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2017-03-29 20:51:40 UTC
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Dear Science of Security Community,
The deadline for nominating a paper to the National Security Agency's
Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition is Friday, March
31, 2017. Nominations can be submitted at
http://cps-vo.org/group/sos/papercompetition. Please find details about
the competition below.
*ABOUT THE COMPETITION*
In order to encourage the development of the scientific foundations of
cybersecurity, the National Security Agency (NSA) established The Annual
Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. NSA invites nominations
of papers that show an outstanding contribution to cybersecurity
science. A set of Distinguished Experts will review the nominations
according to the criteria below. Awardees will be invited to NSA to
receive the award and present the winning paper to an audience of
cybersecurity experts.
*NOMINATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY*
Papers published in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, or technical
conferences are eligible for nomination. The date of the publication
must be between January 1st 2016 and December 31st 2016. Nominations
should include, in 500 words or less, a nomination statement describing
the scientific contribution of the paper and explaining why this paper
merits the award. A strong nomination statement is desired and will be
used as part of the criteria when evaluating paper submissions.
Nominated papers must be available in English and PDF format.
Nominations must be submitted via
http://cps-vo.org/group/sos/papercompetition. The nominator may not be
an author or co-author of the nominated paper. If a paper includes a
reviewer as a co-author it may not be considered for an award. Papers
may come from any field of cybersecurity research. (Please refer to the
SoS-VO discussion forum What is Security Science?
http://cps-vo.org/node/6041)
*EVALUATION*
A set of distinguished experts will review the submitted nominations and
provide individual assessments to the NSA Research Directorate. The NSA
Research Directorate will recommend awardees to the NSA Director of
Research, whose decision will be final. Considerations in the evaluation
of the nominated paper may include:
Scientific merit and significance of the work reported, the degree to
which the paper exemplifies how to perform and report scientific
research in cybersecurity.
Distinguished experts for the 5th annual competition:
Prof. L. Jean Camp, Indiana University
Dr. Robert Cunningham, Lincoln Laboratory
Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Cybersecurity Advisor
Dr. John Mclean, Naval Research Laboratory
Prof. David Wagner, University California At Berkeley
Dr. Dan Geer, In-q-tel
Prof. Angela Sasse, University College London
Prof. Stefan Savage, University Of California, San Diego
Prof. Paul Van Oorschot, University Of Carleton
Mr. Phil Venables, Goldman Sachs
Dr. Jeannette Wing, Microsoft Research
*TIMELINE*
Submission Period Begins: December 15, 2016
Submission Period for Entries Ends: March 31, 2017 11:59 PM, EST.
Evaluation Process for Entries Begins: April 1, 2017
Winners Notified: By September 15, 2017
Winners Announced: Fall 2017
Dear Science of Security Community,
The deadline for nominating a paper to the National Security Agency's
Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition is Friday, March
31, 2017. Nominations can be submitted at
http://cps-vo.org/group/sos/papercompetition. Please find details about
the competition below.
*ABOUT THE COMPETITION*
In order to encourage the development of the scientific foundations of
cybersecurity, the National Security Agency (NSA) established The Annual
Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. NSA invites nominations
of papers that show an outstanding contribution to cybersecurity
science. A set of Distinguished Experts will review the nominations
according to the criteria below. Awardees will be invited to NSA to
receive the award and present the winning paper to an audience of
cybersecurity experts.
*NOMINATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY*
Papers published in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, or technical
conferences are eligible for nomination. The date of the publication
must be between January 1st 2016 and December 31st 2016. Nominations
should include, in 500 words or less, a nomination statement describing
the scientific contribution of the paper and explaining why this paper
merits the award. A strong nomination statement is desired and will be
used as part of the criteria when evaluating paper submissions.
Nominated papers must be available in English and PDF format.
Nominations must be submitted via
http://cps-vo.org/group/sos/papercompetition. The nominator may not be
an author or co-author of the nominated paper. If a paper includes a
reviewer as a co-author it may not be considered for an award. Papers
may come from any field of cybersecurity research. (Please refer to the
SoS-VO discussion forum What is Security Science?
http://cps-vo.org/node/6041)
*EVALUATION*
A set of distinguished experts will review the submitted nominations and
provide individual assessments to the NSA Research Directorate. The NSA
Research Directorate will recommend awardees to the NSA Director of
Research, whose decision will be final. Considerations in the evaluation
of the nominated paper may include:
Scientific merit and significance of the work reported, the degree to
which the paper exemplifies how to perform and report scientific
research in cybersecurity.
Distinguished experts for the 5th annual competition:
Prof. L. Jean Camp, Indiana University
Dr. Robert Cunningham, Lincoln Laboratory
Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Cybersecurity Advisor
Dr. John Mclean, Naval Research Laboratory
Prof. David Wagner, University California At Berkeley
Dr. Dan Geer, In-q-tel
Prof. Angela Sasse, University College London
Prof. Stefan Savage, University Of California, San Diego
Prof. Paul Van Oorschot, University Of Carleton
Mr. Phil Venables, Goldman Sachs
Dr. Jeannette Wing, Microsoft Research
*TIMELINE*
Submission Period Begins: December 15, 2016
Submission Period for Entries Ends: March 31, 2017 11:59 PM, EST.
Evaluation Process for Entries Begins: April 1, 2017
Winners Notified: By September 15, 2017
Winners Announced: Fall 2017