UMBC CyberCorps Program Renewal and Building Research-Based SFS Relationships between Community Colleges and Four-Year Schools

马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校(UMBC)是指定的国家网络防御教育和研究学术卓越中心，该校建议继续并扩大其对CyberCorps(R)：服务奖学金(SFS)计划的参与，以培养高素质的网络安全专业人员，使其能够进入政府工作队伍。UMBC与蒙哥马利学院和乔治王子社区学院合作，为这些机构的大二学生提供支持。作为社区学院学习的一部分，学生们将通过一门特殊的应用研究课程帮助他们的县政府解决IT安全问题。然后，他们将转到密歇根大学完成他们的四年学位。UMBC为学生提供创新的技术研究机会、高素质的教师、专业接触的机会，以及与许多附近的公司、机构和政府实验室建立富有成效的机构关系，以获得实习和就业机会。密歇根大学网络安全教育的方法包括跨学科课程和创新的教学方法。SFS计划为解决网络安全教育和劳动力发展的项目提供资金，包括为网络安全专业的学生提供奖学金。作为奖学金的回报，获奖者毕业后将在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织中与网络安全有关的职位工作一段时间，与奖学金的期限相同。UMBC的SFS学者通过现有的计算机科学(CS)、计算机工程或通过计算机科学和电气工程系的专业研究硕士：网络安全攻读一系列学位：BA、BS、MS、结合BS/MS、MPS或博士学位。还欢迎来自相关领域、项目和系的合格学生，包括电气工程、信息系统(IS)、数学、物理、教育和公共政策。在CS和IS的本科生和研究生级别都有专门的网络安全跟踪。密歇根大学信息安全与保障中心的学生有特殊的机会参与合作组织的指导研究项目，这些组织包括诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司、约翰·霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室、国防部网络犯罪研究所、电信科学实验室和密歇根大学信息技术办公室。SFS学生参与包括密歇根大学网络防御实验室在内的几个实验室的研究活动，该实验室目前的项目包括教育网络安全评估工具、协议分析、软件定义的网络和高诚信投票系统。每年，UMBC的所有SFS学者都会参与一项合作的应用研究，重点关注UMBC计算系统的某些方面。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。

The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education and Research, proposes to continue and expand its participation in the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly-qualified cybersecurity professionals for entry into the government workforce. UMBC partners with Montgomery College and Prince George's Community College to support sophomores at these institutions. As a part of their studies in community college, students will help solve IT security problems for their county government through a special applied research course. Then, they will transfer to UMBC to complete their four-year degrees. UMBC offers students innovative technical research opportunities, highly qualified faculty, opportunities for professional exposure, and productive institutional relationships with numerous nearby companies, agencies, and government laboratories for internships and job placement. UMBC's approach to cybersecurity education embraces an interdisciplinary curriculum and innovative pedagogical approaches. The SFS program funds projects that address cybersecurity education and workforce development, including funding to award scholarships to students in cybersecurity. In return for their scholarships, recipients will work after graduation for a Federal, State, Local, or Tribal Government organization in a position related to Cybersecurity for a period equal to the length of the scholarship.SFS scholars at UMBC pursue a range of degrees: BA, BS, MS, combined BS/MS, MPS, or PhD through existing programs in Computer Science (CS), Computer Engineering, and through the Masters in Professional Studies: Cybersecurity, in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Qualified students from related fields, programs, and departments also are welcome, including from Electrical Engineering, Information Systems (IS), Mathematics, Physics, Education, and Public Policy. Dedicated cybersecurity tracks exist at the undergraduate and graduate levels in CS and IS. Students at the UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance have special opportunities to engage in mentored research projects at partner organizations, including Northrop Grumman, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Institute, Laboratory for Telecommunications Sciences, and the UMBC Office of Information Technology. SFS students participate in research activities within several labs, including the UMBC Cyber Defense Lab, where current projects include educational cybersecurity assessment tools, protocol analysis, software defined networks, and high-integrity voting systems. Each year, all SFS scholars at UMBC engage in a collaborative applied research study focusing on some aspect of UMBC's computing systems.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.