CISE-MSI:RCBP-ED:SaTC: Cultivating and Developing Research Talent to Support Research in Cyber-Security

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。网络犯罪是一种新兴的全球威胁，网络攻击也越来越复杂。与此同时，国家缺乏确保国家网络基础设施安全所需的高技能网络安全劳动力。因此，国家必须培养具有尖端技能和能力的新的多样化人才，以应对新出现的网络威胁。该项目通过在本科课程中注入研究来培养此类人才，从而实现网络安全、机器学习、量子计算和新兴技术法医检查方面的知识发展。通过课程，该项目在一个少数民族服务机构建立研究能力，培养学生研究人员与教师合作进行尖端研究，并培养几代训练有素的毕业生。 主要的新奇在于借鉴现有的以STEM为重点的本科课程，同时还通过创建一个网络桥梁来吸引未开发的人才，从刑事司法，犯罪学和人文学科等学位课程到数字取证和网络安全硕士学位。通过扩大人才库，该项目还创造了多学科研究的机会。该项目创建了一个研究密集的5年BS-MS计划，通过早期沉浸在研究方法课程和研究增强300和400级课程中，为本科研究人员为网络安全研究做出贡献做好准备。 五年制课程包括多个强化课程和网络桥课程，允许非STEM学科的学生顺利过渡到BS-MS课程的第三，第四和第五年。网络桥将吸引和迅速整合人才，否则他们会被劝阻从事以网络为重点的教育/研究。该项目计划的工作将建立课程，将研究准备和研究注入到高级部门和专业课程中，以便学生可以接受培训，支持和指导研究。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Cyber-crime is an emerging global threat and cyberattacks are getting increasingly sophisticated. At the same time, there is a national deficit in highly skilled cyber-security workforce needed to secure the nations cyber infrastructure. Thus, it is a national imperative to develop new and diverse talent with cutting-edge skills and abilities to respond to emerging cyber-threats. This project develops such talent through the infusion of research in undergraduate curricula enabling knowledge development in cybersecurity, machine learning, quantum computing and forensic examination of emerging technologies. Through the curricula, the project builds research capacity at a minority serving institute, preparing student researchers to collaborate with faculty on cutting edge research and creating generations of highly trained graduates. The main novelty is in drawing on existing STEM focused undergraduate programs, while also casting a wider net to draw in untapped talent by creating a Cyber Bridge from degree programs such as criminal justice, criminology and humanities, to a Master degree in Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity. By expanding the talent pool to draw from, this project also creates opportunities for multi-disciplinary research.This project creates a research intensive 5-year BS-MS program to prepare undergraduate researchers to contribute to cyber-security research through early immersion into a research methods course and research enhanced 300 and 400 level classes. The five-year curriculum includes multiple intensive tracks and a Cyber Bridge program that permits students from non-STEM disciplines to make smooth transitions to the third, fourth and fifth years of the BS-MS program. The Cyber Bridge will attract and quickly integrate talented individuals who would otherwise be discouraged from pursuing cyber-focused education/research. The work planned in this project will build curricula that infuse research preparation and research into upper division and specialized courses so students can be trained, supported and mentored for research.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.