REU Site: Blockchain Technology for a Secure Data and Communication Future

REU 网站：区块链技术打造安全数据和通信的未来

• 批准号: 2051127
• 负责人: Gaby Dagher
• 金额: $ 39.39万
• 依托单位: Boise State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Blockchain; Technology; Secure

Boise State University will establish a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site centered around blockchain technology. Blockchain technology is revolutionizing the way information is encoded, secured, and distributed. It is a technology that can improve safety and security of existing processes in society and enable development of systems that could not previously exist. Potential applications of blockchain are far-reaching, including how financial institutions exchange currency, governments protect the integrity of electronic voting, and medical providers secure health information systems. This REU project will provide undergraduate students impactful and effective learning and research experiences. Students will learn how a transformative technology such as blockchain can be approached in depth from different perspectives with diverse methods and techniques, and they will gain valuable experience in reporting their research results and making real contributions to the field. Technical content will be infused with ethical principles and processes underpinning expectations and demands of democratic societies. This REU Site will facilitate the growth of ten undergraduate students each year into researchers, by providing them with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to navigate the design, development, and implementation of blockchain technologies for securing critical information systems. The REU Site will facilitate theoretical and practical advances in blockchain technology knowledge through mentored team-based research processes. In support of their professional development, students will participate in a mini-course on blockchain technology, a mini-course on ethical considerations of blockchain technology, three different seminars for creating synergy among research project and for debriefing, as well as a culminating experience where students present the results of their work at the Idaho Conference for Undergraduate Research. The objectives of the proposed REU Site Program are: (1) Prepare students to perform research in a collaborative setting in support of their professional development, (2) Establish a strong and diverse applicant pool of students who have the knowledge, skills, and expertise to become the future leaders in blockchain technology, and (3) Contribute to building the next generation of computer scientists in a way that promotes participation of qualified members of groups that are not fully represented in STEM in the U.S. Research results will be disseminated to the public through journal publications, conference proceedings, and conference presentations. Students will be recruited from underrepresented groups in response to needs for technically proficient and diverse professionals to lead innovations in technology.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.

博伊西州立大学将建立一个以区块链技术为中心的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。区块链技术正在彻底改变信息编码、安全和分发的方式。它是一种技术，可以提高社会中现有过程的安全性，并使以前不存在的系统能够开发。区块链的潜在应用是深远的，包括金融机构如何交换货币，政府如何保护电子投票的完整性，以及医疗服务提供者如何保护健康信息系统。这个REU项目将为本科生提供有影响力和有效的学习和研究经验。学生将学习如何从不同的角度，以不同的方法和技术深入探讨区块链等变革性技术，并在报告研究成果和为该领域做出真实的贡献方面获得宝贵的经验。技术内容将注入道德原则和程序，以支持民主社会的期望和要求。这个REU网站将促进每年10名本科生成长为研究人员，为他们提供导航设计，开发和实施区块链技术以保护关键信息系统所需的基础知识和技能。REU网站将通过指导团队的研究过程，促进区块链技术知识的理论和实践进步。为了支持他们的专业发展，学生将参加区块链技术的迷你课程，区块链技术伦理考虑的迷你课程，三个不同的研讨会，用于在研究项目之间创造协同作用，并进行清理，以及学生在爱达荷州本科生研究会议上展示其工作成果的最终体验。拟议的REU现场计划的目标是：（1）培养学生在协作环境中进行研究，以支持他们的专业发展，（2）建立一个强大而多样化的学生申请人库，他们拥有知识，技能和专业知识，成为区块链技术的未来领导者，以及（3）为培养下一代计算机科学家做出贡献，促进美国STEM中未充分代表的合格艾德成员的参与。通过期刊出版物、会议论文集和会议报告向公众公布。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。

项目成果

Janus: Toward Preventing Counterfeits in Supply Chains Utilizing a Multi-Quorum Blockchain

Janus：利用多群体区块链防止供应链中的假货

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Blockchain Research and applications
• 作者: Crossland, Vika;Dellwo, Connor;Bashar, Golam;Dagher, Gaby G.
• 通讯作者: Dagher, Gaby G.

Towards Deanonymization of Mixing Services in Bitcoin

走向比特币混合服务的去匿名化

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Global Emerging Technologies Blockchain (GET Blockchain
• 作者: Chábeli Castaño Arango;Roberto Luna-Garcia;Steven Cutchin;Gaby G. Dagher
• 通讯作者: Gaby G. Dagher

VigilRx: A Scalable and Interoperable Prescription Management System Using Blockchain

VigilRx：使用区块链的可扩展且可互操作的处方管理系统

• DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3156015
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Access
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Taylor, Alixandra;Kugler, Austin;Marella, Praneeth Babu;Dagher, Gaby G.
• 通讯作者: Dagher, Gaby G.

SciLedger: A Blockchain-based Scientific Workflow Provenance and Data Sharing Platform

SciLedger：基于区块链的科学工作流程来源和数据共享平台

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing (CIC
• 作者: Reagan Hoopes;Hamilton Hardy;Min Long;Gaby G. Dagher
• 通讯作者: Gaby G. Dagher

Ensuring Trustworthy Neural Network Training via Blockchain

• DOI: 10.1109/cogmi58952.2023.00015
• 发表时间: 2023-11
• 期刊: 2023 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cognitive Machine Intelligence (CogMI)
• 作者: Edgar Navarro;Kyle J. Standing;Gaby G. Dagher;Tim Andersen