[Colloq] Distinguished Spkr Anita Jones

[Chantal Cardona]

*College** of **Computer** and Information Science*

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*Distinguished Lecture Series on Grand Challenges in Computing*

 

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

3:00pm

110 West Village H

 

*CyberSecurity- the Weak Link of our Infrastructure*

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Anita Jones

University of Virginia

 

Bio

*ANITA JONES* is a University Professor in the University of Virginia. 
She is also a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering 
and Applied Science, previously having served as chair of the Department 
of Computer Science. The Honorable Anita K. Jones was sworn in as the 
Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of 
Defense in June 1993. In that position she was responsible for the 
management of the science and technology program. This included 
responsibility for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 
oversight of the DoD laboratories, as well as being the principal 
advisor to the Secretary of Defense for defense-related scientific and 
technical matters. She returned to the University in 1997. Professor 
Jones is a member and past vice-chair of the National Science Board, 
which advises the President on science, engineering, and education as 
well as oversees the National Science Foundation. She is also a member 
of the Defense Science Board and the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory 
Corporation. She has co-chaired the Commonwealth of Virginia Research 
and Technology Advisory Commission. She has served on other government 
advisory boards and scientific panels such the Air Force Scientific 
Advisory Board and on various boards and panels for NASA, the National 
Research Council, the Department of Energy, and the National Science 
Foundation.

 

Host: Prof. Agnes Chan