HotSoS 2025 Program Committee
General Chair
ADAM TAGERT is the technical director the National Security Agency Science of Security Initiative. He sets the technical direction for research projects at 18 Science of Security (SoS) funded universities, leads the NSA Best Cybersecurity Paper Competition, guides the SoS awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair, and builds community with the SoS Virtual Organization. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in Engineering and Public Policy where he researched national cybersecurity strategies of small developing nations, particularly Rwanda. He obtained a Computer Science degree from Princeton University.
Program Chairs
ADAM DOUPÉ is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) and is the Director of the Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations (CTF) at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU, he received a master's degree (2009) and doctorate (2014) in computer science from University of California in Santa Barbara. His research interests include cybercrime, vulnerability analysis, web security, mobile security, network security, and hacking competitions. He was awarded the Best Teacher Award and Outstanding Assistant Professor Award in the Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU in 2017, and he received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award in 2017.
KEVIN LEACH is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt. Kevin's research spans the areas of cybersecurity and software engineering. He is particularly focused on designing dependable systems that operate correctly in spite of being compromised by sophisticated adversaries. He has published over 30 refereed articles, 3 of which have received awards. Previously, he was a research scientist and lecturer at the University of Michigan. He earned the PhD from the University of Virginia in 2016, where he received the Louis T Rader Outstanding Research Award.
Organization
Special Chairs
NSA Math Liaison:
FRANK DAVIS (NSA)
Mentorship Chair:
JULIA SHAPIRO (VT)
Publicity Chair:
STEFAN LARSON (VU)
Poster Chair:
LONDON BURNHAM (Georgetown)
Undergraduate Chairs:
JULEIGH WILSON (DSU)
BRYAN CHADWICK (Arizona)
Program Committee
ALEX BARDAS (KU)
HOMAR RODRIGUEZ RAMOS (NSA)
JEFF KUHN (NSA)
STEPHANIE POLCZYNSKI (NSA)
SRIZAN GANGOL (DoD)
TEMMIE SHADE (NSA)
BRAD MARTIN (NSA)
JOHN EMANUELLO (NSA)
STEPHEN SMALLEY (NSA)
PAUL GOETHALS (DoD)
MARC GLASS (LAC)
MICHAEL BROTZMAN (LAC)
NICK NIKIFORAKIS (Stony Brook)
FRANK DAVIS (NSA)
PALMER YOUNG (NSA)
BRAD KLINE (NSA)
YU HUANG (VU)
DAN LIN (VU)
BRYAN WARD (VU)
TAYLOR JOHNSON (VU)
MICHAEL SANDBORN (ARTA)
GIOVANNI VIGNA (UC Santa Barbara)
ALEX KAPRAVELOS (NCSU)
GANG WANG (UIUC)
ADAM PETZ (KU)
BRAD POTTEIGER (Arms Cyber)
Organizers
Communications and Organization:
REGAN WILLIAMS
(Vanderbilt University)
KATIE DEY
(Vanderbilt University)
Graphic Design:
AMY KARNS
(Vanderbilt University)
Science of Security Liaison:
Shavon Donnell (NSA)