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NSA and NIST have decided that last fall's NISSC was the last one.
See: csrc.nist.gov/nissc/
The National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) invites proposals from eligible organizations for funding projects under the Critical Infrastructure Protection Grants
Program (CIPGP). The objective of the CIPGP is improvement of the robustness, resilience, and security of information in all the critical
infrastructures. This will be accomplished by funding research leading
to commercial solutions to those information technology (IT) security problems central to critical infrastructure protection that are not
being adequately addressed. More information is available from the Federal
Register Notice or from: csrc.nist.gov/grants
Program Director:
Donald G. Marks
NIST
(301) 975-5342
Preliminary Announcement
Security in computer systems and networks is
emerging as one of the most challenging research areas for the future. The main
aim of the school is to offer a good spectrum of current research in foundations
of security, ranging from programming languages to analysis of protocols, that
can be of help for graduate students, young researchers from academia or
industry that intend to approach the field. As for the previous edition
(FOSAD'00), the school covers two weeks (from Monday 17 to Saturday 29,
September 2001) and alternates four lecturers per week on monographic courses of
about 6/8 hours each. Saturdays are reserved for presentations given by those
participants that intend to take advantage of the audience for discussing their
current research in the area. The school is organised at the Centro Residenziale
Universitario of the University of Bologna, situated in Bertinoro, a small
village on a scenic hill with a wonderful panorama, in between Forli' and Cesena
(about 50 miles south-east of Bologna, 15 miles to the Adriatic sea).
The school offers seven main courses, each
composed of 3/4 seminars, each seminar of 2 hours. In alphabetic order, the
lecturers of the seven main courses are the following:
In order to be really effective, at most 45
participants will be admitted to the lectures. Prospective participants should
send an application to the address below, together with a recommendation letter,
by May 31, 2001. Notification of accepted applicants will be posted by June 30,
2001. Registration to the school is due by July 31, 2001. Applications should be
sent, using the form available on the web page, to Riccardo Focardi (by e-mail)
and to Andrea Bandini (by mail or fax):
Andrea Bandini
A limited amount of grants will be provided to
cover part of the expenses.
Applications are pending to EU for European
young researchers and to
UNESCO-ROSTE for prospective participants from
East European and South
Mediterranean countries. Please, include your
request with the application.
Accommodation fee is 750 Euro and covers costs for the whole period in double
room, half board (breakfast and lunch). Registration fee is 550 Euro and
includes didactical material from the lecturers.
More detailed information on courses will be soon available at URL www.CS.UniBO.it/fosad/ Requests of information on the school,
grants and applications should be addressed to fosad@dsi.unive.it, while
information on organisation (address, how to reach us, etc...) can be
requested by e-mail to cbert@sun1.spfo.unibo.it
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SECOND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON
FOUNDATIONS OF SECURITY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN FOSAD 2001
www.cs.unibo.it/fosad
17-29 September 2001, Bertinoro, Italy
Application deadline: May 31, 2001
General Information
Further short courses will be given by:
The scientific school directors are Riccardo
Focardi (Univ. of Venezia), Roberto Gorrieri (Univ. of Bologna) and John McLean
(Naval Research Lab). The administrative directors are Andrea Bandini and
Roberta Poggi (cbert@sun1.spfo.unibo.it). The local organisers are Andrea
Bandini, Alessandro Aldini (aldini@cs.unibo.it) and Mario Bravetti
(bravetti@CS.UniBO.IT).
Riccardo Focardi
Dipartimento di Informatica
Via Torino 155
I-30172 Mestre (Ve), Italy
e-mail: fosad@dsi.unive.it
Centro Residenziale Universitario
Via Frangipane, 6 - 47032 Bertinoro (FC)
tel. +39-0543-446500 fax: +39-0543-446599
e-mail: cbert@sun1.spfo.unibo.it