REU Site: Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks at NYIT

本科生研究经验(REU)站点奖用于更新纽约理工学院一个优秀的REU站点。该网站将从全国范围内招募本科生，参与与智能手机和无线网络等移动设备安全相关的研究。保护移动设备和网络的安全是当前感兴趣的领域，非常适合本科生的研究效率。学生将通过创建新的生物识别技术在移动设备上进行无缝和安全的用户身份验证，开发用于安全无线通信的高能效、保护隐私的加密协议，检测恶意软件并识别移动设备的攻击以保护数据完整性和隐私，以及保护医疗设备和数据，来应对保护移动设备和无线网络安全的挑战。这个网站应该有助于培养一批计算机专业人员，他们能够设计影响社会的未来系统，并提高我们的生活质量。REU的经验为学生提供了在快速发展和对国家具有重要意义的领域追求计算职业和研究的基础和灵感。该项目由一组研究人员领导，他们提供最先进的设施和专业导师，指导本科生探索与移动安全相关的问题。学生将学习如何使用当前的工具和技术来解决那些对人有直接影响的问题。该团队将使用经过验证的策略，从传统上在计算机科学领域代表性不足的群体中招收本科生。这些学生将参加研究和职业发展活动，所有这些活动都是为了实现留住和毕业计算机科学和工程专业的本科生，并增加研究生课程的招生人数的目标。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。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award funds the renewal of an outstanding REU site at New York Institute of Technology. The site will recruit undergraduates from across the nation to participate in research related to securing mobile devices such as smart phones and wireless networks. Securing mobile devices and networks is an area of current interest that is well-suited to undergraduate research productivity. The students will address the challenges of securing mobile devices and wireless networks by creating new biometrics for seamless and secure user authentication on mobile devices, developing power-efficient, privacy-preserving cryptographic protocols for secure wireless communications, detecting malware and identifying attacks of mobile devices to protect data integrity and privacy, and securing medical devices and data. This site should help develop a group of computing professionals who can design the systems of the future that impact society and enhance our quality of life. The REU experience provides students with the foundations and inspiration to pursue computing careers and research in areas that are rapidly evolving and are of importance to the nation. The project is led by a team of researchers offering state-of-the-art facilities and professional mentors to guide undergraduates in explorations of problems related to mobile security. Students will learn how to use current tools and techniques to solve those problems that have direct impact on people. The team will use proven strategies to recruit undergraduate students from groups traditionally under-represented in computer science. The students will participate in research and professional development activities all designed to achieve the goals of retaining and graduating undergraduate students in computer science and engineering, and increasing recruitment of students into graduate programs.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.