[IEEE-bhpjobs] TONIGHT: David Kotz, The Security and Privacy Challenges of Pervasive Computing

[Walter Heger]

TONIGHT: David Kotz, The Security and Privacy Challenges of Pervasive
Computing


Duke Computer Science Colloquium
Monday, April 25, 2005
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Love Auditorium (B101)
Levine Science Research Center, Duke University

David Kotz

The Security and Privacy Challenges of Pervasive Computing

Abstract

Digital technology plays an increasing role in everyday
life, and this trend is only accelerating. Consider
daily life five years from now, in 2010: we will each
be surrounded by far more digital devices, mediating far
more activities in our work, home, and play; the boundary
between cyberspace and physical space will fade as sensors
and actuators allow computers to be aware of, and control,
the physical environment; and the devices in our life
become increasingly (and often invisibly) interconnected
with each other and with the Internet. Today, typical
home users struggle to maintain the security of their
home computer, and have difficulty managing their privacy
online. Tomorrow, these challenges may become unimaginably
complex. In this broad-ranging talk I will consider some
of these trends, and the security and privacy challenges
that remain as we consider developing this world of Digital
Living in 2010.

Biography

David Kotz is a Professor of Computer Science at
Dartmouth College in Hanover NH. After receiving his
A.B. in Computer Science and Physics from Dartmouth in
1986, he completed his Ph.D in Computer Science from Duke
University in 1991. He returned to Dartmouth to join the
faculty in 1991, where he is now Professor of Computer
Science, Director of the Center for Mobile Computing, and
Executive Director of the Institute for Security Technology
Studies. His research interests include context-aware
mobile computing, pervasive computing, wireless networks,
and intrusion detection. He is a member of the ACM,
IEEE Computer Society, and USENIX associations, and of
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. For more
information see http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~dfk/.

Host: Owen Astrachan