Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:38:38 -0500

REU Site: Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks

The NYIT REU Program will provide opportunities for 10 motivated and talented undergraduate students to collaborate with our faculty and graduate students in research on methods of securing smartphones and their networks using both hardware and software approaches (women and minority students are strongly encouraged to apply).

Undergraduates will have access to NYIT's state-of-the-art research facilities and gain valuable hands-on research experience in simulating the spread of malware on smartphones, implementing cryptographic algorithms and authentication schemes for smartphones, studying topology control of wireless networks, geolocating smartphones, detecting physical attack on a network of smartphones, and developing privacy-protected medical sensing methods using smartphones.

The program runs from May 31 - August 4, 2017

Application/Recommendation deadline: February 28, 2017

Benefits include:

$5,000 Stipend

Up to $600 Travel Allowance

$2,800 Housing and Food Allowance

Graduate School Preparation

Visits to state-of-the-art labs, security centers, and attend security conferences

Meet and network with security professionals

Weekend outings in NYC

Suggested majors include (but are not limited to):

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,

Information Systems,

Mathematics and Statistics,

Computer Engineering and other related fields