Education Innovation Initiative - Summer Undergraduate Research Institute EI2 - SURI

教育创新计划（EI 2）-暑期本科生网络安全研究所（SURI）（EI 2-SURI）旨在部分实施Bowie州立大学的第一个签名计划-教育创新计划-以发展学生作为科学家/研究人员的身份，并整合精心挑选的支持活动，使学生能够感受并成为活跃的研究社区的一部分。EI 2-SURI之所以重要，是因为它支持网络安全和劳动力发展方面的两个关键需求，这两个需求与国防安全有关。随着各种类型的网络威胁不断增加，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。EI 2-SURI建议每年为10个传统上代表性不足的少数民族进行能力建设。研究员是从大西洋中部地区、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县招募的。研究员提供了现实世界的研究探索和网络安全的经验。计划项目的结果将提高学生在研究相关活动中的能力，先进的学术技能和增加STEM领域的多样性。拟议努力的成功是通过整合与建立学习社区有关的循证战略得以维持的。这些社区包括教师导师，研究生和本科生研究员和网络安全校友，他们积极参与研究。EI 2-SURI积极参与与工业控制系统中的漏洞跟踪相关的网络安全问题的调查，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。 具体而言，以下跨学科的网络相关调查优化了预防和检测漏洞的最佳解决方案：（1）通过演示监视嵌入式Linux内核模块执行的可行性，旨在减轻关键控制系统风险的监控、控制和数据采集系统的工业控制系统中的漏洞跟踪;（2）软件漏洞分析，使用可视化分析提供可操作的安全情报来保护软件系统;（3）区块链安全，比较各种硬件，加密算法和实现方法;以及（4）网络系统的数据泄露，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，基于项目的学习将用于积极参与研究界。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进行，包括计划启动包和方向;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，如参加研究生院和知识产权货币化，行业和机构访问;以及计划最终研究研讨会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.