REU Site in IoT Security

该项目在南达科他州麦迪逊的达科他州立大学(DSU)建立了一个新的本科生研究体验(REU)网站，研究物联网(IoT)安全。REU网站将在密歇根州立大学的校园内接待10名学生，参加该项目每年为期10周的暑期项目。该计划在物联网、专业发展、密切的学生互动和后续活动方面提供独特的一线网络安全研究经验，以建立参与者对网络安全领域工作的知识和信心。学生将与教师导师密切合作，开展物联网安全研究项目。该项目将招收一批高技能和多样化的学生。入选的REU研究项目专注于基于云计算的物联网应用，旨在确保端到端的信任和安全。物联网对安全提出了许多新的挑战，包括可扩展性、系统限制和扩大的攻击面。该项目将创建动态测试方法，以收集物联网设备的网络特征和应用有效负载数据。收集的数据将进一步分析，以评估物联网设备的漏洞和物联网的安全风险。学生研究人员将开发新的解决方案来缓解物联网中的安全风险。研究项目的成果将解决当前和迫切需要解决的物联网安全和隐私问题。该奖项反映了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。

This project establishes a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Internet of Things (IoT) security at Dakota State University (DSU) in Madison, South Dakota. The REU site will host 10 students on DSU's campus to participate in a 10-week summer program each year of the project. The program provides unique frontline cybersecurity research experiences in IoT, professional development, close student interactions, and follow-up activities in order to build participants' knowledge and confidence for work in the cybersecurity field. The students will work closely with faculty mentors to conduct IoT security research projects. The project will recruit a highly skilled and diverse group of students. The selected REU research projects focus on cloud-based IoT applications and aim to ensure end-to-end trust and security. IoT presents many new challenges for security including scalability, system constraints, and enlarged attack surfaces. This project will create dynamic testing approaches to collect network characteristics and application payload data from IoT devices. The collected data will be further analyzed to assess the vulnerabilities of IoT devices and security risks in IoT. Student researchers will develop new solutions to mitigate security risks found in IoT. The outcomes of the research projects will address the current and urgent needs to resolve security and privacy issues in IoT.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.