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Why computer scientists should attend hacker conferences
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Volume 48 ,  Issue 3  (March 2005) table of contents
The disappearing computer
COLUMN: Viewpoint table of contents
Pages: 23 - 24  
Year of Publication: 2005
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
Gregory Conti  The United States Military Academy, West Point, NY and the Georgia Institute of Technology
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Along with the intellectual challenge, scientists may appreciate the technical insight, especially about security, ethical honesty, and common computing interests.


REFERENCES

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Verton, D. Hacker conferences highlight security threats. PCWorld.com (July 20, 2001); www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,55784,00.asp.

CITED BY  7
Gregory Conti , Mustaque Ahamad , John Stasko, Attacking information visualization system usability overloading and deceiving the human, Proceedings of the 2005 symposium on Usable privacy and security, p.89-100, July 06-08, 2005, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Muhammad Raza Ali, Why teach reverse engineering?, ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, v.30 n.4, July 2005
Gregory Conti, Introduction, Communications of the ACM, v.49 n.6, June 2006
Martin Mink , Felix C. Freiling, Is attack better than defense?: teaching information security the right way, Proceedings of the 3rd annual conference on Information security curriculum development, September 22-23, 2006, Kennesaw, Georgia
Someswar Kesh , Pauline Ratnasingam, A knowledge architecture for IT security, Communications of the ACM, v.50 n.7, p.103-108, July 2007
Sergey Bratus, Hacker Curriculum: How Hackers Learn Networking, IEEE Distributed Systems Online, v.8 n.10, p.2, October 2007
Randall Young , Lixuan Zhang , Victor R. Prybutok, Hacking into the Minds of Hackers, Information Systems Management, v.24 n.4, p.281-287, October 2007

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.0 GENERAL

Additional Classification:
  E. Data
  E.3 DATA ENCRYPTION

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.0 General
  K.5 LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTING
      K.5.0 General
  K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION
      K.7.0 General
  K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
      K.8.0 General


REVIEW

"Charles L. Barest : Reviewer"

Eureka! It was refreshing to read an article authored by another professional or academic in the field of computer science who truly understands the significance of attending hacker conferences: the nature of their attendees, and the rewards that   more...

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Gregory Conti: colleagues

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