IT Security for the Next Generation

American Cup 2012

Location: Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dates:09-11 November 2011

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

This conference brings together students, experts, scientists and researchers in a collaborative environment to present and discuss issues relating to cybercrime. It provides a platform for the next generation to share their respective knowledge and experiences and to develop new ideas to improve the level of security in information technology. A program committee will evaluate the submissions. The best submissions will be given awards and valuable prizes (1place 1500$, 2 place 1000$ and 3 place 750$) from Kaspersky Lab and the authors will be invited to attend the prestigious “IT Security for the Next Generation” conference which will be hosted at Polytechnic Institute of New York University 09-11 November 2011 together with CSAW - CyberSecurity Competition.

You will have the chance to give a presentation of your research in front of leading IT experts and receive a certificate of participation. Expenses for your travels and accommodation will be paid for by Kaspersky Lab. You will make useful contacts with top experts in the IT Security field and have fun together during a creative team-building event. The winners of the American Cup 2012 will be invited to attend the 2012 International Cup of the IT Security Conference for Young Professionals which will be in Europe in May 2012.

Participation is free. Participants give rights to Kaspersky Lab to post their papers atwww.kaspersky.com

Conference Participants:

Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. Students from all Universities, Institutes of Higher Education and Graduate Schools of all the US are welcome to apply. Those who would like to participate should prepare and send their research on one of the following topics to the organizing committee by October 10th, 2011. Please register your interest now and then submit your paper by the deadline: register here.

Conference Topics:

Technical nomination

Trends in Anti-Spam Development – Techniques, Methods in the “Spam Arms Race” and new Innovations
Dangers of an increasingly Networked World
'In the Cloud' Security
Future Technologies for Detecting and Combating Malware (e.g. artificial intelligence, fuzzy systems, p2p networks)

Social, economic and legal nomination

Emerging Threats (e.g. social network security, embedded systems security, mobile security, online banking security)
Challenges and Opportunities for IT-Security Companies within the next 10 years
Impact of technologies on Data Protection, Copy and Intellectual Property Rights and Jurisdiction
Education in IT Security - Trends and Questions

Conference Program, 9-11 November, 2011

9 November 2011

Time	The headings	Location
up to 15.00	Arrival, Registration and Check in at Hotel	Sheraton
16.00-16.30	Organizers Meeting	MetroTech A, Sheraton
16.30-18.00	Presentation Skills Training by Dennis Fisher, Editor in Chief, Threatpost	MetroTech A, Sheraton
16.30-18.00	Program Committee Meeting	Sheraton
18.00-21.00	Welcome Dinner and Team Building	Prospect Park Ballroom, Sheraton

10 November 2011

Time	The headings	Location
07.00-09.00	Breakfast (all participants will receive vouchers)	Dining Hall, NYU-Poly
09.00-10.00	Kaspersky's American Cup Registration & Welcome Coffee	Dibner Building, Pfizer Auditorium
08.00-17.00	CSAW Registration Open	JAB Lobby
10.00-10.15	Opening Ceremony	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
5 min.	Professor Nasir Memon, Director, Information Systems and Internet Security Lab, Polytechnic Institute of NYU	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
5 min.	Stephanie Edwards, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
5 min.	Welcome video by Eugene Kaspersky, CEO Kaspersky Lab	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
10.15-11.00	"Keynote speech “Dumb Ideas in Computer Security“ by Dr Charles P Pfleeger, security consultant and principal of the Pfleeger Consulting Group"	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
11.00-12.00	Student Presentations (4 participants)	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
12.00-13.00	Lunch	Regna Lounge, JAB
13.00-15.45	Student Presentations (11 participants)	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
15.45-16.00	Coffee Break	Dibner Building, Pfizer Auditorium
16.00-17.00	Panel Discussion "New Approaches to New Dangers" - Program Committee members. Moderator Dennis Fisher, Editor in Chief, Threatpost	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
17.00-17.05	Remarks by Jerry M. Hultin, President, Polytechnic Institute of NYU	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
17.05-17.30	Awards to Participants, Program Committee by Stephanie Edwards, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Kaspersky Lab and Prof. Nasir Memon, Director of Information Systems and Internet Security (ISIS) Laboratory at NYU-Poly	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
18.00-19.30	CSAW Welcome Reception and Opening Keynote Address	15 MetroTech Center, 2nd Floor
19.45-22.00	NYC Bus Tour

11 November 2011

Time	The headings	Location
07.00-09.00	Breakfast/Registration (all the participants will receive vouchers)	JAB/Dining Hall
09.00-10.00	Kaspersky Elimination Quiz	Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building
10.00-10.30	Workshop "There's a Hacker in My Certificate Authority, Again" by Roel Schouwenberg, Senior Anti-Virus Researcher, GReAT, Kaspersky Lab register	LC 400, Dibner Building
10.30-10.45	Coffee Break	LC 400, Dibner Building
10.45-11.15	Workshop "Android in Reverse" by Timothy Armstrong, Researcher, Kaspersky Lab register	LC 400, Dibner Building
11.15-12.00	Workshop "Cyber Threats to Control Systems" by Neil F. Hershfield, Deputy Director, Control Systems and Security Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security register	LC 400, Dibner Building
12.00-13.00	Lunch	Regna Lounge/RH 116
13.00-14.00	Careers Desk	Regna Lounge/RH 116
14.00-14.30	Quiz Tournament Finals	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
14.30-15.00	CSAW Closing Keynote Address	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
15.00-16.00	CSAW Awards Ceremony and Kaspersky Awards Ceremony (Top 3 Winners)	Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)

The video of the conference here.

Students	University	Title of the work
Takabi Hassan	University of Pittsburgh	Semantic Based Policy Management for Cloud Computing Environment
Chen Lu	Clemson University	Botnet Traffic Detection
Wang Zhaohui	George Mason University	Protecting the USB connectivity in Android Devices
Kanuparthi Arun Karthik	NYU Poly	Beyond Dynamic Integrity Checking
Ratan Dey	NYU Poly	Estimating Age Privacy Leakage in Online Social Networks
Jeyavijayan Rajendran	NYU Poly	Processor Encryption: Towards More Secure and Reliable Processors
Napa Sae-Bae	NYU Poly	Biometric-Rich Gestures: A Novel Approach to Authentication on Multi-touch Devices
Sevinc Bayram	NYU Poly	Efficient Sensor Fingerprint Matching Through Fingerprint Quantization
Leontiadis Nektarios	Carnegie Mellon University	Measuring and Analyzing Search-Redirection Attacks in the Illicit Online Prescription Drug Trade
Fangqi Sun	University of California, Davis	Static Detection of Access Control Vulnerabilities in Web Applications
Sandeep Yadav	Texas A&M University	Detecting Algorithmically Generated Malicious Domain Names
Sambuddho Chakravarty	Columbia University	Detecting Traffic Snooping in Tor Using Decoys
Ang Cui	Columbia University	Killing the Myth of Cisco IOS Diversity: Recent Advances in Reliable Shellcode Design
Eleni Gessiou	Institute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology	Digging up Social Structures from Documents on the Web
Timothy Vidas	Carnegie Mellon	Towards a General Collection Methodology for Android Devices

Abstracts for the research papers can be found here.

Students	University	Title of the work	Place	Prizes
Ang Cui	Columbia University	Killing the Myth of Cisco IOS Diversity: Recent Advances in Reliable Shellcode Design	1st place	1500 $ and marketing souvenirs, participation in the international final of the conference ""IT Security for the Next Generation"" in May 2012 in Europe
Timothy Vidas	Carnegie Mellon	Towards a General Collection Methodology for Android Devices	2nd place	1000 $ and marketing souvenirs, participation in the international final of the conference ""IT Security for the Next Generation"" in May 2012 in Europe
Jeyavijayan Rajendran	NYU Poly	Processor Encryption: Towards More Secure and Reliable Processors	3rd place	750 $ and marketing souvenirs, participation in the international final of the conference ""IT Security for the Next Generation"" in May 2012 in Europe
Napa Sae-Bae	NYU Poly	Biometric-Rich Gestures: A Novel Approach to Authentication on Multi-touch Devices	special prize	HDD and marketing souvenirs, participation in the international final of the conference ""IT Security for the Next Generation"" in May 2012 in Europe

Ang Cui	Killing the Myth of Cisco IOS Diversity
Chen Lu	Botnet Traffic Detection
Eleni Gessiou	Digging up Social Structures from Documents on the Web
Fangqi Sun	Static Detection of Access Control Vulnerabilities in Web Applications
Hassan Takabi	Semantic Based Policy Management for Cloud Computing Environment
Jeyavijayan Rajendran	Processor Encryption: Towards More Secure and Reliable Processors
Kanuparthi Arun Karthik	Beyond Dynamic Integrity Checking
Leontiadis Nektarios	Measuring and Analyzing Search-Redirection Attacks in the Illicit Online Prescription Drug Trade
Napa Sae-Bae	Biometric-Rich Gestures: A Novel Approach to Authentication on Multi-touch Devices
Ratan Dey	Estimating Age Privacy Leakage in Online Social Networks
Sambuddho Chakravarty	Detecting Traffic Snooping in Tor Using Decoys
Sevinc Bayram	Efficient Sensor Fingerprint Matching Through Fingerprint Quantization
Timothy Vidas	Towards a General Collection Methodology for Android Devices
Yadav Sandeep	Detecting Algorithmically Generated Malicious Domain Names
Zhaohui Wang	Protecting the USB connectivity in Android Devices

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IT Security for the Next Generation – American cup 2012