MII: Infrastructure Improvement in Computer Engineering Education and Research: Computing, Networking and Security

该项目的目标是制定一项计划，通过增加计算机网络和医学成像领域的研究机会，增加未被充分代表的学生(西班牙裔、非裔美国人、美国印第安人和女性)攻读计算机工程和计算机科学硕士和博士学位的人数。该项目通过三项具体活动实现其目标：(1)加强计算机网络和计算机断层扫描领域的研究基础设施，(2)创造与该地区其他研究机构的合作研究机会，并与当地行业发展联合导师计划，以及(3)改进少数民族学生的招生和留住工作。本课题主要研究移动自组网(MANET)和传感器网络的安全性以及计算机层析成像中的图像重建问题。该项目开发了用于MANET中的认证、信任建立和维护的方法。它还开发和实现了从投影重建图像的有效的新方法，这些投影基于图像的非传统张量和成对表示，其形式为“独立的”分割信号的总量。合作研究机会的创造将加强德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校的研究，联合导师计划将为学生提供工业经验。这些规划工作的结果为制定提交给NSF计算研究基础设施计划和高级研究和教育计划的提案提供了基础。

The goal of this project is to develop a plan to increase the number of under-represented students (Hispanics, African Americans, American Indians, and women) pursuing M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering and computer science by enhancing research opportunities in the areas of computer networking and medical imaging. The project achieves its goal through three specific activities: (1) enhancement of research infrastructure in the computer networks and computerized tomography fields, (2) creation of collaborative research opportunities with the other research institutions in the region and development of joint mentorship program with local industry, and (3) improvement of minority students recruiting and retention efforts. The research in this project is in the areas of security of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and sensor networks and image reconstruction in Computerized Tomography. The project develops methods for authentication, and trust establishment and maintenance in MANETs. It also develops and implements effective new methods of image reconstruction from projections that are based on non-traditional tensor and paired representations of images in forms of totalities of "independent" splitting signals. Creation of collaborative research opportunities will enhance UT San Antonio research, and the joint mentorship program will provide industrial experience to students. The results of these planning efforts provide the basis for developing proposals to be submitted to NSF's Computing Research Infrastructure program and Advanced Research and Education program.