REU Site: Information Assurance and Security

REU 网站：信息保障和安全

• 批准号: 1004843
• 负责人: Dianxiang Xu
• 金额: $ 32.84万
• 依托单位: Dakota State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004843&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Information; Assurance; Security

This project proposes to establish a three-year REU site program in information assurance and security (IAS) at Dakota State University (DSU). The objective of this program is to provide a diverse pool of motivated undergraduate students with a competitive research experience in IAS. Specifically, the proposed REU site will offer an nine-week summer program for nine undergraduate students each year to develop confidence as researchers and scientists. To assure the diversity of participants, the site will select up to 40% of the students from DSU (a primarily undergraduate institution) and at least 60% from other academic institutions in the Upper Midwest and across the nation. The recruiting effort will focus on students from underrepresented groups and academic institutions with limited research opportunities or without IAS programs. During the nine-week program, each student will work with a faculty mentor at DSU on a carefully designed research project. In the first few weeks, students will focus on developing projects. A series of tutorials and workshops will be provided to help students establish necessary background knowledge and learn about how to conduct scientific research in IAS. Students will also work with their individual advisors, read literature, and design their projects. For the remaining weeks, students will carry out their projects under the supervision of their mentors. They will also attend the weekly seminars by faculty and invited industry speakers and report their weekly progress. In the last week, students will prepare a written report and an oral presentation. Intellectual Merit: IAS is a field of national priority. Recent security incidents indicate that many organizations such as banks have not adequately responded to the IAS issues. The project provides undergraduate students with a competitive research experience in this important field. They will tackle a variety of significant IAS problems, ranging from secure design and verification, security testing, to forensics of security incidents. This will have an important impact on the defense in-depth of information systems such as online banking applications. A unique feature of this project is the integration of the fundamental IAS problems into an important application domain (i.e., banking and finance). Broader Impacts: This project will allow a diverse pool of motivated students from underrepresented groups and universities with limited research opportunities to gain research experiences in IAS. It builds upon an existing partnership with a consortium of schools in the Upper Midwest. It will strengthen the partnership by providing their students with a competitive research experience which would otherwise be unavailable. The recruitment process will capitalize on minority institutions that have established connections with DSU, specifically the Oglala-Lakota College in South Dakota and Florida International University. The REU program provides valuable skills that will help participants integrate their research experiences with their ongoing classroom instruction. The process of learning how to do research, write up and present their research results will better prepare them for their future field of study and motivate them to pursue graduate studies.

该项目建议在达科他州立大学（DSU）建立一个为期三年的信息保证和安全（IAS）的REU网站计划。该计划的目的是为IAS方面的竞争性研究经验提供多种有动力的本科生。具体而言，拟议的REU网站将为每年的九名本科生提供为期9周的夏季计划，以增强作为研究人员和科学家的信心。为了确保参与者的多样性，该网站将从DSU（主要是本科机构）中选择多达40％的学生，以及中西部和全国其他学术机构的至少60％。招聘工作将集中于来自代表性不足的团体和学术机构的学生，而研究机会有限或没有IAS计划。在为期九周的课程中，每个学生将与DSU的教师导师合作，进行精心设计的研究项目。在最初的几周中，学生将专注于开发项目。将提供一系列的教程和讲习班，以帮助学生建立必要的背景知识，并了解如何进行IAS科学研究。学生还将与个人顾问合作，阅读文学并设计其项目。在剩下的几周中，学生将在导师的监督下进行项目。他们还将参加教师和邀请行业演讲者的每周研讨会，并举报他们的每周进度。在上周，学生将准备书面报告和口头演讲。知识分子的优点：IAS是国家优先领域。最近的安全事件表明，许多银行等组织还没有充分回应IAS问题。该项目为本科生提供了这个重要领域的竞争研究经验。他们将解决各种重要的IAS问题，从安全的设计和验证，安全测试到安全事件的取证。这将对信息系统（例如在线银行应用程序）的深入辩护产生重要影响。该项目的一个独特功能是将基本IAS问题集成到重要的应用领域（即银行和金融）。更广泛的影响：该项目将允许来自代表性不足的群体和大学的各种有动力的学生具有有限的研究机会来获得IAS研究经验。它建立在与中西部上层学校联盟的现有合作伙伴关系的基础上。它将通过为学生提供竞争性的研究经验来加强合作伙伴关系，否则这将是不可用的。招聘过程将利用与DSU建立联系的少数民族机构，特别是南达科他州的Oglala-Lakota学院和佛罗里达国际大学。 REU计划提供了宝贵的技能，可以帮助参与者将研究经验与正在进行的课堂教学相结合。学习如何进行研究，写作和介绍他们的研究结果的过程将更好地为他们的未来研究领域做好准备，并激励他们从事研究生学习。