If you feel that you are up to this challenge, please apply:

http://lasige.di.fc.ul.pt/images/2/2b/BI_Regenesys_Mestre_jan10-1.pdf

Deadline: 26-March-2010

REGENESYS is a three-year research project (Jan 2010-Dec 2012) funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

We have scholarships available to Master and PhD students that want to participate in this project. If you are interested in participating in this project, please send me an email.

14-15th December, 2009
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa

*see the Academy brochure*

The Carnegie Mellon|Portugal Security and Dependability Academy is an opportunity for professionals of computer science and engineering or related areas, interested in improving their skills, to get in touch with the experts involved in the Dual Carnegie Mellon University – University of Lisboa Master of Science in Information Technology–Information Security (MSIT-IS).

The Academy will provide a sample of the topics taught during the MSIT-IS program through a set of exciting technical lectures and hands-on experiments in the program’s lab, where the attendees will get the chance to try live cyber-attack and defense technologies.

Although inspired by the MSIT-IS, the academy will be interesting on its own as a forum for discussion of the latest concepts in Security and Dependability.

After the lectures and laboratory experiments, the academy will close with the Pen Testing Trophy, where a victim machine will be subject to penetration testing by willing participants competing for a mysterious trophy.

Check the Program, Lectures details, Instructors, etc.

Intrusion-Tolerant Self-Healing Devices for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Paulo Sousa, Alysson N. Bessani, Wagner S. Dantas, Fábio Souto, Miguel Correia, Nuno F. Neves
In Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2009), Estoril, Portugal, Jun-Jul 2009, to appear.

INForum 2009 – Computer and Communications Security Track, Sep 10-11, 2009.

Summary (in portuguese):

O INForum tem como objectivo ser um evento privilegiado de reunião da comunidade nacional nas diversas vertentes da informática e ambiciona ser o fórum de eleição para a divulgação, discussão e reconhecimento de trabalhos científicos. O INForum surge com particular oportunidade como palco para a estreia de jovens investigadores que buscam a divulgação, a crítica construtiva e o encorajamento ao seu trabalho.

O 1º INForum pretende ser abrangente e dinâmico no conjunto de tópicos abordados. Apresentará um conjunto de tópicos propostos e seleccionados anualmente, com sessões organizadas e realizadas de forma independente. Promove-se assim a massa crítica para o fortalecimento e evolução da informática no país criando-se, simultaneamente, espaço à evolução do contexto da conferência e fomentando a reunião de investigadores em áreas emergentes.

O 1º INForum decorrerá nos dias 10 e 11 de Setembro de 2009 na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.

FOREVER: Fault/intrusiOn REmoVal through Evolution & Recovery
Alysson Neves Bessani, Hans P. Reiser, Paulo Sousa, Ilir Gashi, Vladimir Stankovic, Tobias Distler, Rüdiger Kapitza, Alessandro Daidone, Rafael R. Obelheiro
In Middleware (Companion),  Leuven, Belgium, pages 99-101, December 2008.

Resilient Intrusion Tolerance through Proactive and Reactive Recovery
[paper | extended version | slides PPS | slides PDF]
Paulo Sousa, Alysson Neves Bessani, Miguel Correia, Nuno Ferreira Neves, Paulo Veríssimo
In Proceedings of the 13th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC), Melbourne, Australia, pages 373-380, December 2007.