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教师能够参加各自研究领域的会议，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，网络安全教育界似乎缺乏来自博士机构的教师代表。然而，正是这些机构和教职员工培养出了培养未来网络安全工作力量的下一代教授。NSF的资金将支持美国早期职业生涯终身制网络安全教师和研究型大学的博士生参加信息系统安全教育座谈会。自1996年以来，研讨会聚集了学术界、工业界和政府的专业人士，提供了一个论坛，讨论和推动整个网络安全教育。纪念大会20周年的2016学术讨论会将于2016年6月13日至15日在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行，其中将包括为期三天的技术计划，并在会议前开设可选的研讨会。该项目旨在让获得旅行补助金的人在性别、种族背景、学术机构和地理位置方面有不同的代表。虽然助学金获得者是最直接的受益者，但整个社区将受益于与一群新的学生和教职员工建立联系，这些学生和教职员工很可能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迫切需求。具体的扩大参与努力体现在优先考虑传统上在网络安全方面代表性较低的申请者，包括妇女、非裔美国人、西班牙裔、美洲原住民和太平洋原住民。

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.