Security and Privacy Heterogeneous Environment for Reproducible Experimentation
Outreach
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Read NSF news story about SPHERE and other Mid-Scale Infrastructure as well as ISI's announcement and NEU's announcement of the SPHERE award.
PRESENTATION & POSTER
Download our latest SPHERE presentation, poster(or opens in new tab),, SaTC poster, or watch our overview video below.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS
Attend and interact with us at one of our planned community outreach events.
| Venue | Type of Outreach | Date | Location | Project Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACSAC 2026 | Networking | December 7-11, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA | David Balenson |
| LASER 2026 | Networking | December 8, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA | David Balenson |
| CSET 2026 | Networking | December 7, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA | David Balenson and Jelena Mirkovic |
| SC26/NRE | Networking | November 15-20, 2026 | Chicago, IL | Christopher Tran |
| ACM CCS 2026 | Networking | November 15-19, 2026 | The Hague, The Netherlands | David Balenson |
| 2026 NSF Cybersecurity Summit | Networking, presentation, and tutorial | October 29-30, 2026 | Irvine, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| MERIF 2026 | Networking and presentation | September 27-29, 2026 | Washington, DC | Jelena Mirkovic, Alba Regaldo, Terry Benzel, and David Balenson |
| USENIX Security 2026 | Networking | August 12-14, 2026 | Baltimore, MD | David Balenson |
| VehicleSec 2026 | Networking and demo | August 10-11, 2026 | Baltimore, MD | David Balenson and Chandrima (Dimpy) Ghatak |
| 2026 NSF SaTC PI Meeting | Networking and breakout session | August 6-7, 2026 | College Park, MD | David Balenson |
| ACM REP 2026 | Networking and paper | July 20-22, 2026 | Delft, Netherlands | David Balenson |
| TCU CI Workshop 2026 | Networking and presentation | June 23-25, 2026 | Minneapolis, MN | Luis Garcia |
| MetaCRiSP 2026 | Networking and paper | May 21, 2026 | San Francisco, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| IEEE S&P 2026 | Networking | May 18-20, 2026 | San Francisco, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| NSF CICI PI Meeting 2026 | Keynote | May 11-12, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA | Jelena Mirkovic |
| NDSS 2026 | Networking and poster | February 23-27, 2026 | San Diego, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| NSF ACCESS 2026 | Networking and poster | January 22, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA | David Balenson |
| Venue | Type of Outreach | Date | Location | Project Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACSAC 2025 | Networking and poster | December 10-12, 2025 | Honolulu, HI | David Balenson |
| LASER 2025 | Networking and presentation | December 9, 2025 | Honolulu, HI | David Balenson |
| ICSS 2025 | Networking and panel | December 9, 2025 | Honolulu, HI | Jelena Mirkovic |
| CSET 2025 | Networking | December 8, 2025 | Honolulu, HI | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| EAI SmartSP 2025 | Networking and poster/demo | December 1-2, 2025 | Salt Lake City, UT | Luis Garcia (Utah) |
| NSF Cybersecurity Summit 2025 | Networking and poster | October 20-23, 2025 | Boulder, CO | David Balenson |
| ACM CCS 2025 | Networking | October 14-16, 2025 | Taipai, Taiwan | David Balenson |
| USENIX Security 2025 | Networking and poster | August 13-15, 2025 | Seattle, WA | David Balenson |
| ACM REP 2025 | Networking | July 29-31, 2025 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | David Balenson |
| IEEE S&P 2025 | Networking and poster | May 12-15, 2025 | San Francisco, CA | David Balenson |
| ICCPS 2025 | Networking and poster | May 6-9, 2025 | Irvine, CA | Luis Garcia (Utah) |
| CIRC PI Meeting 2025 | Networking and breakout sessions | March 10-11, 2025 | Raleigh, NC | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| NDSS 2025 | Networking and poster | February 24-28, 2025 | San Diego, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| Venue | Type of Outreach | Date | Location | Project Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACSAC 2024 | Networking and poster | December 9-13, 2024 | Waikiki, HI | David Balenson |
| NAIRR Software Workshop 2024 | Networking | December 3-4, 2024 | Chicago, IL | David Balenson |
| SC24 | Networking | November 19-21, 2024 | Atlanta, GA | Brian Kocoloski |
| Practical Reproducibility in HPC 2024 | Networking and workshop | November 18, 2024 | Atlanta, GA | Brian Kocoloski |
| Dagstuhl Seminar 24462 2024 | Networking and presentation | November 11-13, 2024 | Dagstuhl, Germany | Jelena Mirkovic and Terry Benzel |
| SACNAS NDiSTEM 2024 | Presentation | October 31 - November 2, 2024 | Phoenix, AZ | Jelena Mirkovic |
| ACM CCS 2024 | Networking and poster (abstract, poster) | October 14-18, 2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | David Balenson |
| NSF Cybersecurity Summit 2024 | Networking and panel | October 7-10, 2024 | Pittsburgh, PA | David Balenson |
| MERIF 2024 | Networking and presentation | September 25-27, 2024 | Kansas City, MO | Brian Kocoloski, David Balenson, and Alba Regalado |
| TAPIA 2024 | Presentation | September 18-20, 2024 | San Diego, CA | Jelena Mirkovic |
| SaTC PI Meeting 2024 | Networking, breakout session, poster, and tutorial | September 4-5, 2024 | Pittsburgh, PA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| USENIX Security 2024 | Networking and poster | August 14-16, 2024 | Philadelphia, PA | David Balenson |
| CSET 2024 | Networking | August 13, 2024 | Philadelphia, PA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| IEEE EuroS&P 2024 | Networking and poster | July 9-11, 2024 | Vienna, Austria | David Balenson |
| IEEE S&P 2024 | Networking and poster | May 20-23, 2024 | San Francisco, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| CICI PI Meeting 2024 | Networking and poster | March 28-29, 2024 | Tempe, AZ | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| NSF RIW 2024 | Networking and poster | March 26-29, 2024 | Tucson, AZ | David Balenson |
| FABRIC KNIT 8 Workshop 2024 | Networking and presentation | March 19-21, 2024 | San Diego, CA | Jelena Mirkovic |
| NDSS 2024 | Networking and poster | February 26-March 1, 2024 | San Diego, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| Venue | Type of Outreach | Date | Location | Project Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACSAC 2023 | Networking and poster | December 4-8, 2023 | Austin, TX | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| ACM CCS 2023 | Networking | November 26-30, 2023 | Copenhagen, Denmark | David Balenson |
| NSF CIRC PI Meeting 2023 | Networking, poster, and panel | November 6-7, 2023 | Salt Lake City, UT | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
| NSF Cybersecurity Summit 2023 | Networking and poster | October 23-26, 2023 | Berkeley, CA | Jelena Mirkovic and David Balenson |
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The SPHERE team welcomes requests for Letters of Collaboration. To expedite the process, please contact us by filling out the LoC Request Form.
| Name | Solicitation | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| CICI | NSF 25-531 | January 20, 2027 |
| SaTC 2.0 | NSF 25-515 | January 25, 2027 |
Expired Funding Opportunities
| Name | Solicitation | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| CICI | NSF 25-531 | April 2, 2025 |
| CISE-MSI | NSF 24-536 | February 6, 2026 |
| SaTC | NSF 24-504 | Proposals accepted anytime |
| CIRC | NSF 23-589 | September 13, 2024 |
| CICI | NSF 23-517 | February 1, 2024 |