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IS 3350 -Doctoral Seminar in Systems and Technology Information Assurance. James Joshi August 31, 2011. Goals. Develop research skills required for PhD. dissertation Critical assessment of current state-of-the art Develop skills for carrying out original research
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IS 3350 -Doctoral Seminar in Systems and TechnologyInformation Assurance James Joshi August 31, 2011
Goals • Develop research skills required for PhD. dissertation • Critical assessment of current state-of-the art • Develop skills for carrying out original research • Develop technical review and presentation skills • Develop writing proposal and planning research 2
Grading • Presentation of assigned papers: 25% • Conference like presentation - prepare for questions • Prepare slides by Tuesday night for review • Paper review: 25% (sometimes quiz) • Class participation/Discussion: 10% • Final project: 40% (<= 2/group) • Write a proposal (will use NSF guidelines) • Progress report (1-2) - Final write-up and presentation • I plan to organize a peer review process 3
Tentative Plan • 4-5 Weeks • Initial Readings • Presentations and reviews • Group Discussions • 3-5 weeks • Proposal and project definition • Reviews and Group/Subgroup discussions continue • Finalize project • LERSAIS Seminars – expected to actively attend • Remaining time • Project work – Weekly progress report • Review continues 4
Some Focus Areas • Security issues (My interests) • Access Control and Authentication • Trust Management • Privacy • Survivability • Target environments of interest • Cloud/Grid Computing • Cyber Physical Systems, Smart Grid/ Smart City • Social Networks / Socio-Computational Systems • Wireless and Ad hoc networks • Healthcare • Others ?? 5
Introduction • Name and background • Who is your advisor? • Security background? (Courses taken in security) • Research publication experience? • Research Interests and goals • Theory? Practical? • System development and Experimental? • Proposal writing experience? • Any particular goal related to this course? • Why are you taking it? 6