Panel: Diversity & Inclusion in the Cybersecurity Research Community

Chair: Carrie Gates, Bank of America

Moderator:

• Carrie Gates, Senior Vice President in Global Information Security, Bank of America

Panelists:

• Diana Burley, Vice Provost for Research, American University
• Ada Lerner, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wellesley College
• Mary Theofanos, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Chenxi Wang, Managing General Partner, Rain Capital

Abstract:

The research community has been concerned with diversity for years, and researchers have been encouraged to consider it through requirements such as NSF’s broader impacts review criteria for research proposals. But how are we really doing as a community? How inclusive is the security research community specifically? What are we doing well, and how can we improve? This panel will ask these questions (and more!) of panelists, asking them to draw on their personal experiences and reflect on the community as a whole to bring suggestions for concrete steps we can take to improve diversity and inclusion.