Travel Grants for The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education

有了各种资金来源，网络安全领域的研究生和早期职业教师能够参加他们研究领域的会议，并有机会与其他研究人员互动。然而，对教师或博士生参加网络安全教育会议的支持似乎要少得多。因此，在网络安全教育界，来自博士院校的教师似乎缺乏代表性。然而，正是这些机构和教师培养了下一代教授，为未来的网络安全劳动力提供教育。来自NSF的资金将支持美国研究型大学的网络安全终身教职教师和博士生参加信息系统安全教育研讨会。自1996年以来，该研讨会汇集了学术界、工业界和政府的专业人士，提供了一个讨论和推进网络安全教育的论坛。2016年的研讨会，标志着会议的20周年纪念，将于2016年6月13日至15日在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行，它将包括一个为期三天的技术项目，并在会议之前举行可选的研讨会。该项目打算在不同性别、种族背景、学术机构和地理位置的旅行补助金接受者中有不同的代表。虽然赠款接受者是最直接的受益者，但总的来说，社区将通过与一群新的学生和教师建立联系而受益，这些学生和教师可能会在未来几年成为积极的贡献者。这一努力正在支持网络安全劳动力发展的关键需求。通过优先考虑传统上在网络安全领域代表性不足的申请人，包括女性、非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和土著太平洋岛民，具体的扩大参与努力得到了体现。

With various sources of funding, graduate students and early-career faculty in cybersecurity are able to participate in conferences in their area of research and have an opportunity to interact with other researchers. However, there seems to be much less support for faculty or doctoral students to attend conferences on cybersecurity education. Consequently, there seems to be a shortage of representation of faculty from doctoral institutions among cybersecurity education community. Yet, it is those institutions and faculty who produce the next generation of professors educating the future cybersecurity workforce.The funding from NSF will support US-based early-career tenure-track cybersecurity faculty and PhD students at research universities to attend the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education. Since 1996, the Colloquium brings together professionals in academia, industry, and government to provide a forum to discuss and advance cybersecurity education at large. The 2016 Colloquium, which marks the 20th anniversary of the conference, will be held on June 13-15, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA and it will consist of a three-day technical program with optional workshops right before the conference.The project intends to have a diverse representation among the travel grant recipients in terms of gender, ethnic background, academic institutions, and geographic location. While the grant recipients are the most immediate beneficiaries, the community in general will benefit by connecting with a new group of students and faculty that will likely become active contributors in the years to come. This effort is supporting the critical need of the cybersecurity workforce development. A specific broadening participation efforts are reflected by prioritizing applicants traditionally underrepresented in cybersecurity including women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Pacific Islanders.