Education Innovation Initiative - Summer Undergraduate Research Institute EI2 - SURI

教育创新计划(EI2)-网络安全暑期本科生研究所(EI2-SURI)旨在部分实施鲍伊州立大学的首个标志性计划--教育创新计划，将学生作为科学家/研究人员的身份与精心挑选的支持活动相结合，使学生能够感受并成为活跃的研究社区的一部分。EI2-SURI具有重要意义，因为它支持与保障国防安全相关的网络安全和劳动力发展方面的两个关键需求。随着各种类型的网络威胁持续增加，对训练有素的网络安全专业人员的需求也在增加。这导致私营和公共部门严重缺乏合格的专业人员。EI2-Suri提议每年为10个传统上代表性不足的少数民族建设能力。这些研究员从大西洋中部地区、哥伦比亚特区、马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州(DMV)以及鲍伊州立大学所在的乔治王子郡招募。向研究员提供在网络安全方面的真实世界研究探索和经验。计划项目的结果将是提高学生在与研究有关的活动中的能力，提高学术技能，并增加STEM领域的多样性。拟议努力的成功得益于与建立学习社区有关的循证战略的整合。这些社区包括积极参与研究的教师导师、研究生和本科生研究员以及网络安全校友。EI2-Suri积极参与与以下相关的网络安全问题的调查：工业控制系统中的漏洞跟踪、软件漏洞分析、安全软件设计和测试、恶意软件检测和网络安全。具体地说，以下与网络相关的跨学科调查优化了预防和检测漏洞的最佳解决方案：(1)工业控制系统中的漏洞跟踪，用于监控、控制和数据采集系统，旨在通过证明监控嵌入式Linux内核模块的执行的可行性，降低关键控制系统的风险；(2)软件漏洞分析，以使用可视化分析来提供可操作的安全情报，以防御软件系统；(3)区块链的安全性，以比较各种硬件、加密算法和实施方法；以及(4)网络系统的数据泄露，以评估当前的漏洞管理协议。使用的方法将包括数据分析和事件日志挖掘等方法。此外，基于项目的学习将被用来积极参与研究社区。为了支持研究和成功地建立社区，计划规划和组织围绕关键活动构建，包括计划启动方案和指导；研究项目开发和实施、每周启动、每周研究论坛；各种研讨会和研讨会，如参加研究生院和将知识产权、行业和机构访问货币化；以及计划最终达到研究研讨会的水平。一个预期的结果是，研究员发表他们的研究成果，并探索为他们的工作申请专利的方法。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Education Innovation Initiative (EI2) - Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI) in Cybersecurity (EI2-SURI) is designed to implement, in part, Bowie State University's first signature program - Education Innovation Initiative - to develop students' identities as scientists/researchers with the integration of carefully selected support activities that enable students to feel and become part of an active research community. EI2-SURI is significant because it supports two critical needs in cybersecurity and workforce development in relation to securing the national defense. As the various types of cyber threats continue to increase, so has the demand for trained cybersecurity professionals. This has resulted in a serious shortage of qualified professionals in the private and public sectors. EI2-SURI proposes to build the capacity for ten traditionally underrepresented minorities annually. The fellows are recruited from the Mid-Atlantic region, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) and Prince George's County where Bowie State University resides. Fellows are provided with real-world research explorations and experiences in cybersecurity. The results of planned projects will be enhanced student competency in research-related activities, advanced academic skills and increased diversity in STEM fields. The success of the proposed efforts is sustained by the integration of evidenced-based strategies related to establishing communities of learning. These communities include faculty mentors, graduate and undergraduate fellows and cybersecurity alumni, who are actively engaged in research.EI2-SURI is actively engaging a diverse community in the investigation of cybersecurity issues related to vulnerability tracking in industrial control systems, analysis of software vulnerability; secure software design and testing, malware detection, and network security.  Specifically, the following interdisciplinary cyber-related investigations optimize the best solutions to prevent and detect vulnerabilities: (1) Vulnerability Tracking in industrial control systems for Supervisory, Control, and Data Acquisition Systems designed to mitigate the risk to critical control systems, by demonstrating the feasibility of monitoring the execution of embedded Linux Kernel modules; (2) Analysis of Software Vulnerability to use visual analytics to deliver actionable security intelligence to defend software systems; (3) Security of Blockchain to compare various hardware, encryption algorithms, and implementation approaches; and (4) Network Systems' Data breaches to assess current vulnerability management protocols. The method used will include approaches such as data analytics and event log mining. Additionally, project-based learning will be used to actively engage the research community. To support the research and successfully build the community, the program planning and organization is structured around key activities including the program start-up package and orientation; research project development and implementation, weekly start up, weekly research forum; various seminars and workshops such as attending graduate school and monetizing intellectual property, industry and agency visits; and the program culminating research symposium. One expected outcome is that fellows publish their research findings and explore ways to patent their work.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.