REU Site: REU Site on Security and Privacy for Mobile Sensing and the Internet of Things

这项本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖励更新了哥伦布州立大学一个专注于移动传感和物联网（IoT）安全的REU网站。该项目每年夏天将为10名本科生提供在最先进的研究实验室与教师导师一起工作的机会，研究移动传感和物联网系统安全和隐私等重要领域的项目。移动计算和物联网系统及其相关的传感能力和应用在家庭自动化、电信、医疗保健、公共基础设施和国防等领域无处不在。这些设备和通过相关应用程序收集的数据的安全性是所有公民关注的重要问题。这个网站将给学生一个机会去探索和深入研究一个相关的和及时的计算领域。学生们还将参加一些专业发展活动和实地考察，这些活动将为他们未来在网络安全领域的计算机专业人员的职业生涯做好准备，这是未来劳动力的关键需求领域。该项目的智力价值在于开发新方法、算法和工具的潜力，以保护移动传感系统和物联网环境中用户的隐私。该项目由一群优秀的教师导师领导，指导本科生探索与安全和移动传感相关的问题。本网站的目标是：增加获得研究机会有限的本科院校学生参与高质量、教师指导的研究经验的人数；通过REU学生的保留和毕业，增加保护美国网络空间的网络安全和计算机科学人才；培养参与者在计算机科学和网络安全方面进行研究的技能；并在夏季项目和全年实施最佳实践，以支持学生的研究和职业目标。该网站将特别寻求从计算机领域代表性不足的群体中招募学生。该网站开发的研究项目将通过收集和分析数据以及开发新的算法和协议来帮助改进移动传感和物联网系统，以确保这些系统在面部隐私、移动恶意软件、物联网系统的安全性和信任以及分布式账本中安全高效的传感器数据存储等领域的安全。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。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award renews a REU site focused on security for mobile sensing and the Internet of Things (IoT) at Columbus State University. The project will provide 10 undergraduates per summer the opportunity to work with faculty mentors in state-of-the-art research labs on projects in the important area of security and privacy of mobile sensing and IoT systems. Mobile computing and IoT systems and their associated sensing capabilities and applications are pervasive in our society in areas such as home automation, telecommunications, healthcare, public infrastructure, and national defense. Security of these devices and the data that is collected through related applications is an important concern for all citizens. This site will give students an opportunity to explore and delve deeply into an area of computing that is relevant and timely. The students will also participate in a number of professional development activities and field trips that will prepare them for future careers as computing professionals in the field of cybersecurity, an area of critical need for the workforce of the future.The intellectual merit of this project is the potential for the development of new methods, algorithms, and tools to protect the privacy of users in mobile sensing systems and IoT environments. The project is led by an outstanding group of faculty mentors to guide undergraduates in explorations of problems related to security and mobile sensing. The goals of this site are to: increase the number of students from undergraduate institutions with limited access to research opportunities who participate in high quality, faculty-mentored research experiences; to increase the cybersecurity and computer science workforce who protect the U. S. cyberspace through the retention and graduation of the REU students; to develop participants’ skills to conduct research in computer science and cybersecurity; and to implement best-practices during the summer program and throughout the year to support the students’ research and career goals. The site will particularly seek to recruit students from groups under-represented in computing fields. The research projects developed by this site will help improve mobile sensing and IoT systems by collecting and analyzing data and developing new algorithms and protocols to secure these systems in areas related to facial privacy, mobile malware, security and trust in IoT systems, and secure and efficient sensor data storage in distributed ledgers.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.