I'd love to go, but efn.org's grand opening is that night... (and here's the plug for it: live music, free snacks, geek central)
Seth --- Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to forward this announcement again, in > full, since I mentioned > it a while ago and got no response... Sounds > like a good opportunity; I > am trying to find a way up there on the 5th > (currently trying to borrow > a car). Email me if you're going... this is > next Friday, one week away. > > Spaf sounds cool 8^D > > message follows: > > > Folks, > > Eugene Spafford will be in town to talk to the > CRIME group on Friday, > April 5th, at 10AM at Verizon. [Ben says: > South side of Portland] > http://crime.zotconsulting.com/meetings.php3. > He will be discussing the > art, science, and direction of information > security. Block the time to > be there. > > Spaf's bio is set forth below. It is a real > honor to have him here to > speak. Thanks to Tripwire for arranging it! > > Eugene H. Spafford is a professor of Computer > Sciences at Purdue > University, a professor of Philosophy, the > university's Information > Systems Security Officer, and is Director of > the Center for Education > Research Information Assurance and Security. > CERIAS is a campus-wide > multi-disciplinary Center, with a > broadly-focused mission to explore > issues related to protecting information and > information resources. > Spaf has written extensively about information > security, software > engineering, and professional ethics. He has > published over 100 articles > and reports on his research, has written or > contributed to over a dozen > books, and he serves on the editorial boards of > most major infosec- > related journals. > > Dr. Spafford is a Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of > the AAAS, Fellow of > the IEEE, and is a charter recipient of the > Computer Society's Golden > Core award. Among other activities, he is chair > of the ACM's U.S. > Public Policy Committee, a member of the Board > of Directors of the > Computing Research Association , and is a > member of the US Air Force > Scientific Advisory Board. He regularly serves > as a consultant on > information security and computer crime to law > firms, major > corporations, U.S. government agencies, and > state and national law > enforcement agencies around the world. He was > the year 2000 recipient > of the NIST/NCSC National Computer Systems > Security Award, generally > regarded as the field's most significant honor > in information security > research, and was named as one of the "Five > Most Influential Leaders in > Information Security" by the readers and > editors of Information Security > in 1999. > > More information may be found at > <http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/spaf>. > > In his spare time, Spaf wonders why he has no > spare time. > > -- > -- > Ben Barrett > Software & Systems Engineer > counterclaim > Phone: 541.484.9235 > Fax: 541.484.9193 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
