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
Click on the link below to read more about this opportunity and see if you are eligible to apply. For help with applying, please contact Dr. April Householder, Director of Undergraduate Research and Nationally Competitive Scholarships at aprilh@umbc.edu.
