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How a Team of Academic Experts Contributed to Obama's Cyberspace Review
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/0814/060109_NSF_US_Map.large.jpg?1243887495&1243887494 "visualization of U.S. Internet connections")
A visualization of Internet connections in the United States.
Zina Deretsky / National Science Foundation
The National Security Council's Melissa Hathaway sought the advice of a variety of computer security experts when she conducted the recently completed 60-day review of the U.S.'s cyberspace policy. The National Science Foundation arranged for a teleconference between Hathaway and a small group of academics, including Cornell University professor and TRUST Science and Technology Center chief scientist Fred Schneider and University of Washington professor Ed Lazowska, to gather ideas from e...
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(2)Cool graphic ! I am interested to learn what the color-codes are in the map and what map tool was used to create the visualization.
Paul, You'll find further information about the visualization at (http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=114867&org=NSF), including a URL for Chris Harrison (www.chrisharrison.net), a CMU Ph.D. candidate whose maps were adapted for the image accompanying this story.
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