ISTS hosts speakers, tech talks, roundtable discussions, research poster sessions, and other events to address challenges and solutions related to both cyber and homeland security issues. ISTS also supports and participates in collaborative events to share new knowledge and to advance research and development in these areas. Click here to register to receive notification of ISTS news and events by e-mail

Speakers and Events

The Institute invites experts from around the world to present public lectures on topics related to cyber security, cyber trust and emergency response technologies, as well as on the analysis of the economic and public policy impact of cyber and infrastructure vulnerabilities. These talks promote understanding, collaboration and dissemination of knowledge among researchers, and expose the larger community to the issues, challenges and solutions being examined and tested...More >

Distinguished Speakers

Invited Speakers

Special Events

Upcoming Special Events


Distinguished Speakers

Past Distinguished Speakers Donna Dodson, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) April 21, 2008 "E-authentication: Using Cryptography, Biometrics and Knowledge Based Authentication and Tokens" Dr. Stefan Savage, University of California, San Diego February 12, 2008 "Understanding the Growth of the Underground Economy" Carl Landwehr, DTO November 6, 2007 "Disruptive Technologies for Information Assurance" Jesse Walker, Intel Corporation October 22, 2007 "Topics in Mesh Security" Ming-Yuh Huang, Boeing October 18, 2007 "The Challenges of 21st Century Information Assurance R&D - A Perspective from a Large Scale Global Enterprise" Dr. Raj Yavatkar, Intel Fellow. May 1, 2007 "New Systems Challenges in the Multi-core world" Dr. Adrian Perrig, Carnegie Mellon University. April 26, 2007 "Secure Sensor Network Aggregation and Detection of Replicated Nodes" Dr. David Clark, Senior Research Scientist, MIT. March 29, 2007 "A socio-technical perspective on Internet security: why the problem is even harder than we think” View Previous Years: 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

Invited Speakers

Past Invited Speakers Dr. Jeffrey Stanton, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University May 27, 2008 "The Visible Employee" Dr. Landon Cox, Duke University May 12, 2008 "Too much information: Helping people keep their private data to themselves" Enno Rey February 19, 2008 "Evaluating, promoting and managing expectations of emerging security technologies in the enterprise" Christen Einsiedler Shepherd '00, National Security Agency. July 13, 2007 "Reflections on a Computer Science Education" Denis Serenyi, Senior Research Engineer, Symantec Research Labs. May 14, 2007 "The Challenges of Storage System Growth" Neil C. Rowe, Center for Information Security Research, Computer Science Department U.S. Naval Postgraduate School May 8 , 2007 "Deception in Defense of Computer Systems" Trent Jaeger, Pennsylvania State University April 20 , 2007 "Building Shared Reference Monitor Systems" Dr. Greg Shannon, Chief Scientist CounterStorm, Inc. March 12 , 2007 "Robust and Predictable Network Anomaly Detectors” Tyler Moore, University of Cambridge. January 16, 2007 "The Economics of Information Security” Dr. Peter Alterman, Chair, Federal PKI Policy Authority. January 15, 2007 "PKI Implementation” Abstract: Dr. Alterman on the current status of PKI implementation in the Federal government and his projection of PKI end user authentication uptake in the next 24 - 48 months. View Previous Years: 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

Special Events

Undergraduates receive intensive training at the Dartmouth campus, a summer internship in secure systems, and support for an academic research project. Professors advising students from small northeastern colleges or universities receive training and pedagogical support. Government or commercial internship sponsors receive qualified, trained, dedicated summer interns. --------------------- sismat@cs.dartmouth.edu -------------------- http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~sismat

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