Cybersecurity Training at Indiana University
Abstract
Indiana University (IU) requests funds to provide applied, faculty-guided, paid research experiences to undergraduate ROTC cadets at IU (IU Cyber ROTC Program) in order to grow a capable and trained military workforce with the skills to defend against emergent cyber and electronic warfare threats. Student participants will be paired with faculty researchers from the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering; Ostrom Workshops Program onCybersecurity and Internet Governance; Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research; and Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, and will pursue research topics in cybersecurity fields.Funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will support 10 student participants in active research in the following identified priority areas: communications and networking, computational methods for decision making; data science and analytics; sensors and sensor processing; supply chain cybersecurity; as well as machine learning, reasoning, and intelligence.Each student participant will be funded to work closely with a faculty supervisor and a graduate mentor for a full academic year. Students and faculty will also work collaboratively with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) and its extensive portfolio of programs for national service; the proposed programs partnership with NSIN will connect student participants to Navy and Marine Corps careers, content, facilities, and personnel.IU has an established track record of producing world-class research and teaching in the fields of cybersecurity, communications and networking, computational decision making, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, sensors, and sensor processing. The IU Cyber ROTCProgram, a collaborative effort between multiple IU schools, units, disciplines, and programs, will provide student participants a wide array of opportunities and unrivaled training and support in applied research experiences. With active faculty mentorship and a growing array of on- and off-campus resources and partners, IU is well positioned to grow a capable and trained militaryworkforce with the skills to defend against emergent cyber and electronic warfare threats .
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 2020
- Source ID
- N000142012805
Entities
People
- Scott Shackelford
Organizations
- Indiana University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy