Breaking News -
Security:
SCC Hosts Workshop On
Wireless/Grid Environments
A workshop hosted by the Sustainable Computing Consortium (SCC) of Carnegie
Mellon University will bring together thought leaders from industry,
government and academia to focus on the "hard problems" of interoperability,
dependability and security in mobile, wireless, grid and other always-on
environments. The workshop will be held March 31 - April 1 at the Wyndham
Buttes Resort in Tempe, Arizona.
"Mobile and wireless Internet access -- with more than 100 million users
already -- is fundamentally changing the ways in which people and
organizations both interact and transact," said Dr. William Guttman, director
of the SCC. "As consumers and enterprises continue to embrace these
technologies, issues of trust and interoperability become increasingly
critical. This workshop will serve as a forum for leading experts to address
emerging trends, challenges and future opportunities." The workshop's keynote
presentation will be delivered by Walt Davis, chief scientist of Motorola, who
will address the subject of "Mobile Security and Interoperability." Featured
speakers will include:
- Dr. Fernando (Frank) L. Fernandez, former Director of the Defense Advanced
Research Products Agency (DARPA), will discuss "Mobile and Wireless Challenges
in Context-Aware Battlefield Scenarios." Under Dr. Fernandez' leadership,
DARPA served as the Department of Defense's premier change-leader in such
areas as biological-warfare defense, information security, precision strike
and robotics.
- James J. Halpert, Esq., Partner, Piper Rudnick, will talk on "Privacy,
Trust and Interoperability in a Mobile Environment." Halpert has helped
negotiate and draft many of the U.S. laws that apportion liability on the
Internet, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act, Communications Decency Act, the Protection of
Children from Sexual Predators Act, and the Internet False Identification Act
of 2000.
- Clifford A. Wilke, Director, Bank Technology, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Committee on Bank Supervision, will speak on "Mobile Financial
Services, the Regulatory Outlook."
Also in attendance at the workshop will be Dr. Norman Sadeh, Associate
Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and
Director of the Mobile Commerce Lab and the e-Supply Chain Management Lab. Dr.
Sadeh will be signing copies of his best-selling book, "Marketing Without
Wires: Targeting Promotions and Advertising to Mobile Device Users."
The workshop will focus on four sets of closely related topics:
- Security and Interoperability: Transforming a Patchwork of Network
Standards in a Seamless, Secure and Dependable Environment
- Trust and Interoperability in Location -Sensitive and Context-Aware
Applications and Services
- Mobile Payments
- Mobile and Pervasive Enterprise Applications
Among the participants in the workshop will be many members of the
Sustainable
Computing Consortium, which currently includes AIG, Alcoa, Boeing,
Caterpillar, Cerner, Cigital, Cisco, Confluence, FedEx, General Atlantic
Partners, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Keybank, Labware, Mellon
Financial, Merck, Microsoft, NASA Ames Research Center, Oracle, Pfizer,
PrintCafe, Programming Research, Raytheon, RedSiren, Reed Smith, SAIC, Seagate
Research, TATA Consultancy, UPMC Health System, Vanguard, and Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich Rosati.
Other participating organizations will include ExxonMobil, NIST, Avaya,
Visto
and Funk Software.
Registration information and additional details about the workshop are
available at www.security.scs.cmu.edu.
About the Sustainable Computing Consortium
The Sustainable Computing Consortium (SCC) is a collaborative initiative
among
major corporate information technology users, software developers, suppliers,
academic leaders and government agencies to improve software quality,
dependability and security. It draws on the expertise of its members and
research faculty in all disciplines related to sustainable software, including
computer science, electrical engineering, security and survivability,
information technology management, statistics, economics and public
policy.
Web site: www.sustainablecomputing.org
|
