HotSoS 2024 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
ALEXANDER VELAZQUEZ is a computer scientist and cybersecurity researcher at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Center for High Assurance Computer Systems, where has over 10 years of experience in cybersecurity research and software development. He received a master’s degree in computer science from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 2018. He has experience in a broad range of computer security and network security topics. Recently, his work has focused on applying artificial intelligence planning techniques to develop autonomous cyber defense technology. He also has considerable experience working with software-defined networks and virtualization technologies to build resilient and high assurance information systems.
ADAM PETZ is an Assistant Research Professor in the EECS department at the University of Kansas. He joined I2S in this role at the start of January 2022. Dr. Petz’s research interests are at the intersection of software correctness, programming languages, and security. He aims to bolster trust in core system-level software components and their interaction with trusted hardware, thus enabling modular trust decisions that scale to larger systems. Dr. Petz has made significant contributions to multiple successful externally funded research projects including Armored Software (DoD), Science of Security (NSA), and C.A.S.E.: Cyber Assured Systems Engineering (DARPA).
Organization
Special Chairs
Senior Mentorship & Poster Chair:
JOHN SYMONS (KU)
Mentorship Chair:
JULIA SHAPIRO (Virgina Tech)
Poster Chair:
NICK POTTEIGER (VU)
Publicity Chair:
DAVID TAMEZ (KU)
Program Committee
PERRY ALEXANDER (KU)
STEPHEN BAILEY (Cyberpack)
BENJAMIN BLAKELY (ANL)
ANKUR CHOWDHARY (ASU)
SATISH CHIKKAGOUDAR (NRL)
FRANK DAVIS (NSA)
JOSH DEHLINGER (Towson)
SERGE EGELMAN (UC Berkeley)
N. BENJAMIN ERICHSON (UC Berkeley)
PATRICK GALLO (NSA)
MARC GLASS (LAC)
GRANT JURGENSEN (Kestrel)
XENOFON KOUTSOUKOS (VU)
CARL LANDWEHR
GLENN LILLY (NSA)
JIM LUO (NRL)
MICHAEL MAHONEY (UC Berkeley)
MARIZA MARRERO (NSA)
STEPHANIE POLCZYNSKI (NSA)
AHMAD RIDLEY (NSA)
NATALIE SCALA (Towson)
YAN SHOSHITAISHVILI (ASU)
STEPHEN SMALLEY (NSA)
OWEN SUTTER (NSA)
PALMER YOUNG (NSA)
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)