REU Site: Trustable Embedded Systems Security Research

REU 网站：可信嵌入式系统安全研究

• 批准号: 1659764
• 负责人: Bing Wang
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-02-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659764&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Trustable; Embedded; Systems

This project proposes to continue an REU Site offering undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in computer systems security research at the University of Connecticut. Computer systems have been integrated into our daily life and work, as well as every part of our national infrastructure. Thus, they are an obvious target for those who intend to corrupt the systems for financial, political or other reasons. While security in the context of general-purpose computing and communication has been studied extensively, research on embedded systems security has only gained attention recently. The vast number of embedded devices and their wide-spread usage in all aspects of or daily life and work make their security vulnerabilities much more dangerous and costly than traditional software vulnerabilities. The resource constraints (in processing capabilities, memory, battery) of embedded systems and the ever increasing range of attack techniques targeting embedded systems (including software, hardware, side-channel attacks) pose many challenges to embedded systems security. A primary national need is research and researchers who can address the security of embedded systems. Introducing embedded systems research to undergraduate students in the early stages of their academic careers will spark their interests, creating next-generation computer systems security researchers. The goal of this REU project is to equip undergraduate students with skills in computer systems security research, with a focus on embedded systems security research. The project offers an intensive 10-week summer program to undergraduate students, particularly those in underrepresented groups and those that may not have the opportunities to participate in research activities. Students will attend a series of training seminars conducted by the PIs to learn the basics of embedded systems security research as well as general skills required in graduate school such as technical writing and presentations. From day one until the end of the 10-week REU program, each student will work with the project staff on one research project selected from a wide spectrum of topics, including computer systems and hardware auditing, provable secure embedded systems, secure processor architectures, secure mobile computing, secure voting systems and chip piracy resilience. In addition, students will have the opportunity to participate in a professional conference related to computer systems security to broaden their vision and witness research projects conducted worldwide.

该项目建议继续REU网站提供本科生的机会，参加计算机系统安全研究在康涅狄格大学。计算机系统已经融入我们的日常生活和工作，以及我们国家基础设施的每一部分。因此，他们显然是那些出于财政、政治或其他原因而企图使系统腐败的人的目标。虽然通用计算和通信环境中的安全性已经得到了广泛的研究，但嵌入式系统安全性的研究最近才得到关注。嵌入式设备的数量庞大，在日常生活和工作的各个方面都有广泛的应用，这使得它们的安全漏洞比传统的软件漏洞更加危险和昂贵。嵌入式系统的资源限制（处理能力、存储器、电池）和针对嵌入式系统的攻击技术（包括软件、硬件、旁道攻击）的不断增加对嵌入式系统的安全提出了许多挑战。一个主要的国家需求是研究和研究人员谁可以解决嵌入式系统的安全性。在本科生的学术生涯的早期阶段向他们介绍嵌入式系统研究将激发他们的兴趣，创造下一代计算机系统安全研究人员。这个REU项目的目标是使本科生具备计算机系统安全研究的技能，重点是嵌入式系统安全研究。该项目为本科生提供为期10周的暑期强化课程，特别是那些代表性不足的群体和那些可能没有机会参加研究活动的学生。学生将参加由PI举办的一系列培训研讨会，学习嵌入式系统安全研究的基础知识以及研究生院所需的一般技能，如技术写作和演示。从第一天到10周的REU课程结束，每个学生将与项目工作人员一起研究从广泛的主题中选择的一个研究项目，包括计算机系统和硬件审计，可证明的安全嵌入式系统，安全处理器架构，安全移动的计算，安全投票系统和芯片盗版弹性。此外，学生将有机会参加与计算机系统安全相关的专业会议，以拓宽他们的视野，并见证全球范围内进行的研究项目。