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）是网络防御教育、网络安全研究和网络作战的国家学术卓越中心，将继续参与网络军团：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。该学术课程旨在使学生具备网络安全方面的高技术技能，并可选择接触其他相关领域，包括数据科学，新兴网络技术和网络安全政策与管理。除了在研究生阶段的学位课程中获得学位外，UTD SFS的学者还参与政府资助的研究项目，并完成许多课外教育活动，以获得必要的网络安全技能和专业知识，以便更好地为未来的政府工作做好准备。该项目还包括一个重要的外展组成部分，向UTD校园的普通学生、德克萨斯州其他学院和大学的学生、主要针对高中生和高中CS教师的当地K-12机构介绍不同层次的基本网络安全知识。项目团队成员通过参与女性参与网络安全（WiCyS）和女性参与数据科学（WiDS）小组及其相关的年度会议活动，积极参与全国范围的外展工作。该项目的主要目标包括：(1)培养24名研究生水平的高素质学生，成为网络安全领域的专家；(2)提供必要的指导和支持，以成功地将他们安置到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)可信赖的机器学习，（ii）高级网络安全，以及（iii）网络安全政策与风险；(4)通过招收女性和少数族裔学生进入SFS项目，继续最近在多样性方面取得的成功。科大学生资助计划的学生参与政府资助的研究项目，并完成多项课外教育活动，以掌握网络安全领域所需的技能和专业知识，为将来的政府工作做好准备。SFS学者还需要参与网络安全外展活动，包括开发和举办有关基本网络安全主题的研讨会，并在德州大学的德州网络安全意识（TexSAW）活动中组织网络安全竞赛，该活动每年向德克萨斯州的学院和大学的学生提供。整个课程旨在为学生提供必要的知识和经验，使他们在政府及其他领域的网络安全领域未来的就业取得成功。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 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.