To enhance your USENIX Federated Conferences experience, attendee events are planned throughout the week. They are open to every attendee at USENIX Federated Conferences Week. Attend the very popular Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs). Mingle with your peers and technological luminaries during the reception. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to network with colleagues working in multiple disciplines. Check back here for the latest additions to the activities schedule.
Monday Happy Hour and HotPar '13 Poster Session
Monday, June 24, 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Imperial Ballroom
Whether this is your first time at a USENIX event or your tenth, please stop by the opening Monday Happy Hour to start your week off right. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet your peers while enjoying refreshments and hor d'oeuvres and checking out the HotPar '13 posters. This poster session provides an opportunity to present early-stage work and receive feedback from the community. Each HotPar '13 paper will be presented, as well as additional posters listed here.
Tuesday Happy Hour
Tuesday, June 25, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m., Market Street Foyer
Mingle with attendees from multiple disciplines at the Tuesday Happy Hour.
Tuesday, June 25, 7:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m., Crystal Room
A first for USENIX Federated Conferences Week, join us at an Evening Plenary Session featuring Steven M. Bellovin, Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission and professor of computer science at Columbia University.
Steven M. Bellovin, Columbia University and Federal Trade Commission
Many computer applications are bound to a particular point in time; more precisely, to a given set of technologies and costs. The same is true of computer security. Unfortunately, once something becomes possible people become wedded to it, and never look back at the environment and assumptions that made it possible or even necessary. This is especially serious for security, since it causes us to endure the costs and annoyances of marginally useful (or even harmful) mechanisms while blinding us to newer threats. What can be done? How can we recognize the implicit assumptions in what we're doing? Can we do better in the future?
Many computer applications are bound to a particular point in time; more precisely, to a given set of technologies and costs. The same is true of computer security. Unfortunately, once something becomes possible people become wedded to it, and never look back at the environment and assumptions that made it possible or even necessary. This is especially serious for security, since it causes us to endure the costs and annoyances of marginally useful (or even harmful) mechanisms while blinding us to newer threats. What can be done? How can we recognize the implicit assumptions in what we're doing? Can we do better in the future?
Bellovin is the co-author of Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, and holds a number of patents on cryptographic and network protocols. He has served on many National Research Council study committees, including those on information systems trustworthiness, the privacy implications of authentication technologies, and cybersecurity research needs; he was also a member of the information technology subcommittee of an NRC study group on science versus terrorism. He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board from 1996 to 2002; he was co-director of the Security Area of the IETF from 2002 through 2004.
Come meet the USENIX Board of Directors and staff. Find out what's going on and give us your ideas on how we can better serve you.
Wednesday Happy Hour and ICAC '13 Poster Session
Wednesday, June 26, 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Market Street Foyer
The ICAC '13 poster session will be held in conjunction with a happy hour and will allow researchers to present recent and ongoing projects. Curious about autonomic computing? This is the place to learn all about the emerging work from this community.
FCW '13 Reception and HotStorage '13 Poster Session
Thursday, June 27, 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Market Street Foyer
Don't miss the USENIX FCW '13 Reception, featuring dinner, drinks, and the chance to connect with other attendees, speakers, and conference organizers. Also, check out the peer-reviewed HotStorage presentations represented by posters during the reception.
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs)
Tuesday, June 25, 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26, 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 27, 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Lead or attend a BoF! Meet with your peers! Present new work! Don't miss these special activities designed to maximize the value of your time at the conference. The always popular evening Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are very informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic.
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