Pivots: VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry based Hardware Security Training and Education

支点：VETS-HASTE：通过基于行业的硬件安全培训和教育为退伍军人提供技能桥梁

• 批准号: 2322465
• 负责人: Wanli Xing
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322465&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pivots; VETS; HASTE; Veterans; SkillBridge

The design of modern semiconductor devices involves a complex and widespread supply chain comprising multiple vendors, intellectual property providers, platform integrators, foundries, testing facilities, and other entities. In this intricate process, there is a clear potential for a malicious actor to introduce security vulnerabilities that undermine the entire system's integrity. The presence of compromised hardware components in commercial or military cyberinfrastructure can lead to severe and widespread implications for security and safety. Thus, ensuring hardware security is vital for establishing a strong semiconductor design ecosystem. However, there is a significant shortage of adequately trained hardware security workforce despite the critical need in our government and private sectors. This project will develop a sustainable and scalable experiential learning program for underserved participants in STEM to gain new skills and pathways into hardware security careers.This project will utilize innovative learning science strategies to actively involve a diverse group of veterans, a significant underserved population, in experiential hardware security training. Veterans possess unique qualities and skills, including hands-on experience, resilience, attention to detail, and diverse backgrounds, making them an untapped resource for the advanced technology field, particularly in hardware security. The project will prioritize the recruitment and support of veteran participants, who will undergo an industry-driven course by leveraging university resources and then engage in a series of authentic learning activities facilitated by industry partners, such as in-situ modeling, expert mentoring, and internships. In addition, the project will provide ample opportunities for career exploration and self-discovery to enhance participants' conceptual knowledge and cultivate their interests in hardware security careers. Finally, independent formative and summative evaluations will be conducted to continuously improve the program design. Through these endeavors, this project will create a diverse and skilled pipeline of workers for the domestic semiconductor industry, thereby contributing to economic and national security goals. This project aligns with the NSF ExLENT Program, funded by the NSF TIP and EDU Directorates, as it seeks to support experiential learning opportunities for individuals from diverse professional and educational backgrounds to increase their interest in, and their access to, career pathways in emerging technology fields.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

现代半导体设备的设计涉及一个复杂而广泛的供应链，其中包括多个供应商，知识产权提供商，平台集成商，铸造厂，测试设施和其他实体。在这个复杂的过程中，恶意演员有明显的潜力引入了破坏整个系统完整性的安全漏洞。商业或军事网络基础设施中的硬件组件受到妥协的存在可能会导致对安全和安全的严重和广泛影响。因此，确保硬件安全对于建立强大的半导体设计生态系统至关重要。但是，尽管我们的政府和私营部门至关重要，但仍有足够的经过足够培训的硬件安全劳动力。该项目将为STEM中服务不足的参与者制定可持续和可扩展的体验学习计划，以使新技能和途径进入硬件安全职业。该项目将利用创新的学习科学策略来积极参与一群多样化的退伍军人，这是一个多样化的退伍军人，一个重要的人群，一个大量的经验性硬件安全培训。退伍军人拥有独特的品质和技能，包括动手体验，韧性，对细节的关注以及不同的背景，使其成为高级技术领域的未开发资源，尤其是在硬件安全方面。该项目将优先考虑退伍军人参与者的招聘和支持，他们将通过利用大学资源，然后从事一系列由行业合作伙伴促进的真实学习活动，例如现场建模，专家指导和实习。此外，该项目将为职业探索和自我发现提供足够的机会，以增强参与者的概念知识，并培养他们对硬件安全职业的兴趣。最后，将进行独立的形成性和总结性评估，以不断改进程序设计。通过这些努力，该项目将为国内半导体行业创建多样化，熟练的工人管道，从而为经济和国家安全目标做出贡献。该项目与由NSF Tip和EDU局资助的NSF Exlent计划保持一致，因为它试图支持来自多元化专业和教育背景的个人的体验式学习机会，以增加对新兴技术领域的职业途径的兴趣，并在新闻技术领域中获得职业途径。这是NSF的法定任务和审查的审查，反映了综述的经验。