Help me choose Graduate CS Schools

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<p>Every security conference has committee made up of some of the most active researchers in the field, listed by school name. Check out the profs’ web sites, and if you see lots of security profs at one school, you should think of applying there. Otherwise you’re wasting your money!</p>

<p>If there’s only one sec prof at a school you’re interested in, give them a short, polite email asking if they will be taking on new students, because whether or not you apply relies on their answer.</p>

<p>I don’t think Harvard will consider you for crypto if you don’t have a strong number theory and abstract algebra background.</p>

<p>USENIX security committee: [USENIX</a> Security '11](<a href=“http://www.usenix.org/events/sec11/organizers.html]USENIX”>USENIX Security '11 Organizers)</p>

<p>HotSec organizers: <a href=“http://www.usenix.org/events/hotsec10/[/url]”>http://www.usenix.org/events/hotsec10/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>SSP Organizers: <a href=“http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2010/archived/pc.html[/url]”>http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2010/archived/pc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>List of security conferences: <a href=“http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/guofei/sec_conf_stat.htm[/url]”>http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/guofei/sec_conf_stat.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;