About

The SWSIS program was founded in 2011 by Applied Computer Security Associates (ACSA), a non-profit Maryland corporation. Our goal is to help address the shortage of professionals in the information security field, and especially the shortage of women in the field, by providing scholarships to women at formative stages of their careers.

Funding for SWSIS is from ACSA’s reserves and a generous donation from the Hewlett-Packard Company.

The CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) selects scholarship winners in consultation with a committee of ACSA board members. Members of the CRA-W SWSIS Evaluation Committee are:

Diana Burley, George Washington University

Rachel Greenstadt, Drexel University

Tadayoshi Kohno, University of Washington

Zachary Peterson, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Ambareen Siraj, Tennessee Technological University

Bhavani Thuraisingham, University of Texas at Dallas

Rebecca Wright (chair), Rutgers University