Collaborative Project: Capacity Building in Mobile Security Through Curriculum and Faculty Development

这是一个由两个奖项组成的合作项目：田纳西州查塔努加大学的NSF奖第1241651号和塔斯基吉大学的NSF奖第1241670号。移动计算的安全性对不断增长的移动设备用户大军至关重要。关注手机安全的教育材料和课程仍然很少。在这个项目中，四所大学——田纳西大学查塔努加分校、塔斯基吉大学、南方州立理工大学和辛辛那提大学——正在通过课程开发、课程改进、教师专业发展和伙伴关系发展，合作建立移动安全方面的研究和教育能力。调查人员正在开发一门关于移动安全的课程，包括教材、动手实验和学习练习；开发涵盖移动安全关键主题的可转移模块（安全编码，密码学，安全架构，网络安全，web安全以及安全策略和管理），并包含动手实验室；将这些模块整合到现有的计算机科学和信息保障课程中，如操作系统和网络安全；并举办研讨会，向其他机构的教师传播课程材料。通过这些努力，该项目旨在建立和加强课程、学生学习、教师合作和伙伴关系。开发材料的模块化特性将有助于它们的广泛传播和使用，并且所有的材料都可以在多个学科中采用，例如计算机科学、软件工程、信息技术和商业。

This is a Collaborative Project consisting of two awards: NSF Award No. 1241651 to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and NSF Award No. 1241670 to Tuskegee University.The security of mobile computing is vital to the growing army of mobile device users. Educational materials and curricula focusing on mobile security are still sparse. In this project, four universities--the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tuskegee University, Southern Polytechnic State University, and the University of Cincinnati--are collaboratively building research and education capacity in mobile security through curriculum development, curriculum enhancement, faculty professional development, and partnership development.The investigators are developing a course on mobile security, including teaching materials and hands-on labs and learning exercises; developing transferable modules that cover key topics in mobile security (secure coding, cryptography, security architecture, network security, web security, and security policy and management) and contain hands-on labs; integrating the modules into existing computer science and information assurance courses such as Operating Systems and Network Security; and hosting workshops to disseminate the curriculum materials to faculty at other institutions.Through these efforts, the project aims to build and strengthen curricula, student learning, and faculty collaboration and partnerships. The modular nature of the developed materials will aid their wide dissemination and usage, and all of the materials can be adopted in multiple disciplines, such as computer science, software engineering, information technology, and business.