Units: 3
This course engages students in diverse and varied national cybersecurity/information systems security problems, under an existing and very successful umbrella program called 'INSuRE', that enables a collaboration across several universities, cyber professionals and cross-disciplined cyber related technologies. Led by Stevens Institute of Technology and made possible by a grant from the NSA and NSF, INSuRE has fielded a multi-institutional cybersecurity research course in which small groups of undergraduate and graduate students work to solve unclassified problems proposed by NSA, other US government agencies, and/or private organizations and laboratories. Students will learn how to apply research techniques, think clearly about these issues, formulate and analyze potential solutions, and communicate their results with sponsors and other participating universities. Working in small groups under the mentorship of technical experts from government and industry, each student will formulate, carry out, and present original research on current cybersecurity / information assurance problems of interest to the nation. This course will be run in a synchronized distance fashion, coordinating activities with other INSuRE technical clients and sponsors, along with partnering universities which are all National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R).
 
Prerequisite(s): Strongly recommended: SIE 471, ECE 478
Usually offered: Spring