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

REU 网站：硬件和嵌入式系统安全与信任 (RHEST) 本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 2150086
• 负责人: Boyang Wang
• 金额: $ 40.49万
• 依托单位: University of Cincinnati Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150086&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates

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.

这笔资金在辛辛那提大学建立了一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）站点。这个REU网站每年夏季将接待10名本科生，为期10周，从事硬件和嵌入式系统安全和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。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与信任方面的知识和实践技能，并为他们未来在计算机领域的职业发展培养专业技能。该网站将吸引全国各地的本科生，尤其注重从计算机领域代表性不足的群体和计算机研究机会有限的机构中招募学生。REU的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，包括侧信道攻击、故障注入攻击、储备工程、第三方知识产权的安全验证和硬件木马检测。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漏，并加强硬件和嵌入式系统的安全性和信任度。该项目的研究成果将促进网络安全劳动力的发展，提高美国在硬件和嵌入式系统方面的经济竞争力，增强国家安全。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。

项目成果

FaultHunter: Automatically Detecting Vulnerabilities in C against Fault Injection Attacks

FaultHunter：自动检测 C 语言中的漏洞以抵御故障注入攻击

• DOI: 10.1109/bdcat56447.2022.00045
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Applications and Technologies (BDCAT
• 作者: Reichling, Logan;Warsame, Ikran;Reilly, Shane;Brownfield, Austen;Niu, Nan;Wang, Boyang
• 通讯作者: Wang, Boyang

Portability of Deep-Learning Side-Channel Attacks against Software Discrepancies

• DOI: 10.1145/3558482.3590177
• 发表时间: 2023-05
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks
• 作者: Chenggang Wang;Mabon Ninan;S. Reilly;Joel Ward;William Hawkins;Boyang Wang;J. Emmert