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SIGSAC VIABILITY REVIEWSIGSAC VIABILITY REVIEW

Sushil Jajodia

March 19, 2005

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PastPastPastPast

• Activities– 2 yearly conferences (CCS and SACMAT)

• Member benefits – 2 conference proceedings every year

– Reduced registration fee

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PresentPresentPresentPresent

• SIG Officers– Chair (Sushil Jajodia since July 2003)

– Steering committee (Atluri, Faigin, Samarati, Sandhu)

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CCSCCSCCSCCS

• CCS has become a week long event (M-F)• 3 day conference with two parallel tracks

(Research papers track, Govt/Industry papers and Tutorial track)

• Several co-located workshops (8 in 2004)• Increasing submissions (17/64 in 1997 to

35/251 in 2004)• Increasing participants (100 up to 2001 to

375 in 2004)

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CCS SurplusCCS SurplusCCS SurplusCCS Surplus

Year CCS Surplus

2000 $914

2001 $27,962

2002 $14,017

2003 $53,044

2004 $50,000 (expected)

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Membership and FinancesMembership and FinancesMembership and FinancesMembership and Finances

• Stable membership– 773 professional, 35 affiliate, 165 student, 1

institution

• Improving fund balance– June ’01 $16,760

– June ’02 $34,330

– June ’03 $41,754

– June ’04 $93,325

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FutureFutureFutureFuture

• Elections– Chair: Sushil Jajodia, Virgil Gligor

– Vice-chair: Pierangela Samarati, Paul Kendall

– Treasurer/Secretary: Vijay Atluri, Chuck Youman

• Awards (Outstanding Innovation and Outstanding Contribution)

• High quality conference in Asia (Asia CCS) in March 2006