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

本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖更新了哥伦布州立大学的一个专注于移动的传感和物联网（IoT）安全的REU网站。该项目将提供10名本科生每年夏天的机会，与教师导师在国家的最先进的研究实验室在移动的传感和物联网系统的安全和隐私的重要领域的项目。 移动的计算和物联网系统及其相关的传感功能和应用在我们的社会中无处不在，例如家庭自动化、电信、医疗保健、公共基础设施和国防等领域。 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的重要关注点。 这个网站将为学生提供一个机会，探索和深入研究一个相关和及时的计算领域。 学生们还将参加一些专业发展活动和实地考察，这将为他们未来的职业生涯做好准备，成为网络安全领域的计算专业人员，这是未来劳动力的关键需求领域。该项目的智力价值是开发新方法，算法和工具的潜力，以保护移动的传感系统和物联网环境中用户的隐私。 该项目由一群杰出的教师导师领导，指导本科生探索与安全和移动的传感相关的问题。该网站的目标是：增加本科院校的学生人数，他们参与高质量的研究机会有限，教师指导的研究经验;增加保护美国的网络安全和计算机科学工作人员。S.通过REU学生的保留和毕业，网络空间;发展参与者在计算机科学和网络安全方面进行研究的技能;并在暑期课程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并开发新的算法和协议来帮助改善移动的传感和物联网系统，以保护这些系统在与面部隐私，移动的恶意软件，物联网系统的安全和信任相关的领域，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.