http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog Hot computer systems observations and analyses from John Linwood Griffin Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:31:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 16th Conference on Computer and Communication Security (CCS'09) Chicago, Illinois November 9-13, 2009 CCS is one of the top international security conferences (example topics: detecting kernel rootkits, RFID, privacy and anonymization networks, botnets, cryptography).  It is held annually in November.  This year there were 315 submitted papers from 31 countries, of which 18% ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2009/11/13/ccs-2009/ In November 2008 I attended an "Information Assurance Conference" in Arlington, Virginia. This was a non-refereed two-day workshop of 30-minute talks on policy-level IA issues in the DoD and homeland security environments. The most interesting takeaways were: If you are an organization that wants information assurance, give someone the high-level ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2008/11/14/information-assurance-conference/ This week I attended the 5th annual industry day at the Networking and Security Research Center (NSRC) at Penn State University. The event was similar in format to other industry days I've attended (CMU, Stony Brook) but with a more focused core of industry guests, primarily from telecom companies ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2008/10/09/nsrc-industry-day/ In August 2008 I attended the HEC FSIO workshop on file system and I/O (FSIO) research in support of high-end computing (HEC). This HEC focus was interesting for a systems guy like me -- think "systems that run detailed atmospheric simulations for weather prediction" and like environments where such words ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2008/08/26/high-end-computing-workshop/ This research proposal by Jagged Technology was initially targeted to SBIR program OSD08-IA2. We continue to seek sponsorship for the proposed work. If you are interested in teaming with us on future proposals on related computer systems topics, please contact us. 1. Introduction Computer system virtualization, long a staple of large-scale mainframe ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2008/07/11/sieve-software-insertion-and-execution-in-virtual-environments/ In June 2008 I attended a "Cyber Security Conference" in Arlington, Virginia.  The format was two days of invited 35-minute presentations by big names in the government and government-contractor space.  I only attended day two so I missed half the discussion.  Here are some of the major themes from today's ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2008/07/09/cyber-security-conference/ In May 2008 I attended the PDL Spring Industry Visit Day in Pittsburgh, a workshop of sorts where students display their work in poster and demo form, industry visitors catch up with their old storage acquaintances, and everybody gets together for German food and beer afterward. (What's not to ... http://jaggedtechnology.com/people/john.griffin/blog/2008/07/09/pdl-visit-day/