Workshop Details
Reconnect 2016: Mathematical and Computational Tools for Cyber Security
- Start Date: June 13, 2016
- End Date: June 19, 2016
- Event Start Time: 6:00 PM
- Event End Time: 12:00 PM
- Organizers: Natalie Vanatta | Margaret (Midge) Cozzens
- Location: Room 120 | United States Military Academy | Thayer Hall | 602 Cullum Road
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Day 1 will feature Historical Encryption (Caesar to early 1900s) and Encryption Analysis (how to attack ciphers mathematically) to start the program. As part of encryption analysis, we will discuss the history of the Enigma Machine and bring a real German Enigma machine out of the vault at West Point for participants to see and touch. Unsolved Ciphers in Day 1 will whet participants’ appetites about ciphers that are still unsolved, leading to possible projects/lessons. Day 2 will feature the Intersection of Game Theory and Cyber, while Day 3 will focus on Machine Learning and Behavioral Characterizations. The final day of presentations will focus on Policy and Regulations in the Cyber Domain and will feature presentations from the FBI and other agencies.
- Event Contact: Christine Spassione | Margaret (Midge) Cozzens
- Sponsors: CCICADA
- Audiences: Academic/Gov't/Industry Profess. | College/University Faculty
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Reconnect Workshops expose faculty teaching undergraduates to current applications of mathematical and computational sciences and provide an opportunity for government or industry professionals to learn about recent research in related areas. Topics are presented in a weeklong series of lectures and activities; participants are involved in both research activities and in writing materials useful in the classroom or to share with their colleagues. Participants may develop materials for publication in the CCICADA Research Reports or the Educational Modules Series published by DIMACS.
Anyone may apply. Preference will be given to faculty whose primary job is undergraduate teaching and those working at government labs. Two-year college faculty are welcome to apply. Teachers from groups not well represented in mathematics are especially encouraged to apply.