Workshop on Security Predictions
It is time that prediction capabilities that are standard for climate forecasts also come to the field of Computer Security, in order to turn that field into a science. Good scientific models, based on solid empirical evidence, help build more secure software and systems and could significantly and permanently reshape the security landscape.
Predict-11, a one-day, by-invitation-only workshop, is the second edition of the workshop of the same name held in conjunction with ESSoS 2010 in Pisa.
The workshop is organised in three sequential tracks:
* The “data sets” track discusses what large-scale data sets we are using and what can be inferred from them.
* The “prediction models” track focuses on how to get models out of these data sets.
* The “validation” track discusses problems in validating these models in order to get an idea of what makes a “good” model.
Based on the results of the previous workshop, we want to continue the simple by-invitation-only format. There will be no proceedings, so we want to emphasise “work in progress” over published work.
If you are invited, your mission, should you choose to accept it, would be twofold: first, you give a 30-minute talk about your work (20 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussions), or ideas that are relevant to the topic, and second, you participate in the lively discussions that ensue. Last time, we recorded the presentations and discussions, so check out the web page above with the recordings and the presentations.
Important dates: This is an invitation-only workshop. There is no deadline and there are no proceedings.
Organisation: The organisers will collect the presentations and will also try to write coherent minutes. These will then be published on a web site.
Contact: Contact Stephan.Neuhaus [at] disi.unitn.it if you're interested in participating.
Cost: Between 80 and 90 €, including one lunch and two coffee breaks.
(The price is not yet fixed.)
Organising Committee:
* Maureen Doyle (Northern Kentucky University),
* Pratyusa K. Manadhata (Symantec),
* Fabio Massacci (Uni Trento),
* Per Håkon Meland (SINTEF, Norway),
* Stephan Neuhaus (Uni Trento),
* Reijo Savola (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland),
* Riccardo Scandariato (K.U.Leuven).
