Sandia Summer Institute

Cyber Security Technology, Policy, Law, and Planning for an Uncertain Future

A weeklong, cross-disciplinary student program for 20 top graduate students at our California site.

The Sandia Summer Institute: Cyber Security Technology, Policy, Law, and Planning for an Uncertain Future is the second annual cross-disciplinary student program at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California, for top graduate students from the nation's premier universities. Twenty select students will collaborate in small teams, working side-by-side with leading experts in the cyber, policy, and law arenas. Participants will develop new career skills by addressing challenging problems in a fast-paced, collegial work environment.

The Institute will address technical, policy, and legal topics of national interest and will include both technically focused seminars and a short strategic-planning exercise. Institute participants will be mentored by Sandia's top scientists and engineers, as well as preeminent outside experts.

Students will have the opportunity to select from the following technical seminars:

• Assured Sharing: Post-WikiLeaks Era Tensions in National-Security Information Sharing and Safeguarding
• Information Analytics for Cyber Security
• Public-Private Sector Responsibilities and Legal Issues in Our Nation's Cyber Defense
• Trusted Digital Systems Designed with Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

All students will also participate in a strategic-planning exercise to discuss technical advances and capabilities that should be pursued to strengthen U.S. defenses against cyber attacks.

Requirements

• Minimum GPA 3.2/4.0 undergrad and 3.5/4.0 graduate (or equivalent)
• Currently enrolled as a full-time graduate student
• International students must have valid and lawful status

How to apply

• The application process has closed.
• Selected students will be notified by May 22, 2012.

Housing

SSI participants will be provided with housing at the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, a Livermore suites hotel located near Sandia. Beautifully set among the lush, rolling hills of California wine country, the hotel offers exceptional extended-stay services and amenities. The hotel is also close to neighboring wineries and enchanting downtown Livermore.

Transportation

Airfare and airport transportation will be reimbursed up to $800. This reimbursement is contingent upon the submission of the appropriate completed vouchers accompanied by valid receipts.