020 global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 16.5%, amounting to $1.9 trillion in gross energy and fuel savings and a reduction of 9.1 Gigatonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) of greenhouse gases. This is equivalent to more than seven times the ICT sector's emissions in the same period. The SMARTer2020 report evaluates GHG abatement potential from ICT-enabled solutions ranging across six sectors of the economy: power, transportation, manufacturing, consumer and service, agriculture, and buildings. The report also includes detailed national studies of the GHG abatement potential of ICT in seven countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States.
For more information contact: Dr. Hong Zhao (201) 692-2350, firstname.lastname@example.com or Howard Leach at firstname.lastname@example.com
Tri-State Best Practices Conference: The Community College as a Place of Transition
Dates: March 9, 2013
Location: Bergen Community College/the Meadowlands Campus
Registration: Click here to register for this Conference. Additional information.
Conference Description:
The purpose of the conference is to provide community college educators, high school educators, employers in the community, and four year college educators with a forum to exchange successful strategies for transitioning students and discuss expectations and learning goals at each level in the education system. What competencies and skill sets are high school students mastering or struggling to master before they enter community college? How can community colleges meet the needs of these incoming students and transition them to meet the expectations of a four year college? What skills are employers seeking from their applicants and how can community college instructors in all disciplines better prepare students for these workforce demands? What kinds of assignments, learning experiences, projects, technologies, and classroom practices have we found to be successful in aiding this transition and better assessing our students' learning? The overarching goal, therefore, is the improvement of student learning outcomes, creation of more meaningful assessment techniques, and introduction of new technology and approaches that will best meet the needs of our community college students today and allow them to move successfully into the next stage of their education or professional life.
Full Conference Description
FDU Presenters:
Dr. Neelu Sinha, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Physics, Becton College of Arts & Sciences will be presenting during Session IV from 3:00-4:15pm Transitions through Technology in the Classroom with two FDU students (D. Bitsack and M. LaFranca) on Cyber Games - Fun to Play - That's the Learning Way.
7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference INTED2013
Dates: March 4 through 6, 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Invitees: Representatives from over 70 countries are expected inclusive of lecturers, researchers, academics, educational scientists and technologists from all disciplines and cultures.
Contacts: For information on the conference contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Conference Description: The general aim of the conference is to promote international collaboration in Education and Research in all educational fields and disciplines. The attendance of more than 700 delegates from 70 different countries is expected.
Topics: Prospective authors are invited to submit the manuscripts of their original research contributions to email@example.com, review articles are also invited. Soft copy (.doc or .pdf formats) of the full papers not exceeding six pages and as per IEEE style which can be found in the conference website shall be submitted for the conference. Further, the paper should contain name of the corresponding author with E-mail ID and affiliation of all authors. Please indicate the discipline of the paper in the subject column of the mail. All the submitted papers will be sent for peer review and the corresponding author will be notified the outcome of the review process. If reviewers recommend for further improvements in the paper, the paper will be sent back to the corresponding author and the revised version should be submitted with in fifteen days on the date of receipt. Proceedings of ICCCI 2013 will be archived in IEEE Xplore Digital library.
Registration link
Conference Website
Introduction to the SAFETY Act
Date/Time: February 14, 2013, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EST
Location: Webinar
Host: The Department of Homeland Security/SAFETY Act
Webinar Description:
The DHS S&T Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security will be conducting its first SAFETY Act webinar, "Shaping your company's future with the SAFETY Act." We will discuss the mission of the SAFETY Act program and the substantial benefits that Designation and Certification can provide to your organization. The SAFETY Act provides important legal liability protections for providers of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies - whether they are products or services. In addition, SAFETY Act protections encourage greater innovation and may make critical technologies and services more readily available.
Presented by:
Mr. Bruce B. Davidson
Director, Office of SAFETY Act Implementation
Science and Technology Directorate
How to Register: Please register here. A confirmation email will follow with specific login details for the webinar.
Tagging and Tracking Technologies for High Value Material and Personnel
Date/Time: Monday, February 11, 2013, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST
Location: Webinar
Host: The Department of Homeland Security/Office of National Laboratories
Webinar Description:
The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) was requested to lead a Law Enforcement Working Group that ranked advanced tagging and tracking as the highest priority. Specifically the participating agencies were looking for technologies more robust than GPS. Using prototype technologies from Boeing, On Ramp and Fortress, SRNL was able to demonstrate the ability to track personnel and material in all scenarios including indoors, in heavily wooded areas, canyons and in parking garages. Bi-directional communication was achieved in areas that Wifi, cell towers or traditional radios would not perform. The results of the exercise will be presented. These technologies may be suitable for seamless tracking of high value material and personnel anywhere in the world, and in hazardous conditions.
Presented by:
Mr. Joseph V. Cordaro
Advisory Engineer, Savannah River National Laboratory
Research and Development Engineering Technology
How to Register: Please register here. A confirmation email will follow with specific login details for the webinar.
U.S. Export Controls: A Case Study
Date: January 23, 2013
Host Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology
Location: Hoboden, New Jersey
Invitees: academic faculty and administrators
Program Description:
As part of the FBI's Strategic Partnership Academic Alliance initiative, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Mackie will provide an overview of the Dr. Reece Roth case and keys to an effective compliance program.
Mr. Mackie will provide an overview of how academic or private sector research and development projects can exist successfully with the limits of U.S. export control laws using a case study of the prosecution and conviction of AGT, a defense contractor, and Dr. Reece Roth, a University of Tennessee professor, for export control violations. The keys to an effective compliance program and a mutually beneficial partnership with U.S. government research program will be highlighted.
About Mr. Mackie
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Mackie is a career prosecutor who has been with the Department of Justice for over fifteen years after starting out in private litigation practice in Atlanta and Washington DC. He is a graduate of Duke University Law School and Washington & Lee University. He started with the Department of Justice as a trial attorney in DC working on bank, tax and government program fraud cases. Later, he was appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Florida and subsequently transferred to his current position as an AUSA in Knoxville, TN.
During his time at DOJ, Mr. Mackie's work focused primarily on white collar crimes, public corruption, organized crime, tax evasion and money laundering. Over the past five years, Mr. Mackie's work has focused on national security related cases, including domestic and international terrorism, material support matters and weapons related export control cases.
IEEE 2013 International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI 2013)
Dates: January 4 – 6, 2013
Location: Coimbatore, India
Invitees: International conference attendees
Conference Description: The International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI 2013) is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Madras Section and aims to provide an outstanding opportunity for both academic and industrial communities alike to address new trends and challenges and emerging technologies on topics relevant to today's fast moving areas of Computer, Communication and Informatics. The conference will feature invited talks and referred paper presentations. The vision of this international conference is to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of areas in Communication and Informatics with a common interest.
Topics: Prospective authors are invited to submit the manuscripts of their original research contributions to email@example.com, review articles are also invited. Soft copy (.doc or .pdf formats) of the full papers not exceeding six pages and as per IEEE style which can be found in the conference website shall be submitted for the conference. Further, the paper should contain name of the corresponding author with E-mail ID and affiliation of all authors. Please indicate the discipline of the paper in the subject column of the mail. All the submitted papers will be sent for peer review and the corresponding author will be notified the outcome of the review process. If reviewers recommend for further improvements in the paper, the paper will be sent back to the corresponding author and the revised version should be submitted with in fifteen days on the date of receipt. Proceedings of ICCCI 2013 will be archived in IEEE Xplore Digital library.
The International Relation of Cyber Crime
Dates: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. and Wednesday, December 5 at 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), Edward Williams Hall, 150 Kotte Place, Hackensack, NJ
Invitees: Open to the general public, faculty, students and staff
Topics on 12/4/12:
(1) The International Relation of Cyber Crime
(2) Public Policy, Politics & Official Corruption
(1) Lt. Andrew Donofrio, Ret. Cybercrime Expert, Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and
(2) William "Pat" Schuber, Assistant Professor, School of Administrative Science, FDU
Topic on 12/5/12: An Answer to Gangs, Guns & Drugs
Speaker(s): Larry Spagnola, Chief of Police Ret., and Sergeant John Spano, Ret., Paterson Police Department
Invitees: Admission to these presentations is FREE, open to FDU community and general public
Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security
Dates: December 2-5, 2012
Location: Tenerife, Spain
Invitees: Open to the scientific community and general public
Location: Tenerife, Spain
Webinar Description: A detailed Technical Program can be found http://www.wifs12.org/technical_program.html
Cyber-Enabled Sustainability Science and Engineering (CyberSEES)
Dates: November 19, 2012, 4 to 5 p.m
Location: Coimbatore, India
Contacts: Kenneth Whang (703) 292-5149 or email@example.com
Invitees: Open to the scientific community and general public
Webinar Description: The Cyber-Enabled Sustainability Science and Engineering (CyberSEES) program aims to advance interdisciplinary research in which the science and engineering of sustainability are enabled by new advances in computing, and where computational innovation is grounded in the context of sustainability problems. The CyberSEES program is one component of the National Science Foundation's Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) activities, a foundation-wide effort aimed at addressing the challenge of sustainability through support for interdisciplinary research and education. In the SEES context, a sustainable world is one where human needs are met equitably without harm to the environment or sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This program is a joint effort of all of the NSF organizations listed on the cover page and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), through its Energy Research Initiative (ERI) program. While the scope of CyberSEES is broad as detailed herein, the NSF and SRC ERI collaboration within CyberSEES focuses on cyber-enabled sustainability research that addresses computational aspects of smart infrastructures, in particular the smart electric grid.
Machine-to-Machine Communications and Internet of Things
Dates: November 15, 2012, 11:30 for Pizza and Noon for Seminar
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105
Invitees: Open to the general public, faculty, staff and students
Seminar Description: Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, involving wide area communication of sensor data to an Internet based application, is emerging as an important paradigm in communications. With diminishing voice revenues, mobile network operators are increasingly relying on data services for revenue growth and M2M is a major area of focus within data services. Projections for number of M2M communication devices are around 12 Billion devices by the end of the decade with over 2 Billion M2M devices expected to directly attach to the mobile network by 2020. We will describe the current M2M market environment, emerging M2M solution architecture and various technology enhancements that will enable this phenomenal growth. We will also discuss ongoing standards activity in M2M and then summarize some of the main challenges that need to be addressed to realize the vision where everything is connected.
Speaker/Biography: Dr. Harish Viswanathan : Dr. Harish Viswanathan received his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Since joining Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs in October 1997 he has worked on multiple antenna technology for cellular wireless networks, network optimization, mesh networking, mobility management and optimization of video over mobile networks. He is currently CTO Advisor for M2M and Devices in the Corporate CTO organization within Bell Labs. His current responsibilities include identifying strategic directions that Alcatel-Lucent should pursue in the M2M and sensor networks areas and architecting end-to-end solutions for sensor related applications.
IEEE Smart Tech Metro Area Workshop
Dates: October 19-20, 2012
Location: Crowne Plaza White Plans, Westchester, NY
Costs: $129 for members and $179 for non-members, when you register by 15 September. Early Bird rates extended to 15 September
Invitees: Open to the general public, faculty, staff and students
Workshop Description: The two-day intensive Smart Tech Workshop offer parallel, all-day track sessions that allow attendees to immerse themselves in a given technology. The agenda and course description for each track can be found here.
Attendees may choose one full-day track on each day of IEEE Smart Tech, or two half day courses.
FlashLinq: Enabling Proximal Internet
Dates: Thursday, October 11, 2012 Hours: 12 p.m.
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105
Host: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Gildart Haase School of Computer Science and Engineering (GHSCSE) and the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Society Chapter
Invitees: Open to the general public, faculty, staff and students
Program Description: FlashLinQ is a wireless communications system founded on the realization of a "wireless sense"-a sense whose embodiment in devices provides Internet application peers with a direct awareness of each other's physical proximity and relevance, creating a new form of proximity-aware internetworking, and thereby realizing a necessary step towards what we term a "Mobile Proximal Internet". The need for such a system arises from the pervasive spread of Internet devices and applications in our daily lives, and the practical limitations of current communications technologies in conveying knowledge of mutual proximity and relevance. In this talk, we introduce a mobile proximity-aware social network use case and describe the overview of air link technology.
Speaker/Biography: Dr. Junyi Li : Dr. Junyi Li is a Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Flarion Technologies, responsible for conceptualizing and developing next-generation wireless networking solutions. He was a key inventor of Flash-OFDM, arguably the first commercially deployed OFDMA-based mobile broadband wireless communications system. He holds over 150 U.S. patents and has more than 400 pending patent applications. He was a founding member of Flarion Technologies, a startup acquired by QUALCOMM in 2006. Prior to that, he was with Bell-Labs research in Lucent Technologies. He has a Ph.D. degree in E.E. from Purdue University and an MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Cyber Warfare - Dawn Of A New Era In Computers & Communications
Dates: September 20, 2012 from 11:30 to 2 p.m
Location: Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) Muscarelle Center, Auditorium 105, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Sponsors: The IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Society Chapter and the Gildart Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering at FDU
Host: The Seminar was organized by Dr. Hong Zhao, Assistant Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, GHSCSE, and Computer Society Chair of IEEE North Jersey Section. IEEE responsibilities include organizing seminars and meetings for computer society.
Invitees: IEEE seminar series are open to the university public, both faculty and students.
Seminar Description: President Obama's words, "cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation" are now being echoed by many around the world. Recently, Gen. Keith Alexander, who commands the U.S. Cyber Command, stated that the capability exists today for destructive cyber attacks against critical infrastructures. Stuxnet and Flame were just two (now known) viruses that have unleashed significant destruction against Iran's nuclear program. In this talk, Dr. Pruthi will give an overview of the cyber security threat landscape, from cyber wars to espionage to hacktivism and everything in between. Traditional cyber defense tools and techniques will be discussed and their weaknesses will be highlighted. A case will be made for novel computer and communications technologies necessary to address the ever growing threat vectors. New technologies and paradigms and efficient strategies that are proving effective against sophisticated advanced persistent threats, trojans, botnets and worms will be discussed.
Speaker Biography: Dr. Parag Pruthi: Dr. Pruthi is the Founder and CEO of NIKSUN which he has built from a startup to a highly successful global ompany in the cyber security, wireless, and network monitoring markets. Recognized as one of the foremost experts in advanced cyber security technologies, Dr. Pruthi advises on cyber defense strategies with some of the highest levels of governments and enterprises around the world. He is a frequent speaker on cyber security issues, including keynotes to delegates from across 28 NATO nations, agencies, and strategic commands at the NATO Information Assurance Symposium 2010, 2011, and 2012. Dr. Pruthi received his Doctorate in Telecommunications from The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and his thesis, "An Application of Chaotic Maps to Packet Traffic Modeling," was the first to apply chaotic and fractal systems to accurately model the seemingly erratic nature of network traffic. Dr. Pruthi continues to drive the advancement of cyber security and network monitoring applications and practices to new levels, regularly introducing highly innovative and state-of-the-art products that continue to pave the way in the industry.
Third Cyber Infrastructure Protection Conference 2012
Dates: September 13-14, 2012 (see program below for times)
Location: City College of New York, New York, NY10031
Host: CCNY and SSI, US Army War College, and Co-sponsored by IEEE New York Section and Computer Society NYC Chapter, http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cip.
Invitees: Open to the general public, faculty, staff and students
Conference Description/Program:
Thursday, September 13
08:00- 04:00 |
Registration (Open to the General Public) |
09:00- 09:15 |
Conference Chairs: Tarek Saadawi (City University of New York, City College), Colonel Louis Jordan (SSI, US Army War College) |
09:15- 10:00 |
Keynote Speaker: |
10:00- 10:15 |
Networking - Coffee Break |
10:15- 11:45 |
Session I: Cyber Infrastructure
12:00- 01:30 |
Luncheon |
01:30- 02:15 |
Keynote Speaker: |
02:15- 02:30 |
Coffee Break |
02:30- 04:30 |
Session II: Cyber Crime
Friday, September 14
09:00- 09:45 |
Keynote Speaker: |
10:00- 10:15 |
Networking Coffee Break |
09:15- 10:00 |
Keynote Speaker: |
10:00- 10:15 |
Networking - Coffee Break |
10:15- 11:45 |
Session III: Policy and Decision Making
11:45- 2:00 |
Luncheon |
01:30- 02:15 |
Keynote Speaker: |
02:15- 02:30 |
Coffee Break |
02:30- 04:30 |
Session II: Cyber Crime
Overview of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
Dates: August 16, 2012 at 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Webinar. Registration was required
Host: NICE
Webinar Description: This presentation is an overview of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). Initiative history, current status, and future directions will be covered along with insight into how cybersecurity education, awareness, training, and workforce development all interact and enable the larger Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education enterprise of this country. A National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework document has been produced as part of this effort and provides the opportunity for the first time to discuss the total cybersecurity workforce using a common language. The ongoing adaption of this document inside and outside of Federal government will also be discussed.
Speaker(s): In early 2010 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was selected as the lead agency for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and they identified Dr. McDuffie to be the Lead for this effort and has now completed his transition to this new position. In his previous position he had been appointed the Associate Director of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) in February 2008. From early September 2009 until early November 2009 he served as Acting Director of the NCO. His appointment as the Associate Director of the NCO comes after joining the NIST as a Computer Scientist in their Information Technology Laboratory, Office of Federal and Industrial Relations. In August 2006, Dr. McDuffie joined the NCO where he served as the Technical Coordinator for the Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) Interagency Working Group (IWG), Federal Agency Administration of Science and Technology Education and Research (FASTER) Committee of Practice (CoP), and the Software Design and Productivity (SDP) Coordination Group (CG). Prior to joining the NCO, Dr. McDuffie served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Science and Technology for America's Readiness (N-STAR) Initiative. He served as the Lead Program Director for the Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). He served as an Assistant Professor at Florida State University in the Department of Computer Science where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in CS for seven years. Dr. McDuffie has participated in software engineering projects for the U.S. Air Force, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Federal Aviation Administration, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the National Security Agency. Dr. McDuffie received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.
14th Information Hiding Conference
Dates: May 15-18, 2012
Location:Berkeley, California
Invitees: Open to the public, faculty, students and staff.
Course Description: For many years, Information Hiding has captured the imagination of researchers. Digital watermarking and steganography protect information, conceal secrets or are used as core primitives in digital rights management schemes. Steganalysis and forensics pose important challenges to digital investigators and privacy techniques try to hide relational information such as the actors' identities in anonymous communication systems. These and other topics share the notion that security is defined by the difficulty to make (or avoid) inference on certain properties of host data, which therefore has to be well understood and modeled.
Topics: Prospective authors are invited to submit the manuscripts of their original research contributions to firstname.lastname@example.com, review articles are also invited. Soft copy (.doc or .pdf formats) of the full papers not exceeding six pages and as per IEEE style which can be found in the conference website shall be submitted for the conference. Further, the paper should contain name of the corresponding author with E-mail ID and affiliation of all authors. Please indicate the discipline of the paper in the subject column of the mail. All the submitted papers will be sent for peer review and the corresponding author will be notified the outcome of the review process. If reviewers recommend for further improvements in the paper, the paper will be sent back to the corresponding author and the revised version should be submitted with in fifteen days on the date of receipt. Proceedings of ICCCI 2013 will be archived in IEEE Xplore Digital library.
Program and Speakers
Presentations and Proceedings
Expeditions in Large-Scale Computational Science on Production Distributed Cyber Infrastructure
Dates: March 7, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m
Location:Fairleigh Dickinson University, Auditorium M105, Muscarelle Center, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
Invitees: Open to the public, faculty, students and staff.
Course Description: Dr. Jha will discuss a series of cross-disciplinary research projects he has been involved in over the past several years. The ultimate aim of these projects has been to further an understanding of scientifically important processes. But the aim has not been confined to performing leading domain science; it has also been to develop the algorithms, formalisms and infrastructure to enable such science, at scales and with a sophistication and reduced time-to-solution that would not be possible otherwise. Dr. Jha posits that this requires working at the triple point of Computer Science, Computational Science and Cyber-infrastructure Research. Dr. Jha will present how these three strands come together to enable scientific advances in several grand challenge problems facing the Computational Biology community, for example data-analytics for next-generation gene sequencing, enhanced sampling algorithms at scale, and in-silico personalized and predictive health-care
Speaker Biography: Dr. Shantenu Jha is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, and a member of the Graduate Faculty in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh (UK), as well as a visiting scientist at University College London. Till recently (08/2011) he was the Director, for Cyber-infrastructure Development at the CCT at Louisiana State University (LSU). His research interests lie at the triple point of Computer Science, Cyber-infrastructure Development and Computational Science. Prof. Jha leads the SAGA project (http://www.saga-project.org), which is an OGF standard and is part of the official middleware/software stack of most major Production Distributed Cyber-infrastructure -- such as US NSF's XSEDE and the EGI. Jha currently is the lead author of a book on "Abstractions for Distributed Applications and Systems: A Computational Science Perspective" to be published by Wiley in early 2012. He is the author of more than 60 publications. Jha is a co-PI for $2.6M NSF award that enables LSU/LONI participation as a TeraGrid Resource Provider. He is also the co-PI of a prestigious NSF award, "Large-Scale Replica-Exchange Studies Using Production Cyber-Infrastructure"; his work has been funded by US National Institute for Health (NIH) as we all as the UK EPSRC (OMII-UK project and Research theme via e-Science Institute).