REU Site: Undergraduate Computer Research in Cybersecurity and AI (UnCoRe-CyberAI)

奥克兰大学(OU)将更新他们的本科生研究经验(REU)网站，该网站已在计算机科学与工程系托管了20多年。每年夏天，来自全国各地的本科生将致力于挑战与网络安全和人工智能(AI)相关的研究问题，这是我们国家的优先领域。这些本科生将在校园里度过10周的暑期，他们将沉浸在研究的各个方面的环境中：积极参与制定研究项目并确定其解决方案；与同行和其他受众交流他们的进展和发现；参观研究实验室并参加关于研究和研究职业的方方面面的演讲。该团队将继续使用过去REU网站采用的成功策略，从传统上在计算机科学中代表性不足的群体中招收本科生。一个特别的重点将是招募女性，以及来自计算机行业代表性不足的群体的学生，以及来自研究机会有限的机构的学生。我们的目标是在未来不断发展的全球社会中，为发展一支在对国家安全至关重要的领域拥有专业知识的多元化科学队伍做出贡献。这个REU(UnCoRe-CyberAI)网站将允许学生与研究人员合作，为交通技术、医学和数据科学领域的网络安全和现代人工智能不断发展的格局、人与人工智能交互的跨学科性质、前沿人工智能与国防部基地的国家安全以及核心软件安全的融合做出贡献。归根结底，目标是为发展一支多样化、具有国际竞争力和全球参与的科学和工程劳动力做出贡献，这是NSF的优先事项之一。该项目将吸引30名参与者(其中许多是女性或城市管理人员，以及来自STEM研究活动有限的机构)参与研究经验，这些经验将激励他们在科学和工程领域追求职业生涯，特别是网络安全和人工智能。REU的学生将为研究生学习和工程学做好更好的准备。此外，研究和规划成果将在会议和同行评审文章中传播。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。

Oakland University (OU) will renew their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site that has been hosted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering for over two decades. Each summer, undergraduate students from across the nation will work on challenging research problems related to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI), an area of national priority for our nation. These undergraduate students will spend 10 summer weeks on campus where they are immersed in a research environment with all its facets: participating actively in shaping the research project and in defining its solution; communicating to peers and other audiences about their progress and their findings; visiting research laboratories and attending presentations about all aspects of research and research careers. The team will continue to use successful strategies employed in past REU Sites to recruit undergraduate students from groups traditionally under-represented in computer science. A particular focus will be on recruiting women, and students from groups that are under-represented in computing, as well as students from institutions where there are limited research opportunities. The goal is to contribute to the development of a diverse scientific workforce with expertise in areas critical to national security in the evolving global society of the future.This REU (UnCoRe-CyberAI) site will allow students to work with researchers and contribute to the evolving landscape of cybersecurity and modern AI in transportation technology, medicine and data science, the interdisciplinary nature of human-AI interaction, the convergence of cutting-edge AI and national security for DoD bases, and core software security. Ultimately, the goal is to contribute to developing a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce, which is one of the NSF priorities. The project will engage 30 participants (many of them are women or URMs and from institutions with limited research activity in STEM) in research experiences that will motivate them to pursue careers in science and engineering, particularly Cybersecurity and AI. The REU students will be better prepared for graduate studies and engineering. Further, research and programmatic results will be disseminated in conferences and through peer-reviewed articles.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.