REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates - Emerging Issues in Cybersecurity

这笔资金在新墨西哥矿业与技术学院建立了一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）站点。这个REU网站将接待一群不同的本科生，他们将在暑假期间从事网络安全新兴领域的研究问题。健全的网络安全方法对于保护个人消费者、公共和私营公司、组织和政府的计算机和通信设备免受日益增加的网络攻击威胁，同时保护公民的隐私至关重要。这些项目由计算机科学与工程系的教师领导，他们积极从事网络安全研究。该大学的教职员工将与网络安全公司RiskSense合作，开发与现实世界相关的研究项目，并可能影响网络安全行业的实践。该网站将提供指导和其他专业发展机会，这将影响学生未来的学术和职业生涯。该网站计划吸引来自新墨西哥州和周边西南地区大学的有才华的本科生，并针对传统上在计算机领域代表性不足的群体的学生。这个REU站点的研究项目涉及一系列主题，包括文档格式恶意软件检测、僵尸网络检测的机器学习、智能电网的访问控制、保护隐私的基于位置的服务、移动设备的安全数据记录，以及开发针对语义攻击的用户心理模型。学生将使用最先进的设施和当前的方法和技术来开发解决方案，以应对网络安全方面的基本挑战。该网站的目标包括为学生提供网络安全前沿研究的经验，扩大对计算机的参与，激励学生攻读计算机科学的研究生课程，并为未来的网络安全劳动力做好准备。这个网站为本科生提供了一个身临其境的研究环境和前沿的研究项目，他们无法接触到研究经验和网络安全专家。该站点将成为该国西南地区首批专注于网络安全的REU站点之一。该网站有可能影响该地区的网络安全工作人员。通过参加暑期研究项目，本科生应该获得技能，这将导致在新兴的重要性和影响领域的职业生涯回报。

This funding establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. This REU Site will host a diverse group of undergraduate students who will spend their summer working on research problems dealing with emerging areas of cybersecurity. Sound approaches to cybersecurity are essential for protecting the computer and communication devices of individual consumers as well as public and private companies and organizations and the government from the increasing threats of cyber attacks while also preserving the privacy concerns of citizens. The projects are led by faculty from the Computer Science and Engineering Department who are actively engaged in cybersecurity research. The university faculty will collaborate with RiskSense, a cybersecurity company, to develop research projects that have real-world relevance and that can impact the practices of the cybersecurity industry. The site will provide mentoring and other professional development opportunities that should impact the future academic and professional careers of the students. The site plans to attract talented undergraduate students from universities in New Mexico and the surrounding southwestern area of the country and target students from groups traditionally under-represented in the computing fields. The research projects in this REU Site address a range of topics including document format malware detection, machine learning for botnet detection, access control for smart grid, privacy-preserving location-based services, secure data logging for mobile devices, and developing user mental models against semantic attacks. Students will use state-of-the-art facilities and current methods and techniques to develop solutions to fundamental challenges in cybersecurity. The goals of this site include providing students experience in cutting edge research in cybersecurity, broadening participation in computing, motivating students to pursue graduate studies in computer science, and preparing the future cybersecurity workforce. This site provides an immersive research environment and cutting-edge research projects to undergraduate students who have limited access to research experiences and cybersecurity experts. The site will be one of the first REU Sites in the southwest region of the country focusing on cybersecurity. The site has the potential to impact the cybersecurity workforce of the region. Through participation in the summer research program, the undergraduate students should acquire skills that will lead to rewarding professional careers in a field of emerging importance and impact.