UTD SFS Renewal: Enriching Technical Program Offerings for SFS Scholarship Program at UTD

德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（UTD）是国家网络防御教育，网络安全研究和网络运营学术卓越中心，将继续参与CyberCorps：服务奖学金（SFS）计划，为进入政府工作队伍准备高素质的网络安全专业人员。该学术课程旨在为学生提供网络安全方面的高技术技能，并选择接触其他相关领域，包括数据科学，新兴网络技术以及网络安全政策和管理。 除了他们在研究生课程的学位，UTD SFS学者参与政府赞助的研究项目，并完成许多课外教育活动，以获得必要的技能和专业知识，在他们的重点领域在网络安全，以更好地为自己准备未来的政府工作。该项目还包括一个重要的外展组成部分，以介绍基本的网络安全知识在各个层次的一般学生群体在UTD校园，学生从其他学院和大学在德克萨斯州，当地K-12机构主要集中在高中学生和高中CS教师。项目团队成员通过参与网络安全女性（WiCyS）和数据科学女性（WiDS）团体及其相关年度会议活动，积极参与全国范围的外联工作。该项目的主要目标包括：（1）在研究生学位课程中培养24名高素质的学生，使其成为网络安全领域的专家;（2）提供必要的指导和支持，使他们成功地进入合格的政府网络安全职位;（3）根据PI的研究专长，在网络安全教育计划中引入以下三个新的重点：（i）值得信赖的机器学习，（ii）高级网络安全，（iii）网络安全政策和风险;（4）通过招募女性和少数民族学生进入SFS计划，继续最近在多样性方面的成功。UTD SFS学者参与政府赞助的研究项目，并完成许多课外教育活动，以获得必要的技能和专业知识，在网络安全的重点领域，以更好地为自己准备未来的政府工作。SFS学者还需要参与网络安全外展活动，包括开发和提供关于基本网络安全主题的研讨会，并在UTD的德克萨斯州网络安全意识（TexSAW）活动中组织网络安全竞赛，该活动每年向德克萨斯州学院和大学的学生提供。整个计划预计将使学生具备必要的知识和经验，成为他们未来在政府和超越网络安全领域的就业成功。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, Cyber Security Research and Cyber Operations, will continue its participation in the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly qualified cybersecurity professionals for entry into the government workforce. The academic program is designed to equip students with highly technical skills in cyber security with options to get exposure to other related fields including data science, emerging network technologies, and cyber security policy and management. Beyond their academic degree in a graduate level program, UTD SFS scholars are involved in government sponsored research projects and complete numerous extra-curricular education activities to gain necessary hands on skills and expertise in their focus areas in cyber security to better prepare themselves for their future government jobs. The project also includes a significant outreach component to introduce fundamental cyber security knowledge at various levels to the general student population on UTD campus, students from other colleges and universities in the state of Texas, local K-12 institutions focusing mainly on high school students and high school CS teachers. The project team members are actively involved in national scale outreach efforts via their involvement in Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) and Women in Data Science (WiDS) groups and their related annual conference events.The main goals of this project include (1) training 24 highly qualified students in a graduate level degree programs to become domain experts in cyber security; (2) providing necessary mentoring and support to successfully place them into qualified government cyber security positions; (3) introducing the following three new thrusts in cyber security education program based on the PIs research expertise: (i) Trustworthy Machine Learning, (ii) Advanced Network Security, and (iii) Cyber Security Policy and Risk; and (4) continuing with the recent success in diversity by recruiting female and minority students into the SFS program. UTD SFS scholars are involved in government sponsored research projects and complete numerous extra-curricular education activities to gain necessary hands on skills and expertise in their focus areas in cyber security to better prepare themselves for their future government jobs. SFS scholars are also required to involve in cyber security outreach activities including developing and delivering workshops on fundamental cyber security topics and organizing a cyber security competition in UTD's Texas Cyber Security Awareness (TexSAW) event that is annually offered to students at colleges and universities in Texas. The overall program is expected to equip the students with necessary knowledge and experiences to become successful in their future employment in cyber security domain in the Government and beyond.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.