Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
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Submitted by Vassil Roussev on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 11:03am
The goal of this project is to develop a platform for digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) education. The platform will be built based on an existing proof-of-concept prototype called Nugget. The resulting platform will be tool-agnostic and will support different pedagogical approaches. The platform will provide the ability to formulate and apply forensic queries over different, and potentially large, data sources in an easy to understand manner.
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Submitted by Hadar Ziv on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 10:57am
All technology professionals require basic proficiency in cybersecurity. However, typical computing curricula do not require any courses in cybersecurity. As a result, a majority of students graduate without any proficiency in cybersecurity relevant to the systems they will develop and use when they join the workforce. Moreover, cybersecurity electives often cover only technical topics, and technology professionals must understand how cybersecurity is influenced by social factors.
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Submitted by Chrystalla Mouza on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 10:33am
Children ages 8-12 spend an increasingly large amount of time online consuming digital media on computers, tablets and smartphones. Educating children at an early age of the dangers that exist online is critical for safeguarding against such dangers and helping children become responsible digital citizens. This project will develop and implement a promising approach to cybersecurity education that utilizes interactive stories to advance children's learning of online safety, privacy and security.
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Submitted by Peter Peterson on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 10:19am
The stream of high-profile computer security breaches resulting from errors well-known to security experts provides an opportunity to improve cybersecurity education to effectively prepar the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Students have deeply ingrained misconceptions about how computer security ought to work, and students rely on this false intuition when reasoning about security. The goal of this project is to develop a series of active learning exercises, that use videos, and hands-on exercises, to address these misconceptions.
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Submitted by Sameer Patil on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 10:06am
All technology professionals require basic proficiency in cybersecurity. However, typical computing curricula do not require any courses in cybersecurity. As a result, a majority of students graduate without any proficiency in cybersecurity relevant to the systems they will develop and use when they join the workforce. Moreover, cybersecurity electives often cover only technical topics, and technology professionals must understand how cybersecurity is influenced by social factors.
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Submitted by Navid Asadi on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 10:00am
The hardware security community has grown significantly over the past decade. However, research on the most advanced topics such as reverse engineering, physical attacks, and counterfeit detection remains stuck in the early stages of investigation and/or development. First, owning and maintaining the required instrumentation is too prohibitive for academia, thereby limiting research to a few focused labs in industry and government.
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Submitted by Ye Zhu on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 9:57am
Anonymity networks, networks that allow users to remain anonymous, are becoming increasingly popular. It has been reported that Tor, a second the second generation anonymity network, has about 1.2 million regular users. Although research efforts have generated important results regarding anonymous communication, and that anonymity networks are widely adopted by Internet users, the education on anonymous communication is very limited. This project will develop and implement a curriculum that will teach students the basics of anonymity networks using game-based learning.
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Submitted by Swaroop Ghosh on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 9:51am
The understanding of the hardware security of digital systems has gained significant maturity through research and curriculum development. However, most cybersecurity curricula fail to cover these threats. This project will develop a virtual platform for a cybersecurity curriculum on analog design (CyCAD). The curriculum will feature hands-on learning through planned activities, assessments, and projects on CyCAD test boards.
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Submitted by Laurin Buchanan on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:20pm
The Curriculum to Broaden Participation in Cybersecurity for Middle School Teachers and Students (CyberMiSTS) project will develop and pilot summer workshops that provide middle school Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to actively engage their students and expose them to cybersecurity concepts and careers. Bringing in cybersecurity expertise from a variety of sources, the CyberMiSTS curriculum will be accessible to middle school students and teachers because it will emphasize the important role of humans in cybersecurity.
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Submitted by Lori Scarlatos on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:16pm
The Curriculum to Broaden Participation in Cybersecurity for Middle School Teachers and Students (CyberMiSTS) project will develop and pilot summer workshops that provide middle school Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to actively engage their students and expose them to cybersecurity concepts and careers. Bringing in cybersecurity expertise from a variety of sources, the CyberMiSTS curriculum will be accessible to middle school students and teachers because it will emphasize the important role of humans in cybersecurity.
