Workshop for Women in Cybersecurity Research (CyberW)

Organizers:

Daphne Yao (Virginia Tech)

Bhavani Thuraisingham (UT Dallas)

Elisa Bertino (Purdue University)

Travel Grant Application: see travel grant page

Workshop description: We hope this workshop can attract all underrepresented cybersecurity professionals, students, and researchers to attend top security and privacy conferences and engage in cutting-edge security and privacy research. In addition, it will provide opportunities for the participants to network, as well as sharing career development experiences.

We welcome everyone to attend the workshop. We believe this workshop experience will be beneficial to everyone, regardless of the gender and race.

Motivation: The workshop is motivated by the significant gender imbalance in all security conferences, in terms of the number of publishing authors, PC members, organizers, and attendees. What causes this gender imbalance remains unclear. However, multiple research studies have shown that a diverse group is more creative, diligent, and productive than a homogeneous group*. In order to maintain a sustainable and creative workforce, substantial efforts need to be made by our security community to broaden the participation from all underrepresented groups in cyber security research conferences.

Program: This CyberW 2020 workshop will consist of invited talks by leading researchers, a panel, lightning talks, and social events.