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North American Round 2013

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North American Round 2013

Eligible countries: Students from the following countries can participate in the North American round of the conference: United States of America, Canada.

Location: Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dates: 15-17 November 2012

The ‘CyberSecurity for the Next Generation’ conference will be hosted at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 15-17 November 2012 together with CSAW - CyberSecurity Competition.

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Due: Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Acceptance Notification: Friday, 26 October 2012
Final Presentations Due: Monday, 12 November 2012

Participation requirements:

Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. students from higher education institutions and graduate schools based in the USA and Canada are welcome to apply. To participate just follow these steps:

Register here your interest and get full submission details
Submit your research paper by 21 October, 2012
Prepare a 10 minute presentation (subject to winning a place at the conference).

Participation is free. Kaspersky Lab will cover all participants’ travel and accommodation expenses. By submitting a paper, participants give their consent for Kaspersky Lab to publish their work at www.kaspersky.com

The best projects will be given awards and valuable prizes (1st place $1000, 2nd place $750 and 3rd place $500) from Kaspersky Lab and the authors will be invited to attend the international ‘CyberSecurity for the Next Generation’ conference.

Paper Submission Process and Paper Format

Click here for "Info Brochure North American Cup 2013"
Download formatting guidelines here.
Use the document template to help conform to the guidelines.

Submissions should be made using our conference paper management system, details of which will be sent upon registration. Papers should be in Word (DOC), or Rich Text Format (RTF) only (i.e. other formats will NOT be accepted). If necessary, files may be compressed, using ZIP format only. The ZIP file must contain two documents, .DOC format – i.e. an abstract of your paper and your full paper. Papers that do not meet the formatting instructions will be returned to the authors for revision. We are unable to accept PDF or PS files.

Please download and read the strict formatting guidelines. Failure to do so will mean us having to return papers for proper completion.

In addition, please use the supplied document template to help conform to the guidelines.

The total length of the paper should not exceed ten pages, including all figures, tables and references. Hyperlinks should be removed from the paper for both email addresses and web pages.

You can find more info on our dedicated facebook page & the conference video.

Agenda "CyberSecurity for the Next Generation" North American Round at CSAW 15-17 November 2012

15 November 2012

Time	Event	Location
up to 15.00	Arrival & check-in	Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
15.00-16.30	Registration for the Conference	Salon A Lobby, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
15.00-16.30	Welcome buffet	Salon A meeting room, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
16.30-16.40	Welcome Speech, Natalya Obelets, Deputy Head of Education Programs, Kaspersky Lab	Salon A meeting room, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
16.40-17.40	Presentation Skills Training, Ryan Naraine, Head of Expert Positioning, Kaspersky Lab	Salon A meeting room, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
16.40-17.00	Program Committee Meeting, Ram Herkanaidu, Education Programs Manager, Kaspersky Lab	Salon A Lobby, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
17.45-17.50	Meet in the lobby to transfer to NYU-Poly	Lobby, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
18.00-19.00	Opening Keynote Address by Dan Geer, Chief Information Security Officer, In-Q-Tel	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
19.00-20.00	Welcome Reception for Finalists	Lobby, Marriott Brooklyn Bridge
20.30	Capture the Flag Challenge BEGINS	Gym, NYU-Poly

16 November 2012

Time	Event	Location
07.00-08.00	CSAW Registration Opens & Finalists Breakfast	Regna Lounge, JAB
07.30-09.00	VIP & Sponsor Breakfast	RH 116, Dibner Building
09.00-09.30	Opening Ceremony, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan Welcome, President, NYU-Poly Address by Eugene Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky Lab Welcome speech by Steven Orenberg, Strategic Advisor, President GD North America, Kaspersky Lab Introduction to the conference by Natalya Obelets, Deputy Head of Department of Education Programs, Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
09.30-10.00	"Cyber-weapons: A look at Flame and beyond"- presentation by Roel Schouwenberg, Senior Security Researcher, Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
	Student Presentations: Part 1
10.15-10.30	DDN: Dynamic Defense Network System for Cloud Computing, Pankaj Kumar Khatkar	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
10.30-10.45	Injection-Safe Web Applications with Complementary Character Coding, Raymond Mui	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
10.45-11.00	Secure Bioimplantable System: An External Observer-based Approach, Xinmu Wang	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
11.00-13.00	Packed Lunch, Career Fair	Regna Lounge, JAB
	Student Presentations: Part 2
13.00-13.15	A High-Performance, Low-Overhead Microarchitecture for Secure Program Execution, Arun Karthik Kanuparthi	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
13.15-13.30	A DIY Hardware Packet Sniffer, Veronica Swanson	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
13.30-13.45	AQUA: Android QUery Analyzer, Chon Ju Kim	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
13.45-14.00	Smashing the Gadgets: Hindering Return-Oriented Programming Using In-Place Code Randomization, Vasileios Pappas	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
14.00-14.15	A Framework for Detection of Identity Clone Attacks in Online Social Networks, Hassan Takabi	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
14.15-14.30	A Simple and Eﬀective Method for Online Signature Veriﬁcation, Napa Sae-Bae	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
14.30-14.45	Attacks on Software-based Attestation, Quan Nguyen	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
14.45-15.00	Secure Proximity Detection for NFC Devices based on Ambient Sensor Data, Tzipora Halevi	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
15.00-15.15	Cross-domain Collaborative Anomaly Detection: So Far Yet So Close, Sharath Hiremagalore	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
15.15-15.30	Virtual Secure Network: Providing Security to Remote Users While Minimizing the Performance Hit, Sai Teja Peddinti	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
15.30-16.15	Coffee break	Pfizer Lobby, Dibner Building
16.15-17.15	Q&A with Eugene Kaspersky, Moderator - Ryan Naraine, Head of Expert Positioning, Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
17.15-17.45	Closing Remarks & Participant Awards, Ryan Naraine, Head of Expert Positioning, Kaspersky Lab & Natalya Obelets, Deputy Head of Department of Education Programs, Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
17.45-18.00	Program Committee Meeting, Ram Herkanaidu, Education Programs Manager, Kaspersky Lab	LC 433, Dibner Building
	Activities for All Finalists and Remaining Guests
18.00-19.00	DINNER	Regna Lounge, JAB
19.30-21.30	NYC Bus Tour

17 November 2012

Time	Event	Location
07.00-09.00	Breakfast	Regna Lounge, JAB
09.00-10.00	Workshop by U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
10.00-11.00	Panel Discussion: "If a cybercriminal is determined to hack you, can you do anything about it?" Moderator - Ryan Naraine, Head of Expert Positioning, Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
11.00-11.15	Security Awareness Video Competition	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
11.15-12.00	U.S. DHS Quiz Tournament Finals	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
12.00-13.30	AWARDS CEREMONY	Regna Lounge, JAB
13.30-15.00	Lunch	Harry O's Restaurant

18 November 2012

Time	Event	Location
up to 15.00	Free time till check out 11 a.m.	Marriott Brooklyn Bridge

Author	Title of the work	University
Arun Karthik Kanuparthi	A High-Performance, Low-Overhead Microarchitecture for Secure Program Execution	NYU Poly
Chon Ju Kim	AQUA: Android QUery Analyzer	NYU Poly
Hassan Takabi	A Framework for Detection of Identity Clone Attacks in Online Social Networks	University of Pittsburgh
Napa Sae-Bae	A Simple and Eﬀective Method for Online Signature Veriﬁcation	NYU Poly
Pankaj Kumar Khatkar	DDN: Dynamic Defense Network System for Cloud Computing	Arizona State University
Quan Nguyen	Attacks on Software-based Attestation	University of California
Raymond Mui	Injection-Safe Web Applications with Complementary Character Coding	NYU Poly
Sai Teja Peddinti	Virtual Secure Network: Providing Security to Remote Users While Minimizing the Performance Hit	NYU Poly
Sharath Hiremagalore	Cross-domain Collaborative Anomaly Detection: So Far Yet So Close	George Mason University
Tzipora Halevi	Secure Proximity Detection for NFC Devices based on Ambient Sensor Data	NYU Poly
Vasileios Pappas	Smashing the Gadgets: Hindering Return-Oriented Programming Using In-Place Code Randomization	Columbia University
Veronica Swanson	A DIY Hardware Packet Sniffer	University of California
Xinmu Wang	Secure Bioimplantable System: An External Observer-based Approach	Case Western Reserve University

Abstracts for the research papers can be found here.

Students	University	Title of the work	Nomination	Prizes
Vasileios Pappas	Columbia University	Smashing the Gadgets: Hindering Return-Oriented Programming Using In-Place Code Randomization	Best Paper	1000 $ and participation in the international final of the conference "CyberSecurity for the Next Generation" in June 2013 in London
Raymond Mui	NYU Poly	Injection-Safe Web Applications with Complementary Character Coding	Innovation & Originality	750 $ and participation in the international final of the conference "CyberSecurity for the Next Generation" in June 2013 in London
Arun Kanuparthi	NYU Poly	A High-Performance, Low-Overhead Microarchitecture for Secure Program Execution	Practical Application	500 $ and participation in the international final of the conference "CyberSecurity for the Next Generation" in June 2013 in London
Veronica Swanson	University of California	A DIY Hardware Packet Sniffer	Best Presentation	Amazon.com Gift Card

Students	Title of the work
Arun Karthik Kanuparthi	A High-Performance, Low-Overhead Microarchitecture for Secure Program Execution
Chon Ju Kim	AQUA: Android QUery Analyzer
Hassan Takabi	A Framework for Detection of Identity Clone Attacks in Online Social Networks
Napa Sae-Bae	A Simple and Effective Method for Online Signature Veriﬁcation
Pankaj Kumar Khatkar	DDN: Dynamic Defense Network System for Cloud Computing
Quan Nguyen	Attacks on Software-based Attestation
Raymond Mui	Injection-Safe Web Applications with Complementary Character Coding
Sai Teja Peddinti	Virtual Secure Network: Providing Security to Remote Users While Minimizing the Performance Hit
Sharath Hiremagalore	Cross-domain Collaborative Anomaly Detection: So Far Yet So Close
Tzipora Halevi	Secure Proximity Detection for NFC Devices based on Ambient Sensor Data
Vasileios Pappas	Smashing the Gadgets: Hindering Return-Oriented Programming Using In-Place Code Randomization
Veronica Swanson	A DIY Hardware Packet Sniffer
Xinmu Wang	Secure Bioimplantable System: An External Observer-based Approach

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