REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust (RHEST)

这笔资金在辛辛那提大学建立了一个新的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。这个REU网站每年将接待10名本科生，为期10周，从事硬件和嵌入式系统安全与信任领域的研究项目。硬件和嵌入式系统的安全和信任在构建安全、可靠和可信的计算系统、通信网络和网络基础设施方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。这些学生将与教师导师密切合作，提高他们在硬件和嵌入式系统安全和信任方面的知识和动手技能，并为他们未来的计算职业生涯发展专业技能。该网站将吸引全国各地的本科生，特别是从计算机行业代表性较低的群体和计算机研究机会有限的机构中招收学生。REU研究项目涵盖硬件和嵌入式系统安全和信任方面的关键和新兴研究问题，包括侧通道攻击、故障注入攻击、后备工程、第三方知识产权的安全验证以及硬件特洛伊木马的检测。研究项目的目标是防御(或减轻)攻击，最大限度地减少信息泄露，并加强硬件和嵌入式系统的安全和信任。该项目的研究成果将促进网络安全领域的劳动力发展，提高美国在硬件和嵌入式系统方面的经济竞争力，并加强国家安全。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This funding establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Cincinnati. This REU site will host ten undergraduate students for ten summer weeks each year to work on research projects in the area of hardware and embedded systems security and trust. The security and trust of hardware and embedded systems play increasingly critical roles in building secure, reliable, and trustworthy computing systems, communication networks, and cyberinfrastructures. The students will work closely with faculty mentors, advance their knowledge and hands-on skills in hardware and embedded systems security and trust, and develop professional skills for their future careers in computing. The site will attract undergraduate students across the nation, particularly focusing on recruiting students from underrepresented groups in computing and institutions with limited research opportunities in computing. The REU research projects cover critical and emerging research problems in hardware and embedded systems security and trust, including side-channel attacks, fault injection attacks, reserve engineering, security validation of third-party intellectual properties, and detection of hardware Trojans. The goal of the research projects is to defend against (or mitigate) attacks, minimize information leakage, and strengthen the security and trust of hardware and embedded systems. The research findings of this project will promote workforce development in cybersecurity, increase the economic competitiveness of the U.S. in hardware and embedded systems, and enhance national security.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.