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

UTD SFS 更新：丰富 UTD SFS 奖学金计划的技术项目

• 批准号: 1922398
• 负责人: Kamil Sarac
• 金额: $ 401.49万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Dallas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1922398&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UTD; SFS; Renewal; Enriching; Technical

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.

德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校 (UTD) 作为国家网络防御教育、网络安全研究和网络运营学术卓越中心，将继续参与 Cyber​​Corps：服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划，为进入政府工作队伍培养高素质网络安全专业人员。该学术课程旨在培养学生在网络安全方面的高技术技能，并提供接触其他相关领域的选择，包括数据科学、新兴网络技术以及网络安全政策和管理。 除了研究生水平课程的学位外，UTD SFS 学者还参与政府资助的研究项目，并完成大量的课外教育活动，以获得网络安全重点领域所需的技能和专业知识，从而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计算机教师的当地 K-12 机构介绍各个级别的基本网络安全知识。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推广工作。该项目的主要目标包括 (1) 培养 24 名研究生学位课程的高素质学生成为网络安全领域专家； (2) 提供必要的指导和支持，以成功地将他们安排到合格的政府网络安全职位； (3) 基于 PI 研究专业知识，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) 网络安全政策和风险； (4) 通过招募女性和少数族裔学生加入 SFS 项目，延续近期在多元化方面取得的成功。 UTD SFS 学者参与政府资助的研究项目，并完成大量的课外教育活动，以获得网络安全重点领域所需的技能和专业知识，从而更好地为未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，以及在每年为德克萨斯州学院和大学的学生提供的 UTD 德克萨斯州网络安全意识 (TexSAW) 活动中组织网络安全竞赛。整个项目预计将为学生提供必要的知识和经验，以便他们未来在政府及其他领域的网络安全领域取得成功。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。