UALR hosts National Science Foundation-funded cybersecurity projects
Future cybersecurity experts are set to discuss how people can better protect their online data and identities.
This year鈥檚 commencement ceremony for the National Science Foundation鈥檚
CyberSAFE@UALR Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, July 31, with project presentations in the auditorium of the
University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo College of Business, Reynolds Building, Room 103.
A commencement ceremony will follow at 11:30 a.m. Open parking will be available in Lot 13, no reservation needed.
The CyberSAFE@UALR REU program aims to advance understanding of cyber attacks and to investigate more secure, user-friendly approaches to protecting people while they use their smartphones, post on social networks and access data in computing clouds, said
Mengjun Xie, project mentor and assistant professor of computer science at the University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo.
The program features聽undergraduate students from the state of Arkansas, including UALR鈥檚 Jeffery Wooldridge, and from other parts of the country.
Projects that will be presented are:
- 鈥淗ome Security using Computer Facial Recognition Techniques鈥� by Oliver Roundtree, Mentor: Dr. Mariofanna Milanova
- 鈥淪ecure User Authentication using Biometric and 3D Signature鈥� by Grady Xiao, Mentors: Drs. Mariofanna Milanova and Mengjun Xie
- 鈥淗ost Based Firewall for the Internet of Things鈥� by Melissa Abramson and Alexander Jacobs, Mentor: Dr. Kenji Yoshigoe
- 鈥淔acilitating Focal Structure Analysis in Blogosphere to Monitor Cyber Warfare Tactics鈥� by Holly Ratliff, Mentor: Dr. Nitin Agarwal
- 鈥淎uthentication for Mobile Devices: Combining Behavioral Biometrics with Context鈥� by Qing Zhong, Mentor: Dr. Mengjun Xie
- 鈥淎 Web Application for Behavioral Biometric Data Collection鈥� by Joshua Stucky, Mentor: Dr. Mengjun Xie
- 鈥淒evice Auto-Recognition via Wireless Properties in Body Area Networks鈥� by Ryan Caudill, Mentor: Dr. Shucheng Yu
- 鈥淪ecuring Databases Using a Combination of Encryption and Information Hiding鈥� by Jeffery Wooldridge and Laura Nivens, Mentor: Dr. Chia-chu Chiang
Each presentation will last 10 to 20 minutes, with a five-minute question-and-answer session.
The CyberSAFE@UALR program is an eight-week intensive student research project funded by a $289,662 grant from the
.
Applicants to the program must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with a 3.0 or higher grade point average. They are rising sophomores, juniors, or seniors majoring in computer science, computer engineering, math, physics, electrical engineering, or other computing-related major.
This year鈥檚 commencement ceremony for the National Science Foundation鈥檚 CyberSAFE@UALR Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, July 31, with project presentations in the auditorium of the University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo College of Business, Reynolds Building, Room 103.
A commencement ceremony will follow at 11:30 a.m. Open parking will be available in Lot 13, no reservation needed.
The CyberSAFE@UALR REU program aims to advance understanding of cyber attacks and to investigate more secure, user-friendly approaches to protecting people while they use their smartphones, post on social networks and access data in computing clouds, said Mengjun Xie, project mentor and assistant professor of computer science at the University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo.
The program features聽undergraduate students from the state of Arkansas, including UALR鈥檚 Jeffery Wooldridge, and from other parts of the country.
Projects that will be presented are: