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）REU网站计划。该计划的目标是提供一个多元化的激励本科生在IAS的竞争力的研究经验池。具体来说，拟议的REU网站将提供一个为期九周的暑期课程，每年为九名本科生，以发展作为研究人员和科学家的信心。为了确保参与者的多样性，该网站将选择高达40%的学生从DSU（主要是本科院校）和至少60%从其他学术机构在上中西部和全国各地。招聘工作将集中在来自代表性不足的群体和学术机构的学生，他们的研究机会有限或没有IAS项目。在为期九周的课程中，每个学生将与DSU的教师导师一起进行精心设计的研究项目。在最初的几周里，学生们将专注于开发项目。将提供一系列的辅导和研讨会，以帮助学生建立必要的背景知识，并了解如何在IAS进行科学研究。学生还将与他们的个人顾问，阅读文献，并设计他们的项目。在剩下的几周里，学生们将在导师的监督下完成他们的项目。他们还将参加教师和特邀行业演讲者每周举办的研讨会，并报告他们每周的进展。在最后一周，学生将准备一份书面报告和一份口头报告。知识专长：国际会计准则是国家优先领域。最近的安全事件表明，许多组织，如银行，没有对国际会计准则问题作出充分反应。该项目为本科生提供了在这一重要领域具有竞争力的研究经验。他们将处理各种重要的国际会计准则问题，从安全设计和验证、安全测试到安全事件的取证。这将对网上银行应用等信息系统的纵深防御产生重要影响。该项目的一个独特之处是将国际会计准则的基本问题纳入一个重要的应用领域（即，银行和金融）。更广泛的影响：该项目将使来自代表性不足的群体和研究机会有限的大学的各种有动力的学生获得IAS的研究经验。它建立在与上中西部学校联盟现有的伙伴关系基础上。它将通过为学生提供具有竞争力的研究经验来加强伙伴关系，否则将无法获得。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奥格拉拉拉科塔学院和佛罗里达国际大学。REU计划提供了宝贵的技能，将帮助参与者将他们的研究经验与他们正在进行的课堂教学相结合。学习如何做研究，撰写和展示他们的研究成果的过程将更好地为他们未来的研究领域做好准备，并激励他们继续研究生学习。