"Clean-Slate Design of Resilient, Adaptive, Secure Hosts (CRASH)"

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: Ross Stapleton-Gray <ross () stapleton-gray com>
> Date: May 28, 2010 2:53:16 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: "Clean-Slate Design of Resilient, Adaptive, Secure Hosts (CRASH)"

> A new DARPA cyber security program:
> https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-SN-10-49/listing.html
>
> But more than the announcement of a proposer's day itself, I wanted to flag the timeline: this was posted yesterday, 
> with a deadline of next Tuesday to register for a proposer's day event to be held next Friday.
>
> But WTF, my government friends?  A week's notice of an event to be held in DC?  This can only favor "the usual 
> suspects," and disadvantage any small, non-local innovator who can't incur the cost of last-minute travel.
>
> Having tracked the cyber security R&D grant market for some years, it's rare that announcements appear much in 
> advance of the mandatory minimum deadline for notice.  I appreciate those program managers who provide quick 
> turnaround on white papers and proposals, but I'll bet the conference center was booked some weeks ago, and the 
> actual prospective contributors to the prospective effort could have gotten a little more lead time than they're 
> getting...
>
> Ross



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